For the first time in at least 25 years, I went to a conveyor belt sushi restaurant this weekend, right here in St. Louis! If you’ve ever played the game Sushi Go (or Sushi Roll), it’s emulating the Japanese kaiten-zushi experience: While you sit in the restaurant, plates of sushi move past you on a … Read more
I’m always happy to eat a marschino cherry. One, maybe two at most. The tricky thing about these cherries is that they’re typically found in drinks, which means at some point I have to fish the cherry out of the glass. This is particularly difficult if the cherry is in a narrow champagne glass in … Read more
I have a new request for Yelp, Google, and other places that provide information about restaurants and bars: Add a decibel rating. Perhaps I’m just getting old, but twice this weekend and once a few weeks ago I experienced issues with music and restaurants and bars in St. Louis that resulted in people at the … Read more
This week I’ve seen a number of reviews for a cozy digital game called Wanderstop. It reminds me a lot of the book Legends & Lattes, except in a fantasy tea shop instead of a coffee shop. The tea shop features an elaborate, over-the-top tea-making machine that I would love to see in real life: … Read more
A few days ago, a cozy restaurant in St. Louis called The Gelateria opened their doors to find that an electrical fire had reduced everything to ashes. They will need to rebuild the entire interior, including the kitchen. They started a fundraiser to help cover their staff wages for the next few months while the … Read more
Random idea for today: You go to a restaurant with not one, but two tasting menus across several courses, each created and served by a different chef. You vote on your favorite of the two courses, and at the end of the night, one of the chefs is declared the “winner” (purely for pride). The … Read more
After our amazing fine dining experience at St. Louis’ Bulrush a few months ago, we’ve been itching to see what the next season’s menu might hold. I learned from the chef that there’s no season-specific menu–dishes change all the time based on which ingredients are available locally. The meal started with a touch of sweet, … Read more
I recently had one of the best dining experiences of my life, right here in St. Louis. A few friends invited us to join them at Bulrush for their seasonal tasting menu with drink pairings. I knew as soon as we walked in that it was going to be a special evening, as it was … Read more
Ever since the pandemic began, we have continued to eat food from restaurants once or twice a week…but not at restaurants. We order takeout or delivery to eat at home. Restaurants package takeout food in a variety of ways, and one of my favorites–for environmental reasons–is to use a big brown paper bag. However, there’s … Read more
Given the summer heat, I’ve been on an ice cream kick lately. While munching on a scoop today, I decided to rank my favorite ice cream places in St. Louis. Eligible for this list are places that focus on the ice cream itself. So, no milkshakes (sorry, Crown Candy and Bailey’s Range) and no other … Read more