A Foodie's week in the San Francisco Bay Area
posted by snekse

I just spent a week in San Francisco doing almost nothing but eating and taking pictures of it with my new camera (the wonderful Canon Rebel Xsi dSLR with the amazing Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 lens). So this whole next week is going to be spent sharing the things I found there that aren't in Omaha, but should be. If you want to bookmark this page, I'll update this post with the links to the related articles, or you can just keep checking back.

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Chocolate Mousse Cake AKA Chocolate Butter^TM @ Au Coquelet Cafe
Taqueria Ramiro & Sons - Alameda, CA

Previous Foodie in California items

coming soon...

Labels: PHOTOGRAPHY, PRODUCT REVIEW, RESTAURANT REVIEW, RESTAURANTS, REVIEW, San Francisco

PHOTOS: Taste of Omaha - 2007
posted by snekse

Iron Chef Metro judging panel

Just some quick photos from this year's Taste of Omaha. Overall I'd say it was a better event than last year. I was glad to see an increase in locally owned independent restaurants offering food this year. I only stuck around for the Battle French match of the Iron Chef Metro competition, but it was fun to watch again this year. I'll have the outcomes of all the battles posted here later this week. Click here (or the photo above) to see all the pictures from this year's Taste of Omaha event.

2007 IRON CHEF METRO RESULTS
Battle Latin America: Jon Seymour and Hilary Quinn
Battle New Orleans: Lance Ritzman and Craig Hoffman
Battle French: Matt Baum and Rocky Rocha
Battle Asian: Randall Smallridge and Linda Barr
Overall Winners: Jon Seymour and Hilary Quinn

RELATED LINKS:
Dining Notes: 'Iron Chef' Omaha

Tags || GFC | FOOD | TASTE OF OMAHA | METRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE | BRIAN O'MALLEY | CHRIS PULLING | more... |

Labels: LOCAL EVENTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

Tasting Menus in Omaha
posted by snekse

Tasting Menus

Just want to say "Welcome" to the Omaha World-Herald readers who arrived here through today's article on fixed price menus.

Whether you call them Tasting Menus, Chef's Menus, Omakase, Prix Fixe, Kitchen Tables, Wine Dinners, or even just combo meals, they all share a common thread - you must give up at least some control over what you're going to eat (and of course a fixed price). Giving up a little bit of control means you have to be a little adventurous, but it's not like we're talking about sky diving here. It's just food.

If you haven't sampled some of the tasting menus around town, I highly encourage you to give them a try. There's no better way to quickly decide if you like a restaurant or not, than to try a bunch of food in one visit. To give you an idea of what you might encounter, I've included some links below that are related to the places mentioned in the article. You can also click the picture in the upper right-hand corner to visually whet your appetite.

There are some more Omaha restaurants that were not mentioned in the article that also serve some variation of a prix fixe menu:

Le Voltaire offers a bistro menu with an appetizer, entree and dessert for $30.
Flemming's Steakhouse offers 3 levels of "Discovery Dinners" that include wine.
The Tasting Room has a 6 course Chef’s tasting menu (Minimum of 4 guests, reservations required 72 hours in advance).

Darwin Bistro

Paul