Good Lebanese food in a very comfortable, decorative atmosphere. Also, water pipes and Fezzes.
Yes, more SOPA.
If you’re tired of hearing about it, good. If you’re not, you haven’t heard enough about it. If you’re not yet sick to the heart of the vile, cynical idiocy and greed of it all, you don’t understand it.
The Euskal Etxea bills you based on an honor system of how many toothpicks or little spoons you have on your plate at the end of the evening, so you’re free to snag more goodies off the big plates of sausages, grilled stuff, cheese, you name it, constantly streaming out to the crowd jostling for a space at the bar.
Hats are awesome. Lay off.
Decor was tasteful, seafood fresh and cooked just lightly enough, and everything was good, solid gourmet food – nothing chichi, nothing too simple, just right.
Elia’s proprietors are a congenial couple, who will gladly set you up with a (valuable) parking spot right outside despite the chaotic jumble of cars that clogs this part of town. And inside, it’s a warm, welcoming place with nice decor and awesome food – all the better for occasionally being simple dishes done creatively and with a high attention to quality and detail.
I don’t know what it is, but it’s the only part of the buffalo we don’t use.
Hotel Victory rooms named after Swedish sailing ship captains (replete with photos of their ships and unsmiling wives), heavy carpeting, lots of brass and dark wood, and very friendly, accommodating service – not to all you can eat gingerbread. Hooray! I
Berns is one of the oldest eateries in Stockholm, at least if one discounts the presumably numerous little caves where grumpy bearded Nordic types dip horrible pickled fish-creations in tiny, Swedish-liquor-tax-compatible glasses of unspeakable spirits.
I understand that a place like Switzerland would have a high Big Mac Index position – it’s always been expensive, still suffers from stupid customs rules and weird regulations, has high salaries and a culture that historically equates expensive with “good”, and still has fairly limited competition in a lot of areas. But why would this be the same for, for example, a pair of Levi’s in the UK, which are up to 50% cheaper in the US?
Nov 102011
Cthulhu fhtagn.
Oct 262011
There’s something incredibly surreal about the luxury of being able to take for granted what for many people is the trip of a lifetime.
