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went to one of the rapidly proliferating jamba juices today for the first time. pretty good smoothie and as far as i could tell, everything was fresh (as opposed to some sort of syrup but possibly frozen) but their veggie juices are almost nonexistent. the only vegetable they had were carrots. oddly they also had wheatgrass. otherwise everything was fruit-based. the boosts are a nice touch.
hain celestial is half the packaged health food market.
for mark
we ate awesome octopus in fried dough (aka arepa) in a fish market (shack) which is only open on weekends when the locals head to the beaches. buy beer from the small bar two doors down and grab some stools at the counter facing the water. great water views. it’s on route 987 near the marina on the way to seven seas/las croabas beach.
possibly the best chicken we ever had we bought from a man on the side of the road near our house. wow. lots of roadside pig and chicken being cooked, but again only weekends.
in fajardo, we had one *amazing* meal of fresh yellowtail snapper for lunch, but another meal there was just ok. they’re closed wednesdays and our best meal there was lunch on a thursday. maybe they spend wednesdays fishing?
in luquillo, we had a lot of fun on a friday night at victor’s place, right on the town square. some locals making music at the bar, great bartender, she makes a good rum drink. the food was mostly very good, some just ok. get the conch asopao (sort of like gumbo, traditional pr dish).
avoid sandy’s at all costs, which for some bizarre reason is supposedly the most popular luquillo restaurant. OUCH.
one place we wanted to get to but by the time we found out about it ryley was fairly burnt out on restaurants was in the mountains. supposedly pre-9/11 they used to get a lot of people flying in on heliocopter to eat the locally grown produce and meats. closed mon/tues. the views are supposed to be some of the finest as its in a mountain park. name is La Piedra in Aibonito, 1+ hour south of San Juan
another place that gave a good vibe going south on the east coast is truilo’s seafood in the area of punta santiago. heavy garlic but very classic and full of locals. we read about this too late to go but i bet its yummy, and the drive is fun and "local", pigs served roadside on that road
As for San Juan food, we dont know, I would just Google arround, lots of new places some I bet are good, some I bet are not, cant help...
peace
i'm all for synthetic corks for wine, but i can never get them back in the bottle, and i've spent some infuriating minutes trying to shove one back inside. must i invest in some kind of goofy wine stoppers so that my vino keeps?
have you seen this: http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/
maybe its me but nearly $30 for 2 pounds of potato chips seems a little steep.
trader joes on 14th st opens on friday. someones got a trader joes blog.
Friends, Neighbors, Customers,
On March 14th 71 CLINTON FRESH FOOD will serve our last meal. We would like to thank you all for your support these last six years. We would also like to thank all the talented individauls whose efforts in the front and back of the house contributed to our success. Alas some good things come to a close.
Please join us for a farewell feast- so we may enjoy your company one last time- and wish one another goodbye and good luck.
Sincerely
Janet Nelson, Tony Diciaccio, Dennis Cooleen
moby's teany is bottling iced tea. it was only $1.65 at the deli but $2 at the website. ill have to check on the store price. decent. certainly less sickly sweet than snapple.
Still getting to know the new 'hood. So far I've found two gems, both from the same owner. Brown is a little cafe on Hester between Ludlow and Essex. Very nice. I am already sure this will become my regular breakfast / lunch spot. And then right next door is Orange, a small market which you can also reserve for private parties (their third business, Green, is a catering company.) I had been bemoaning the lack of quality food shopping down here, but Orange makes it all better. And it's all the more surprising given it's tiny size. But they literally have everything I need. Very european. Not many products, but they are all the best. Plus breads, cheese, meats (great prosciutto, yum) and a small selection of vegetables. Okay, sure, it's expensive, but so worth it. Very very nice.
greenbrownorange.com
Copy of a NY Times article on cooking scrambled poached eggs. I meant to save this when I read it a few months ago but I forgot. No problem though, thanks to teh intarweb!
beers in aluminum cans, ehhh.. beers in aluminum bottles, hmmmm?
Ideas In Food: Improvisation and experimentation in the kitchen by Chefs Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot
My new breakfast of champions: egg, speck, and cheese piada from Piada, 3 Clinton Street. $4.06. Yum.
"The first push to delve into the mystery of beer flavor occurred in the mid-1970s, when a team of flavor chemists from 40 countries identified 800 chemical compounds in the beverage. These compounds—some individually, most in combination—contribute nearly 125 distinct flavors to beer. Brewers use the word flavor broadly, to include tastes, odors, and mouthfeel."
beer pairing with food.
burger blogging
tasting menu: focused on food