Hello All -
Just joined DR.com and I'm looking forward to participating in the community. I grew up in San Antonio, live in Alexandria, VA, work in DC and make a point of finding good food and fun restaurants wherever I go, of the high, low and in-between varieties of cuisine and price points. I delight in enjoying a tasty meal, or snack, whether at a long-planned for destination restaurant, or at a stumbled-upon roadside joint.
Recent favorites include: Australia -- Galleon Café in St Kilda (Melbourne) for amazing breakfasts and Lord of the Fries for veggie sliders and, naturally, fries; Ipsos and Milk Bottle (Lorne), wonderful Greek dinner at the former, excellent fries at the latter; and Chiswick (Sydney), just a wonderful dinner in a casually beautiful setting, excellent cuisine, good cocktails and terrific, fun staff (A. Bourdain had been there some time back. Going while in Sydney was a way to check in and appreciate memories of him and his style)
New York -- Cosme, wow, really wonderful, quietly chic venue, inventive takes on Mexican cuisine
Louisville, KY -- Butchertown Grocery for Southern cuisine with some twists.
DC favorites include: Maple, Himitsu and Little Havana (I spend a lot of time in Columbia Heights). Loved dinner at Gravitas and the tab for it was as serious as the name . . . .
Excited about interacting with the DR.com members and to learning from you all.
Russ
Takeout dinner from the DC/Chinatown Taco Bamba location last night and my first disappointing visit to this chain: the Sid Vicious taco (crispy cod, malt vinegar salsa macha, mint tomatillo slaw, tartar) was dry and flavorless, despite the various moistening ingredients, and the tortillas were papery and flavorless as well; and, the Taco Bamba (skirt steak, chorizo, grilled guacamole, cotija, pickled onions, pickled fresno, cilantro, + chicharron) was the same story. Both tacos were tough to choke down and made me wonder how a joint turning out the volume of tacos that they do could serve up a couple that seemed to have been made hours in advance and left on a shelf in the corner of the kitchen. Hey, wait a minute . . . .
