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August 30, 2010
Culinography: Blackout (The Blind Restaurant)
I just had the most unique dining experience of my life and I have no idea what my food looked like. Basically, the above is what I saw for two hours straight. NOTHING. I mean absolutely nothing. Didn’t matter if my eyes were opened or closed, couldn’t see even a speck of light. This happened […]
August 27, 2010
Pizzeria Bruno: The Proof Is In The Pizza (SD)
Pizzeria Bruno was the one place I wanted to go during my visit to San Diego earlier this month. Mike Senese, television personality and hardcore pizzahead, had mentioned that it was, “easily the best pizza I’ve found in Southern California,” so of course I had to try it. I walked in and the first thing […]
August 25, 2010
Happy Hour: The Devil’s Idle Hands
“Idle hands are the Devil’s tools.” -Some historic hotard It’s a rare thing for me to have down time these days, but after a very frenzied summer, I’ve stumbled upon a bit of unstructured time which quite frankly scares me. Naturally, I found a way to get into some trouble. Today’s cocktail, which I call […]
August 24, 2010
Breaderico Panini
Introducing Breaderico Panini. Not to be mistaken with Federico Fellini, director of one of my favorite films, Otto e mezzo. (Is that so film student cliche, or what? Alas, I was not a film major. I was worse– the lit major). Ain’t he dashing? Spitting image of Mastroianni. I’m in a silly mood right now, […]
August 18, 2010
Happy Hour: Cherry Samba
Since returning from New Orleans it seems like the pace of my life has only sped up, so I was thankful to be able to take a breather last week and have Kayoko fill in for me with an awesome post about Savoy Night at The Alembic in San Francisco. Truth be told, I would […]
August 13, 2010
SWEET BERRY WINE!
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO + POST! To bookend the week the way we started it, I leave you with more Tim and Eric Awesome Show. SWEET BERRY WINE! This one is my second favorite skit, after Ham’b Not Lamb. Steve Brule is such a genius. And here’s a dope little track by Flying […]
August 12, 2010
Ramen Night, Part Deux (SF)
Back in April, we had a very special Umamiventure— Marcel (we call him that here), a dude who has been making ramen out of his home for the last year and a half, invited Umamimart over to try it. Fifteen of us showed up and gathered in his living room as he toiled away in […]
August 9, 2010
H’amb Not Lamb
I went to visit one of my very best friends last week in San Diego. And while we could have spent the days on the beach, hanging out in flip-flops and throwing around frisbees (my dream life, duh), you know what we did? Laid around and watched Tim and Eric Awesome Show on her couch. […]
August 5, 2010
Bivalve Love: Hog Island Oyster Co. (SF)
No one loves oysters more than Umamimart. Ok, maybe that’s a presumptuous statement to make on the I N T E R N E T, but I really really really love the bivalve, and most of my colleagues here do too. It’s my favorite food, and it will most definitely be at my L’ultima Cena. […]
August 4, 2010
Happy Hour: Tales Recap Pt. 5 (Bax vs. Clift)
 PREFACE: Tales of the Cocktail Recap Part 1 Tales of the Cocktail Recap Part 2 Tales of the Cocktail Recap Part 3 Tales of the Cocktail Recap Part 4 Of all the seminars I attended down at Tales of the Cocktail, the most memorable had to be a seminar called Bax vs. Clift: Progressive […]