Regular readers know I’m a big fan of Viet House. Of the six or seven Vietnamese places in the area, I’d say it’s one of the top two. So I eat there a lot. Today, with Melanie and Shannon, I noticed an interesting offering on the menu for the first time: “angry pho.” For an … Read more
Mia was home this weekend, so the four of us decided to try out Thai Elephant. This is a new Thai spot, located where my beloved and sorely-missed Saigon was: Folks new to the area: At the western end of the shopping center that contains Dirt Cheap on Madison Boulevard. Natives: In the Food World … Read more
Mid-January is right down the middle of what my wife calls the chocolate season. The chocolate season runs from Halloween to Easter, with Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day therein. I like chocolate enough to have some opinions about it, but not very refined ones. For example, I’ve never liked hard candy labeled “chocolate” (example: the … Read more