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Poppy – Seattle, WA

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

By Chef Kelly

As eluded a couple weeks ago, when I was in Washington with the boys of Silver City, we decided to hit Seattle for an evening of dining after a busy week in preparation for the new menu.

Chef/Owner Jerry Traunfeld’s Northwest style and homage to natural ingredients was the attraction for this visit.  This and the fact that he was recently on an episode of ‘Top Chef Masters’; so we wanted to stop by and check things out.

While the overall experience was great, the highlight was the Chef’s Herb Garden and his use of these herbs laced throughout the entire meal.  Of course, I went out and did some picking of herbs myself; and caught up in the aromas and excitement of the variety of interesting herbs, I failed to photograph the garden!  Sorry…

Crater Lake Blue, Cherry, Sage, and Walnut Tart

This first little nibble epitomized the entire food philosophy from my perspective. It also laid the foundation of expectation for the meal to come. The flavors of this tart were (more…)

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Shake Shack – New York City

Monday, April 26th, 2010

by Nadia Shin

Unlike Chef Kelly, traveling isn’t something that I get to do very often.  So, when an opportunity rose for me to visit a friend in Philadelphia I jumped at the chance.  My goal for the entire trip was to take a gastronomical tour of some of the best foods Philadelphia had to offer.  Since it was only a 2 hour bus ride away and I had never been there before, one of the days we decided to go to New York City.  We took the earliest bus and arrived in The City with great anticipation for the food it is so famous for.  The first place we went to was the Shake Shack in the upper part of the city.  It is located in the Madison Square Park on the corner of 23rd and Broadway.

It was the most beautiful day!  The park had these (more…)

Tags: New York City, Shake Shack
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