The first time Mele and I stepped into a car in Japan was at the Kochi City train station. Josh met us in front of the Anpanman Terrace, and after we awkwardly waved hello at each other from two feet away, our host led us toward his tiny car, a white Daihatsu with enough horsepower [...]
My first conversation on xiaolongbao was one-way. As I recall, it consisted of Boykji explaining to me: “You’ve never had xiaolongbao? They’re the bomb.” Typically, when “the bomb” is used is a predicate, I expect disproportionate amounts of irony or gravity. Not so in this instance: When Boykji drops “the bomb,” the delivery mechanism tends [...]
For the next week, I’ll be writing short posts on the meals I enjoyed during a two-week vacation in my native California. Every time I’m handed a bowl of chips at a Mexican restaurant, I get the feeling that my life is a series of salsa verdes, each more addictive than the last. The distinctly [...]
In early September, I spent five days in the Carolinas. Most of my time was spent sniffing out stories in barbecue country, and those experiences became the core of Serious Eats columns on the Lexington style, barbecue sides in the Carolinas, the Mustard belt of South Carolina and my pilgrimage to Scott’s Variety Store. The [...]
Since moving to New York, I’ve had the feeling that Thai food in this town lags behind its California counterparts. On average, I’d still bet that this statement is empirically true. In the Bay Area, I can get a very decent Thai curry or noodle dish, full in flavor, replete with fresh California produce and [...]
Four glasses of wine into a perfectly warm Oahu evening, as I finished off my cousin’s barbecued flank steak and extra spicy caesar salad, his girlfriend regaled us with the paragon attributes of Kona peaberry coffee, a speech she learned from one of her employers. That employer is Alan Wong, a man with enough opinions [...]
This story is twelfth in a series. Zach will be posting a new story on Mexican food in San Diego every Thursday until he leaves Southern California for the San Francisco Bay, where he will continue to write and edit for The Eaten Path. Bar happy hour menus have taught me two things: 1. Being [...]
This story is third in a series. Zach will be posting a new story on Mexican food in San Diego every Thursday until he leaves Southern California for the San Francisco Bay, where he will continue to write and edit for The Eaten Path. In regards to the question of which California city has the [...]
One food group I’ve sorely neglected as a New York resident is sushi. I came into the sushi game extremely late in life; even so, after having great and affordable sushi in California, it’s tough to man up and shell out for comparable sushi here in the city. Most options seem mediocre for the price [...]
Since this story was written, Peshku has closed its doors. Nate has since found a new love in Pristina’s Fish Grill. Nate Tabak is a journalist and a man of flavor living in Pristina, Kosovo. Like the dim red light baiting the baby-faced sailor about to make his first trip to a brothel, the logo [...]
