Forking Tasty

The Dirty South(side)

Last Thursday I met up with the boys from Immaculate Infatuation once again to sweat it out at the new Pies ‘n’ Thighs on Billyburg’s Southside. As always, I’ll leave the specifics of the meal to them. Our mutual taste preferences make it quite easy for me to leave the reviewing and wordsmithing to them. Above is the visual depiction of their eloquent description.

My first X-Rated Cafe

Diabetic Blood Sugar Count
Pre-meal: 65 | Post-meal (1 hour): 106 | Insulin: 4 Units

This Blog is rated X and so is the restaurant I went to in Vancouver.

My buddy Sean Bell got off a ship in Vancouver about a week ago and has been vacationing in Vancouver ever since. Sean has been to Vancouver many times and wanted to meet up for brunch. He has been to a restaurant called The Elbow Room Café on Davie St. and loves the food there. That is all he mentioned to me was the good food, he didn’t mention the type of X-rated service we were going to get with the food…

Double Dinner

They say you can eat your way around the world without ever leaving Queens, NY. One night a few weeks back I partnered up with my buddy Erik and we tried to do just that. We really only made it through 2 countries but we saw the storefronts of many more. Trip number 2 is in the works. For now enjoy the journey above.

A Must Eat When In Juneau

Juneau, Tracy’s Crab Shack from Anthony Anello on Vimeo.

Diabetic Blood Sugar Count
Pre-meal: 111 | Post-meal (1 hour): 124 | Insulin: 4 Units

Tracy’s King Crab Shack is in a word fantastic. My friend Jason has been telling me about the shack for 2 weeks. He said you have not had king crab until you go to Tracy’s. This has been by far the best place I have come to in Alaska. I wish I was able to meet Tracy but she was on her way to Newport Road Island to submit her chowder into a competition. Let me tell you, she may win. I’ll let the video do the talking.

Finally Indian On The Ship

There is not that much going on in Skagway Alaska. There are a lot of jewelry stores and old brothels that are now bars. I did manage to take a hike up a mountain. There are 2 hikes, upper and lower Dewey. I only had time for lower Dewey. It was fun with beautiful views. When I got back to town I was hungry. I found the one Indian restaurant in town (Bombay Curry) and didn’t have time to sit down and have a meal there so I took it to go. After I went in I found out that this was there 3rd day open. They are very nice there and I ordered the Butter Chicken and some Dal with Naan. I brought it to the ship and it finally felt good to have some Indian food on the ship, which never happens. Not sure why when there are a bunch of Indian chiefs on board. You would think, right, whatever. The food was decent but the Naan was perfect. Nice and fluffy with lots of sauce to dip it in. I love to scoop up my dal with my Naan.

A Different BLT

Annebelles, Ketchikan from Anthony Anello on Vimeo.

My colleague Will gave me a tip one of his favorite sandwich in Ketchikan, the Halibut BLT. You can find this delicious sandwich at Annebelle’s Keg and Chowder House. I took a seat at the bar and had a great experience. I am not a huge bacon fan, I know, you can wipe the shock off your face. However, the bacon with the Halibut was not very over powering and it gave the sandwich really nice flavor. I also ordered a side of their famous chowder. The chowder was good but not as good as Cheers in Boston. The nice surprise at the end was there was a piece of bacon waiting for me at the bottom smothered in chowder. What a nice surprise. Thanks Will!

Avec la saveur

I was back in Chicago last week to speak at the Word of Mouth Marketing Conference. While I was there I got to sneak away to taste some great food at Avec. Avec is one of three restaurants in a mini empire that has developed in the South loop of Chicago. I’m not sure who owns them, who cooks at them or who is ultimately in charge, but…

Swanky Dining In Vancouver

Diabetic Blood Sugar Count
Pre-meal: 95 | Post-meal (1 hour): 135 | Insulin: 5 Units

Vancouver is my homeport while I am in Alaska. However, I usually do not have time to get out because I have to work from 12- 3 and then we sail about 2 hours later. Last week for some reason I didn’t have to work until 4 so I got a chance to go out and get some grub…