cookie and burger in Baltimore

5-17-2018 Thu. 


LUNCH  --- ( with Jan )  burger and salad  | coffee and cookie 
DINNER ---  quabili pilau rehash | steamed asparagus 

• so good to see the old friend 

Italian snail ragout and Maryland crab cake

7-16-2015 Thu. warm, sunny.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- ( at Sotto Sopra, Baltimore ) Polenta Soffice con Ragu di Lumache ( soft polenta, snail ragout, garlic butter ) | Rigatoni alle Melanzane e Mozzarella ( rigatoni pasta, roasted eggplant, fresh mozzarella  ) 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee
DINNER --- (at Gertrudes at the BMA, Baltimore)  cocktails and beer | oyster | Baltimore crab cake | fried catfish | Gumbo | goat cheese cake | sorbet | coffee

• terrific food at Sotta Sopra, with precision and balance at high professional level, wondered where they got those incredible fresh mozzarella
• Gertrudes at BMA has very pleasant outdoor seating and straight-forward  southern style cooking.

Alma

7-14-2015 Tue. hot, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee  
LUNCH --- ( at TenTen Noodles, Baltimore) house made ramen noddles 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- ( at Alma, Baltimore )  Asado Negro (Slow roasted beef in dark caramel sauce, plantains, cucumber pickles) | B-more Pepeada ( Crab meat, house Old Bay avocado mayo, cilantro mojo) |  Palitos de Yuca Frita (Golden yucca fries served with cilantro mojo) | Tiradito Mahi (House-cured mani-mahi with five sauces, crumbled cassava bread, microgreens) | Polvorosa de Pollo Caraqueña (Caracas style tender chicken and vegetable deconstructed pie, a drizzle of papelón) || La Sombra del Mezcal ( Suerte Blanco Tequila, La Sombra Mezcal, fresh squeezed lemon and lime juice, papelón syrup, cilantro mojo, jalapeño, mole bitters) | El Batín (Pierde Almas Jovan Mezcal, Black Barrel Single Grain Scotch, orange bitters, smoke) | Devotion to Peach (Poached peach, white chocolate mousse, peach compote reduction, peach vanilla gel, almond crumble)

• Alma is a new restaurant tagged as " Venezuelan inspired", threw in some Peruvian. amusing menu writing,  pretty decor, pleasant service.  the food is not as refined good as their names and pictures.

a harbor of one's own, near the big harbor

8-05-2014 Tue. warm, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( Baltimore lunch place)  Maryland crab and green salad 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- coffee
DINNER --- ( at Jan's ) fennel salad | pan-fried chicken sausage, tuna  and beans | peach with lemon zest | wine 

 

• wonderful time at Jan's,  conversation went miles.  there were even fireworks across the harbor.

Gangs All Here

5-02-2012 Sat.  hot, sunny.

  

WEEKEND LUNCH --- ( at Alchemy, Baltimore) Maryland soft shell crab sandwich | Spanish chorizo burger | pudding and wiped cream |  Belgian saison beer | espresso  
BEFORE-CONCERT-DINNER --- boiled Shang-dong style dumplings 

 Gangs all go to the show at Charles

 in Jan's designer pad: lamp shade, speaker box, and closet door

 

• takes an insider to see a city. 
• Gangs All Here,  Busby Berkeley's dream-world like Dali's paintings came alive, with sappy music.