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Dining Northwest Style at The Willows Inn

30 Friday Aug 2013

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Blaine Wetzel, Lummi Island, Willows Inn

Lummi Island

Ah, The Great Northwest: Lummi Island

Two and a half hours north of Seattle, on a small island, resides a bed and breakfast that serves up Michelin star quality food where the ingredients are all locally sourced.  It sounds like the beginning of some mysterious story, a combination of the remoteness of ElBulli with the locavore philosophy of Noma.  And you would be correct.  Welcome to The Willows Inn.

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Eating In Germany

18 Thursday Oct 2012

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Aachen, beer, Bonn, Cologne, Currywurst, Zwiebelkuchen

Kölner Dom

The Kölner Dom in Cologne

Germany’s food reminded me of Vienna.  Meaning, if you like meat, bread and drink, you’ll love it.  If you’re into light salads and nouvelle cuisine, look elsewhere.  This is hearty food.

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Gastropocalypse 2012: Fourth Stop: Vendôme

11 Thursday Oct 2012

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Bergisch Gladbach, gastropocalypse, Joachim Wissler, Lady Gaga, Vendôme

Schloss Bensburg

After hitting the quality cuisines of England, Austria and Spain, I made my final stop on Gastropocalypse 2012: Germany.  Just outside Cologne resides a giant palace, the Schloss Bensberg, and tucked within is the best chef in Germany and his restaurant, Vendôme.  In May 2012 Chef Joachim Wissler was voted the best in his trade by the 100 finest cooks in Germany for the second time in a row, as the “Cook of Cooks”. A three star ending to a five star vacation.  Or so I thought.

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Eating In (And Exploring) Barcelona

03 Wednesday Oct 2012

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anchoas, Barcelona, cafe, Catalunya, elBulli, elBulli Taller, Ferran Adria, porron

Barri Gotic In Barcelona

The Barri Gotic In Barcelona

Catalunya, the current center of the gastronomic universe.  I hadn’t been there since 2001, when food meant to me whatever the closest restaurant was offering at the moment.  This time I walked through Barcelona with a culinary eye, and found (and ate) many a wonderful thing, if only for a short couple of days.

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Gastropocalypse 2012: Third Stop: Tickets Tapas Bar and 41º

27 Thursday Sep 2012

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41º, Albert Adria, Barcelona, elBulli, Ferran Adria, gastropocalypse, tapas, Tickets

Tickets in Barcelona

The gastropocalypse continued on from England and Austria into the next country: Spain. Specifically to the culinary paradise of Catalunya, and the beautiful city of Barcelona.  There I had made reservations at a tapas bar.  It doesn’t have any Michelin stars and isn’t in the Top 50 restaurants in the world.  But I thought it was worth checking out.  Why?  Because it’s run by Ferran and Albert Adrià.  You know, elBulli.  Considered the most revolutionary cooks alive and all that.

Excuse me for a moment while I channel Eric’s excitement:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ATE AT TICKETS!!! I HAD A DRINK AT 41º!!!!!!!  AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, that feels better.

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Eating In Vienna

21 Friday Sep 2012

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Babette's, Bratwurst, Kaiserschmarrn, Käsekreiner, Schnitzel, Vienna

Stadthaus

The Stadthaus in central Vienna

During my short stay in Vienna, I ate everywhere I could.  I was going to add this in at the bottom of my post about eating at Steirereck, just like I did when I ate in Chicago, but there were a ton of photos in that one and I didn’t want to make it insanely long.  So, this post.

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Gastropocalypse 2012: Second Stop: Steirereck

19 Wednesday Sep 2012

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Steirereck Im Stadtpark

Continuing my European culinary journey which started in London, my next stop was Vienna, Austria to visit some friends and experience the city.  And, of course, to eat at their local temple to gastronomy.  Theirs is located in the center of town in the middle of Stadtpark. It has plenty of outdoor seating, which was a first for me in these kind of places.  Its name is Steirereck.

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Gastropocalypse 2012: First Stop: Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

11 Tuesday Sep 2012

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Outside Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

I just came back from a two week jaunt through Europe.  I hadn’t been on a two week vacation in over two and a half years, and hadn’t been to Europe in six years, so I was determined to pack in as much excitement as I could.  And boy, did I.  I decided one aspect of this vacation was to be a culinary exploration, and I managed to score reservations at some of the best places on the continent.  I named the whole excursion Gastropocalypse 2012.  The first stop on the culinary map: London.

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Dinner At The Modernist Cuisine Cooking Lab

11 Friday May 2012

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Cooking Lab, Maxime Bilet, Modernist Cuisine, Nathan Myhrvold, Seattle, Seattle Food Geek

The Badge

You can’t make a reservation, and you can’t pay.

– Nathan Myrvold on having dinner at the Cooking Lab

Last night I had the rare privilege of attending one of the dinners at the Modernist Cuisine Cooking Lab.  The phrase ‘rare privilege’ can be overused, but in this case, it is completely warranted.  The purity and concentration of their flavors is off the charts.  Twenty-nine courses of it.  Needless to say, but it needs to be said: it was amazing.

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Jet City Gastrophysics Goes To Alinea

23 Monday Apr 2012

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Alinea, Chicago, Eric Rivera, Grant Achatz, Scott Heimendinger

Jet City in the Windy City

Jet Windy City Gastrophysics

I hear it’s pretty hard to get into high end restaurants.  I’m not so sure – either the problem is exaggerated or I have an awesome lucky streak.  My dinner for Next:Childhood?  I just got online and reserved a ticket.  Benu in San Francisco?  I put in a request on the waiting list and a table cancelled.

So when I wanted to get into Alinea, considered the best restaurant in the US, and even the world (depending on who’s ranking), I called their reservation line.  It was busy.  I called again.  It was busy.  I called again.  They answered and I made a reservation.  I wouldn’t call that persistence.  I guess it’s either not that hard or the food gods want my taste buds to do some worshiping. And if all else fails, of course, you can always rap battle.

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