London Called – Day Four – Part 2 – Nightlife at Nightjar
Nightjar129 City Rd, London EC1V 1JB, UKwww.barnightjar.com+44 20 7253 4101 It had been a helluva great day in Seasalter and Whitstable. The nice thing about the train was that it was very convenient...
View ArticleLondon Called – Travels With Doc – Day Three – Ozone, Gymkhana, Sipsmith &...
Ozone Coffee Roasters11 Leonard St, London EC2A 4AQ, UKwww.ozonecoffee.co.uk+44 20 7490 1039 We had a little trouble getting going in the morning and so had to rush a bit. That meant no sit down to...
View ArticleLondon Called – Travels With Doc – Day Two – Brooklyn, Gunpowder, Bar Termini...
By the time we returned to our apartment the prior evening, we were thoroughly and ridiculously exhausted, though quite content from a superb first day of the trip. That contentment spilled over into...
View ArticleRaising the Bar at Betony
Restaurants often get a bad rap as cocktail bars and frequently that is a valid criticism. That said, some of my favorite places to enjoy well conceived, constructed and craveable cocktails is in...
View ArticleAn Interview With Albert Adrià
Albert Adrià at Tickets The world is full of excellent restaurants and excellent chefs, while a few rise above the rest to create consistently extraordinary experiences for their guests and produce...
View ArticleDoc & Gerry’s Jamón Ibérico Tour – Coming November 2016! Book Now!
This is a part of Spain that most tourists don’t get to and that’s a real shame! This is mostly because to really experience the best of Spain’s southwest Jamón Ibérico country one has to really know...
View ArticleThe Big Apple Barbecue 2016 – Hog Wild!
I once again returned to one of my favorite annual events – the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party in and around Madison Square Park in NYC. I particularly enjoyed this one seeing old friends, making new...
View ArticleThe International Flavors of Miami
There are few cities in the Americas more international than Miami, Florida. The city is perhaps the major gateway from North America to the Caribbean and South America, a fact which permeates this...
View ArticleThe Splendor of El Celler de Can Roca
It has three Michelin stars (since 2009), is the current no. 1 restaurant in the world according to the World’s Fifty Best Restaurants list and has been in the Top 5 of that list since 2009 and either...
View ArticleGame On at La Buena Vida in Madrid
Rogelio Enriquez and the beautiful expressions of sherry that he brought to our dinner. I have been acquainted and know Rogelio Enriquez since my earliest days on eGullet. He was a leader of the...
View ArticleRaves For Madrid’s Marisqueria Rafa
Rafael “Rafa” Andres I went last year and loved it, but never got around to doing a post on it. I recently went two more times with my good friend, Gerry Dawes, while we were in Madrid for Madrid...
View ArticleA Taste of Northern Spain – Part 5: Basque Bravos – Eskerrik Asko Donostia
Night view of La Concha Bay Our trip was entering its home stretch, but we still had a bit more time in San Sebastián, as we returned from a stellar fish-based meal at Kaia-Kaipe in the nearby...
View ArticleA Brooklyn Barbecue Crawl
The impetus was the NYC visit of a long-time virtual friend, Paul, who happens to be a chef in London. Though we have been acquainted on-line since the early days of eGullet, we had never formally met...
View ArticleThe Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2015
Chef Jordi Cruz Mas of ABaC in Barcelona With two long, culinary focused trips to Spain in 2015, it is no surprise, to me at least, that this list is dominated by Spanish restaurants. While my travels...
View ArticleThe Docsconz 15 Most Extraordinary Restaurant Dishes of 2015
Great food starts with great product. By virtue of having spent four great dining and drinking weeks there this past year, Spain dominates this list. As a result, if there is a theme to this year’s...
View ArticleA Taste of Northern Spain – Part 4: Basque Bravos – San Sebastian to Getaria
La Concha de San Sebastián With a lunch as sensational and wonderful as the one we had at Asador Etxebarri in Axpe, going almost anywhere else after would likely be a colossal letdown. Fortunately,...
View ArticleA Taste of Northern Spain – Part 3: Basque Bravos – Bilbao to Axpe
When it comes to food – culture, production and crafting – is there a better place on Earth than the Basque Country of northern Spain? Blessed with a bounty from both land and sea and the know-how to...
View ArticleA Taste of Northern Spain – Part 2: Asturias – Queso, Sidra & Much More
The Roman Bridge of Cangas de Onis in Asturias Returning to Galicia was one of the main reasons Gerry Dawes and I put this trip together, but the opportunity to explore more of northern Spain, some...
View ArticleA Taste of Northern Spain – Part 1: Galicia
Flying to Spain overnight is too short to get a good night’s sleep, but that was not enough to keep myself and everyone else on our tour of northern Spain from hitting the ground running. This was my...
View ArticleThe Crimson Sparrow – A Delicious Detour
I wouldn’t have taken the detour on our journey south if I didn’t think that it was going to be good, but I didn’t realize how good it was actually going to be. Hudson, NY is a generally sleepy, but...
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