El Rey…
Got a chance to check out Stephan Starr's latest, El Rey, his Mexican inspired restaurant and cocktail lounge. The quick and dirty: it's just so so. Decor is kind of cool, but the place gets very loud. The prices weren't bad with decent sized portions, but the food (at least what we sampled) was nothing to come back for.
First up was Tortilla Soup which had a great presentation in a table side pour of the tortilla broth, in the background is Guacamole with Tortilla Chips. The soup was pretty bad, it had an heavy smoke flavor and too much salt. It came with all the traditional accouterments and that helped a little bit in the flavor department, but the broth was just too far gone. The Guacamole was decent but it was very simple. At least it was plentiful.
The main course was Cabrito (braised goat). This was completely over salted and sadly the best part of the dish was the grilled scallions, which were absolutely delicious. I could eat an entire plate of them (some what sad considering they are not the focal point of the meal).
Dessert were homemade Churros with a caramel dipping sauce...which were good and probably the best part of the meal. But it's a churro, sorry to all churro fans out there, but i'm not making a special trip to restaurant for Churros.
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Chicken guy
This was the best meal all week. 30 minutes in line, but oh so worth it. Grilled chicken perfectly cooked. Nice char on the outside yet tender and moist on the inside. Excellent falafel and a ton of bread. Delicious.
500˚
The people responsible for Rouge in Philly have spawned a smaller burger joint called 500. The burger was perfectly cooked but small and left me hungry for more. The spicy fries were amazing, thin and crispy. Best part of the meal. At 10 and change (with tax) for the combo a little over priced for what you get. I heard people mention going to five guys for the burger and 500 for the fries. I stand behind that statement in a heartbeat.
Irish breakfast
sorry for fuzzy photo. It's a capture from the screen my digital camera with my iPhone.
baked beans: just fucking wierd to eat baked beans for breakfast.
egg: not my thing no matter what country I am in.
sausage: decent stuff.
black and white pudding: weird stuff, kind of like scrape but denser. I've had it once and that is enough.
bacon/ham: good
toast: good
mushrooms: good but just weird at that time in the morning for that style of cooked mushrooms.
so yeah I will stick to a simpler breakfast from now on.
