Oh my gosh! Omakase at Ryoko.

Oh my gosh! Omakase at Ryoko.

“I pledge my allegiance…” We changed Japanese restaurants recently. And, though they definitely deserved us deserting them, I still felt like a guy leaving one of his best friends. But our old faithful had gone astray. Cutting the amount of fish on their rolls in half...
The search for San Miguel’s best burger continues.

The search for San Miguel’s best burger continues.

Thirty years. That’s how long it had been since Don Day’s Wife and I had that first date. It was a Wednesday. The restaurant was called Epicure. We ordered the burgers au poivre with blue cheese and peppercorn sauce and a bottle of a Côtes de Rhône from the village of...
Diving into an ocean of delights. At Mario’s.

Diving into an ocean of delights. At Mario’s.

With an enormous thank you to Scott Allison for his photographs. It’s become a bit of a ritual, an annual event. It’s when I get a group together and ask Mario’s Mariscos Frescos to bring in the very best that the Pacific Ocean has to offer. Oysters, scallops, shrimp,...
The two best wine bargains in Mexico. Bar none.

The two best wine bargains in Mexico. Bar none.

Now let me make something clear right from the start. These are not great wines. These aren’t even what I’d call very good wines. But these are definitely great values. I’m talking about the wines called Seleccion. One is a red. The other’s a white. They’re tagged at...