Posted on May 28, 2009 by John Osorio
Located at 27 D’Aguilar St. in Lan Kwai Fong is a little Lebanese restaurant/bar/hookah lounge called Beirut. Like most places in LKF, Beirut serves decent food, probably has a great lunch deal, and is packed on a Friday or Saturday night with the bar crowd. The unfortunate thing about MOST restaurants in the Lan Kwai [...]
Filed under: Dinner, Restaurant Review, Wine, food | Tagged: Beirut, food, Hong Kong, Hookah, Hummus, Lan Kwai Fong, Lebanese, LKF, Restaurant, Shawarma | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 25, 2008 by John Osorio
I had a nice little snack the other day. It was simple with crackers, cheese, and wine but the combination of flavors I feel is enough to write home about. Or blog about in this case .
The cheese was a soft French cheese manufactured by Fromagerie Germain. I think the cheese is called Farm [...]
Filed under: Beverage, My Meals, Wine, food | Tagged: Argentina, Fantelli, Fromagerie Germain, Syrah | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 8, 2008 by John Osorio
I’m not sure if this is going to be true for all South African Shiraz, but I do know that Guardian Peak is drinking perfectly. I recently picked up a bottle of Guardian Peak 2003 Shiraz and was blown away by the flavor. I typically purchase cheaper bottles of wine and don’t expect to much [...]
Filed under: Beverage, Wine | Tagged: 2003, guardian peak, shiraz, south africa, Wine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 12, 2008 by John Osorio
So, I moved to Hong Kong. I am extremely excited because now I can focus on the life I would like to set up for myself. I am currently in search of oenology courses so I can set myself up for my dream of one day owning a vineyard. I already have so much to write [...]
Filed under: Restaurant Review, Wine, food | Tagged: Hong Kong, Jaspas, osso bucco, SoHo | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 16, 2008 by John Osorio
Location: 121 Washington St, Providence RI, 02903
Last night I took two of my friends to Local 121 for dinner. We weren’t planning on going to a nice restaurant to eat so we weren’t exactly dressed appropriately for the dinning room but there was plenty of room at the end of the bar so [...]
Filed under: Restaurant Review, Wine, food | Tagged: Chocolate Tart, Grilled Quail, Local 121, Malbec, Pan Seared Chicken Breast | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 11, 2008 by John Osorio
I’ll be the first to admit that I have an addiction to not only food, but wine. I have been studying wine for about four years now and came to a huge shock today, I don’t know half as much as I thought I did. Sure I know the methods of wine making, [...]
Filed under: Wine | Tagged: Missouri, Norton, Wine | 1 Comment »