Dishola: Reviews by the Dish
- dishola /dish•ō•lâ/
- v. To share the love of food - dish by dish. n. The ultimate source to find real meals at real places that rule.
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Bacon Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry
115 Bourbon St,
New Orleans, L.A., 70130
504-598-1200
kblood
on 03/27/08
"BBQ Shrimp - The New Orleans classic" features jumbo Louisiana shrimp smothered in an Abita Turbodog (local beer) rosemary BBQ sauce and served over Fontina-polenta fries. The bag in the photo (with the orange fishy printed on it) holds some marvelous, old-fashioned, crisp-white French bread. This bread is 99% air and shatters when you bite it -- and is the perfect tool to sop up every last drop of the wonderful, buttery sauce coating the shrimp.
3621 18th St,
San Francisco, CA, 94110
415-552-4055
kblood
on 03/25/08
Delfina's 'Grilled Fresh Calamari with Warm White Bean Salad' was one of the best things I have ever tasted and something I could never cook in my own kitchen -- which makes it a MUST GO BACK FOR dish. The calamari squid-lettes were perfectly cooked (not at all rubbery) and had an intense/smokey flavor that was perfectly paired with the bland/butter-soft smoothness of the tiny white beans. When I can't sleep at night, I think about this dish, and soon drift back into a comforting and blissful slumber... (But, I wake up hungry.)
República de Guatemala,
Ciudad de México, MX
(52)(5)704-3225 704
kblood
on 03/26/08
A spectacular dish of chicken in a spicy red sauce served in a traditional molcajete (stone bowl used for grinding spices and other foods). Additional ingredients in the finished dish included nopales (cactus – that tastes similar to green beans), deep-fried pork rinds and grilled fresh white cheese. As if all of this food, and excellent wine, wasn’t good enough -- from the restaurant’s elevated patio we also enjoyed a view of what was going on down below in the Centro Histórico.
Av. Presidente Masaryk 513,
Mexico City, MX
(504) 588-2123
kblood
on 03/28/08
Izote de Patricia Quintana is located in Mexico City's answer to Beverly Hills (Polanco). The swanky location is far from the historic city center, but the food is well worth the price of a thirty-minute cab ride. (If you hit one or two of the nearby (upscale) bars, you can make a night of it.) Every one of Chef Quintana's modern takes on old-fashioned, regional Mexican cuisine are exciting. The highlight of our tremendous meal was this dessert of vanilla bean-flavored ice cream and an empañada-style pastry filled with caramel and toasted nuts. The pastry was incredible -- light, flaky and flavorful, and most certainly made with copious amounts of lard. If I could eat just one more dessert in this lifetime, I'd have to seriously contemplate booking a flight back to Mexico City!
159 Brick Ln,
Poplar, GB
(020) 7729 0616
kblood
on 04/02/08
This is one of the best things I have ever eaten! Brick Lane Bakery is open 24/7 and the hot salt-beef beigels (aka bagels) are the only thing I have ever ordered because absolutely nothing else on their menu could possibly taste this great. The lean salt-beef is similar to a heap of perfectly cooked corned beef (not stringy or gristly, just flavorful and butter-soft) and the chewy bagel is dang good too. The thing that pushes this sandwich over the top from great to EXTRAORDINARY is the addition of a flaming hot mustard. When the counter-person asks, "mustard?" say YES YES YES! This place is not fancy -- you'll probably choose to take your sandwich to go in a brown paper bag.