San Miguel’s very, very best favorite restaurant.

San Miguel’s very, very best favorite restaurant.

It was the 10th SMART Awards Gala Dinner, the time when we honor and toast the San Miguel de Allende restaurants that subscribers to Don Day in SMA vote as their favorites. The routine is pretty much the same. The winner of the previous year’s top award welcomes...
No more same old, same old Asian for me.

No more same old, same old Asian for me.

We’re all creatures of habit in some ways and, when it comes to food, I’m probably guiltier than most. Take my almost weekly Chinese fix. Up until recently, I had been ordering my Chinese food from the same San Miguel source for over ten years. Now, agreed, there...
San Miguel’s Very Best Favorite Restaurants.

San Miguel’s Very Best Favorite Restaurants.

No, I’m not going to tell you which restaurants they are. You’re going to tell me. For it’s time again for the SMART awards, the annual event where I ask Don Day in SMA readers to share with me their very best favorite restaurants. SMART stands for San Miguel de...
What really is the purpose of a restaurant review? 

What really is the purpose of a restaurant review? 

A few…maybe more than a few…years ago, Cheryl Young, a writer and friend of mine was going to a lunch at a new restaurant called Aperi. As it was a “ladies lunch” and as I wasn’t invited, I asked if she would write about it on my blog; she agreed. A few days ago,...