Restaurant Week Insider: Panna Cotta Cultist
My girlfriend any I have set ourselves on a Restaurant Week quest: 5 restaurants in two weeks. That’s one dinner every three or four days, and a blog to go with it. We’d have liked to do more, but I’m not sure if our wallets could handle it. We’re going to stick to the $52.80 menu...
Restaurant Week Insider: Tex-Mexcellent
Everybody knows the Rio Grande for their dangerously quaffable margaritas. The 3 margarita limit is there for your own good! If you decide to stop by for Restaurant Week, you’ll be glad to know that one marg per person comes with the $52.80 meal. But there’s more to this CO institution than than bountiful beverages. Let’s start...
Restaurant Week Insider: Euclid Haul
This Saturday, Denver’s biggest food fest will begin. In case you didn’t know, Restaurant Week brings more than 330 restaurants together to make great food at the “mile high” price of $52.80 for two people. On Wednesday, Mayor Michael B. Hancock will officially announce Restaurant Week and then he’ll flip a Denver omelet with the help of...
Fork It: EDGE’s Innovative Spring Offerings
I was lucky enough to be invited to a tasting of EDGE’s new Spring menu. SPOILER ALERT: Everything was really freaking good. We started out tasting four appetizers, arranged artfully on four miniature plates. My favorite was the Ahi Tuna tartare. I hate it when people put a bunch of stuff other than meat in...
Fork It: Get Japon It
Salivating for bargain sashimi in South Denver? Japon Restaurant is home to some of Denver’s finest filets, and their rolls are right on. The New Orleans Roll ($7.80) is a spicy tuna roll like you’ve never seen it. Avocado, pickled ginger, thin sliced lemon, Japanese Mayo and smelt roe all come together, sour and spicy...
Fork It: Korean Cold Cure
Some would say there’s nothing better than chicken noodle soup on a cold day, but I disagree. After spending a year in South Korea, I’ve found that nothing warms me up like a hot dolsot (stone bowl) full of kimchi jigae (gim-chee gee-gay), and my favorite place to get it here in Denver is Han...
Fork It: Make Lunch EDGEy
EDGE Restaurant at the Four Seasons just rolled out a new lunch menu. If you watched Obama's State of the Union speech, you'd know that he called on Americans to commit to innovation -- our purported primary export. I guess they were ready for him at EDGE, where the new lunch menu offers creative cuisine...
Fork It: DIY Dining at Cook Street
The ladies love a man who’s capable in the kitchen, and the instructors at Cook Street will help take the pressure off of you. They make the whole process fun and simple, and give you plenty of time to drink wine and talk between sessions at the stove.
Fork It: The Last Raw Food Night at Root Down
Come to the last Raw Food night at Root Down.The entree is linguini fresa; squash pasta with heirloom tomato-smoked strawberry marinara and moustarde violette coulis.
Fork It: Olmeca Altos
The good folks from Olmeca Altos were kind enough to invite me to a tasting at VITA with their master distiller, Jesus Hernandez. I like tequila, but I’ve never been one to sit and sip a glass of it straight. I shoot it, with salt and lime, or I have it in a margarita. Jesus...
Fork It: Osteria Marco
Pools of melting goat cheese and dollops of sweet fig puree on a bed of pecorino, sprinkled with crunchy bits of prosciutto. If your mouth isn’t watering right now there’s probably something wrong with it.
