Taste of Midtown East

When I found out that Scoopt St was organizing the Taste of Midtown East, I just had to mark my calendar, gather a few friends, grab the deal. After having such a great time at their Taste of 7th Street crawl in February, I knew this going to be a fun time as well. The [...]

Plate by Plate Tasting Benefit NY

This past Friday October 1st, Project by Project hosted their 12th Annual Tasting Benefit, Plate by Plate at The Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. This year the proceeds from the event will go towards the Hamilton Madison House, a non-profit settlement house in the Two Bridges/Chinatown area of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, that provides [...]

Tank Sushi, Chicago, IL

Here’s a nice spot for lunch. Tank Sushi is located at 4514 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. They have half price selected Maki’s during weekday lunch hours. Our party of four decided to meet there for sushi and drinks. They had discounted bottles of sake that day too (Half price bottles of sake on Tuesdays). We [...]

Japanese Beef Bowl

We were in the mood for some simple Japanese cooking. The following recipe was based on a recipe found in a Japanese cookbook. We made a few modifications due to our lack of the original ingredients. Usually, sake and Mirin cooking sake would be used. However, since we did not have any in the kitchen [...]

Destination Miami: Sushi Samba

It was my first night at Miami. I was tired, grouchy and hungry when I arrived at the Miami International Airport. My flight was delayed for a lovely 2 hours and by the time I got off the plane the sun was already down. Once we got to South Beach, we checked into the hotel, [...]