Ah late Christmas presents! A coworker took the crew out for pizza as a belated Christmas present. We decided to go to Oregano’s Oregano’s is a local Arizona chain, although somewhat of a late-comer to the Phoenix market. I ate in one in Flagstaff many years ago and bemoaned the fact they didn’t have one … Read more
I felt my review of Red Brick Pizza was somewhat unfair. Considering how much they bragged up their oven technology, it seemed I must have gotten an off-day pizza. They could hardly have called what I got “crispyâ€. Today, I took the family in during the middle of the day and tried again. This time … Read more
For several months I’ve been noticing the Red Brick Pizza on Camelback, but, with just a glimpse inside, I’ve had the impression it’s really too trendy to be a place to take the family, so I’ve avoided hauling the Glover clan in for a review. Tonight, Irene and the kids were out and I decided … Read more
30 minutes after the first pizza, I was back at the table with this pizza. Cooling the oven failed to have the correct results, the stone didn’t loose temperature, but the ambient temperature apparently dropped. The second pizza was still burnt on the bottom, but the toppings failed to cook. Another thing I noticed, the … Read more
No life-long search for the ultimate pizza could be complete without attempting to take matters into one’s own hands and create it oneself. I have spent years looking for pizza crust recipes, and no matter how many I find and try, I’m amazed at one salient point: There is so very little variation in the … Read more
My wife maintains a family website/blog on Baby Home which is based in Taiwan (and therefore in Chinese). It’s primarily about the kids growing up. One of the unintended side effects is that several Taiwanese mothers located in Arizona have “found” each other and formed a sort of offline group of acquaintances (I believe the … Read more
Here’s another half-review. I was taken to lunch the other day to Pier 49 Pizza, a new restaurant, somewhere in the Phoenix/Tempe borderland. I didn’t get a menu, and didn’t notice the prices, so I don’t have price/quantity information, but as for the pizza, here goes… I gotta say, I completely agree with Alton Brown … Read more
Things are slowly returning to normal around the house, although the Christmas holidays tend to make everything a little out of the ordinary. Most people had a four-day weekend, but, of course, I didn’t as the State doesn’t close for the day after Thanksgiving. They might as well have, it was nearly abandoned. Anyway, it … Read more
As my in-laws live near Din Tai Fung, you’ll often seen Japanese tourists in the area. It’s no joke that most of them are carrying tour guides to places to eat in Taipei. They come to Taiwan for the eating and the hot springs. I’ve helped Japanese tourists, in my own bad Japanese, try to … Read more
Lunch today, not bad. The pork chop was very good until I started to get shards of bone in it. The noodles were passable, but the broth they were served in was about as flavorful as muddy water. Stick with the rice. Technorati Tags: Blog, Food, Restaurant, Taiwan, Travel