Archive for April, 2009
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Apr
Posted by meatmeister in BBQ Ribs, Beef, Sausage. Tagged: barbecue, BBQ, best Austin restaurants, famous Austin restaurants, great cobbler, Great Texas restaurants, outdoor dining Austin, rustic restaurants, Texas barbecue, Texas BBQ. 1 Comment
Salt Lick Barbecue, (near) Austin TX
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The Dish: Barbecue Ribs Platter
Salt Lick is really more about a great rustic, summer-camp atmosphere than earth-shattering barbecue. Nice little plate of barbecue will fill you up; the sauce is tasty. The brisket, sausage, and pork ribs are good, and the portions acceptable for the price. I liked the [...]
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Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Uncategorized. Tagged: best Napa restaurants, best restaurant in Yountville, best restaurants in Napa Valley, best Wine Country restaurants, Chef Richard Reddington, great Napa Valley restaurants, New York steak, New York steak tartine, onion rings, open-faced steak sandwiches, Redd, Richard Reddington, steak, steak tartine. Leave a Comment
Steak Tartine
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The Dish: Steak Tartine
This is probably superstar chef Richard Reddington’s version of a burger & fries. The New York steak tartine, rare and thick-sliced, is mesmerizing in its tenderness, flavor, and juiciness. A bit of aioli and balsamic onions make the small open-faced bites of beef and bread drool-making. The onion rings are perfect, [...]
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Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Uncategorized. Tagged: best duck dishes of 2008, big sur, Big Sur CA, Big Sur restaurant review, Big Sur restaurants, crispy duck, Duck, duck breast, Fowl, great Big Sur restaurants, great duck dishes, roasted duck, roasted duck breast. Leave a Comment
Wood-Fired Duck Breast
The Dish: Wood-Fired Duck Breast
This is a near-perfect duck dish, and among top duck dishes I ate in 2008. Something about roasting a bird with a wood-fired oven or grill captures the real essence and flavors of meat exceptionally well, and chef Philip Wojtowicz has really mastered the technique in all the great meat [...]
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4
Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Uncategorized. Tagged: best pork dishes 2008, best restaurant in Big Sur, big sur, Big Sur Bakery, Big Sur CA, Big Sur's best restaurant, great Big Sur restaurants, pork butt, pork shoulder, pork shoulder butt, wood-fired meats, wood-fired pork shoulder. Leave a Comment
Wood-Fired Pork Shoulder
The Dish: Pork Shoulder
Big Sur Bakery & Restaurant offers fantastic dishes of meat, wood-grilled and roasted to enhance each meat’s warm, rich, and natural flavors. Their roasted pork shoulder is an absolutely awesome plate, grilled with a smattering of whole-grain mustard aioli. You can pick your choice of sides from several great seasonal [...]
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Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Uncategorized. Tagged: best restaurants in Healdsburg, Bistro Ralphs Healdsburg CA, Bistro Ralphs restaurant, bone-in meats, CA Wine Country restaurant review, good food in Healdsburg, Healdsburg restaurant, Healdsburg restaurant review, Lamb, lamb shank, winter meats. Leave a Comment
Lamb Shank
On any given winter evening, I’m somewhat prone to order hearty things like ossobuco or lamb shank for dinner. It’s superb comfort food and, in most good Italian, Continental, or New American restaurants, it’s a safe bet. Ralph’s Bistro serves up a very good lamb shank, with well-integrated flavors and decent portions for the price. [...]
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Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Uncategorized. Tagged: Austin TX BBQ, barbecue in Austin, bargain dining in Austin TX, BBQ, BBQ beef brisket, BBQ in Austin, BBQ pork ribs, BBQ ribs, best barbecue in Austin, best BBQ in Austin, cheap eats Austin TX, Iron Works, Iron Works BBQ, Texas barbecue. Leave a Comment
The Dish: Barbecue Sampler Platter
BBQ Platter, Iron Works Barbecue, Austin TX
With industrial redneck pride, Iron Works BBQ doles out the best, most reasonably priced BBQ I found during a week visiting Austin. It’
s a good, cheap lunch plate if you find yourself in downtown Austin and want to avoid the weekend crowds of South Congress [...]
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4
Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Uncategorized. Tagged: beef ribs, beef shortribs, braised shortribs, excellent shortribs, Great Napa CA restaurants, great Napa Valley restaurants, great ribs in Napa, great shortribs, Redd, Redd restaurant. Leave a Comment
Ribs – Braised Beef Shortrib
The Dish: Beef Ribs (Braised Beef Shortrib)
The braised beef shortribs at Redd in Yountville is a terrific beef plate. This beef shortrib is smartly braised, and each bite tingles the palate, which dismounts with a sharp, tangy surprise via the delicate horseradish crust. The rich rib gravy is dark as [...]
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4
Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Uncategorized. Tagged: Best restaurants in Napa, Great Napa CA restaurants, great Napa Valley restaurants, Napa CA, Napa restaurant review, Redd, Redd restaurant. Leave a Comment
The Spot: Redd, Yountville CA
With all the great restaurants in Northern California’s wine country, it’s hard for visitors to discern which are hype and which are worth the ‘I’m in wine country on vacation so I won’t squawk at the bill’ type of pleasure that all the restaurants here should provide. Thankfully, I found every [...]
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Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Restaurant Review - CA, San Francisco CA restaurant. Tagged: awesome French fries, best American French fries, best French fries in CA, best French fries in San Francisco, best fries in San Francisco, brown butter bearnaise sauce, Chef Elizabeth Faulkner, Citizen Cake, Duck, duck and potatoes, duck fat, duck fat french fries, duck fat fries, Elizabeth Faulkner, fries without ketchup, great bearnaise sauce, Orson, Orson restaurant, Orson restaurant SF, Orson SF, SOMA restaurants. 1 Comment
DUCK FAT FRENCH FRIES
THE DISH: DUCK FAT FRIES
Is duck fat an aphrodisiac? My bet is yes. Man, duck fat is the (wonderful) path of wickedness for French fries. These have to rank among the best (let’s say top 3) French fries in San Francisco. This is the kind of snack you might fantasize about, if [...]
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Apr
Posted by meatmeister in Uncategorized. Tagged: budget dining Helsinki, cheap eats Helsinki, Finnish meats, great cafes, great cafes Helsinki, Helsinki restaurants, meaty breakfast, reindeer, reindeer meat, reindeer quiche, Scandinavian meats, wild game. Leave a Comment
REINDEER QUICHE
THE DISH: REINDEER QUICHE
Assuming one can overcome the ‘don’t kill Santa’s flying messenger’ association with ruddy-nosed animals from holiday mythology, reindeer should pose no obstacle for the omnivore. Reindeer is to Finland as cow is to America: the most common national meat sustenance, respectively. Although the reindeer cute factor is admittedly exponentially gigantic, there’s [...]
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