Day 1 in Austin. Gastrodamus and I arrive, get swept up in Deltacookie’s Prius-carriage-of-cuteness, drop off our luggage and end up in Parkside on 6th Street. It was our first food spot in the city and it set the bar for the rest of our stops. This is definitely a place I’d hit up again for drinks and noms.
This was also the first time I’d ever had okra, and holy mother of wheat it was incredible. Then again, it was deep fried. Gastrodamus warned me it typically doesn’t taste that good.
-Braised Bombshell
Rise & Shine MIA mofos, it's "Best of Awards" Time...
Lists. You gotta love them. Seriously, they cater to the ADD binges in all of us. Quick, to the point, and just when you don’t want to bother straining your brain finishing a sentence you can skip on to the next entry, mid-thought. So I couldn’t help but share Miami New Times’ “Best of Food & Drinks” list with y’all. Needless to say, several of these are going up on my fridge’s Nomster 2.0 chalkboard. Off the bat, they nailed the following:
1. Hiro’s Yakko-San - Best Restaurant in North-Miami Dade
2. Old San Juan - Best Mofongo
3. Yuga - Best Pan-Asian (Although Moon in South Miami is just as good)
4. Ms. Cheezious - Best Cheesy Food Truck
5. BTTR - hellz yeah, hit it up this past Tuesday and gorged.
6. Crumbs on Parchment - Agree even though Lemoni Cafe in the same hood is equally as cheap and tasty.
7. American Noodle Bar - Best Restaurant when you Pay
8. The Restaurant at the Setai - Best Hotel Food
9. Doraku - Best Happy Hour (it really is, and it’s on Lincoln which adds to the anomaly)
Pop Up Cafe?!
So has anyone heard of these yet? Are there any in Miami?
My latest addiction: summer salad a la bombshell. Watermelon, lettuce, kalamata olives, avocado, feta cheese with a little bit of fig infused balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Sprinkle some freshly ground pepper too.
I also made an itty-bitty turkey sandwich with cheddar from The Cheese Course, some pineapple-jalapeno spread, champagne honey mustard, and avocado for extra indulgence.
-Braised Bombshell
Chocolate decadence we guzzled down last night was a dutch chocolate milkshake with vanilla vodka and frangelico. Gastrodamus had a mint chocolate chip version with added Bailey’s mint chocolate and mint liqueur.
A buzz with childhood nostalgia ;p
-Braised Bombshell
We came, we hungered, we cocoa-ODed. So this weekend was the BVSC chocolate event and we decided to mindf@$% you with this: Chocolate burger. Oh yes, that’s not a beef burger you see that’s a Ghiradelli double chocolate brownie “patty”, freshly baked croissant “bun,” mint “lettuce,” pomegranate Grand Marnier “ketchup,” pineapple “mustard,” and whipped cream “mayonnaise.” All homemade, all from the demented minds of Braised Bombshell and Gastrodamus.
-Braised Bombshell
Breakfast of French champions. (Taken with instagram)
Picked up my bi-weekly Annie’s Food Club today, so I had no choice but to get rid of my last share. What better way than tossing everything into one batch and have breakfast for dinner:)
-Braised Bombshell
Obviously BVSC is all about the food, but another reason we came together was our proximity (with the exception of Gastrodamus1 who lives on the beach, shhhh don’t tell him he’s been left out). So on my day off I took a stroll around the hood and took some pics for you all to get acquainted with the streets Deltacookie, Black Angus (post already!), Gastrodamus (secretly as he’s devoured by sheer non-proximity envy behind a red, velvet curtain off-stage), and I have come to adore. So I present to you all Midtown/Buena Vista.
-Braised Bomshell
BVSC already has 90 posts, how quickly can we get to 100?
Morning BVSC followers <stretching out arms>,
We already got one request in for a foodie experiment (thanks goddessofscrumptiousness), let’s get some more. Tell us what you want to see BVSC eat or cook. Twitter followers don’t be shy, we want to hear from you too :)
