Who Cut the Gveenah? CT Food Tour of the World at Gveenah, West Hartford December 2025 I'm going to drop some West Hartford blasphemy: I've never really liked Black Bamboo that much. I like Black Bamboo's commitment to vegetarianism and by all accounts they are a good business, but I just don't understand the … [Read more...]
Ecuador: La Toquilla
Time to Toq Up CT Food Tour of the World at La Toquilla, Manchester May 2024 I have written many times on this here website that I have no business writing about food. And I really have no business writing about foods and cultures from countries and peoples I know nothing about. Yet here I am again, at La … [Read more...]
Nigeria: Naija
Taking a Poundo on the Chin-Chin CT Food Tour of the World at Naija, Newington November 2024 Straight up, this will be a difficult page to write. I cannot find a single review of this restaurant. No explanations, no experiences... nothing to help guide me. Sure, I ate there and know the names of most of what I … [Read more...]
Ethiopia: Lalibela
Lali, Lali, Lali Get Your Injera Here... CT Food Tour of the World at Lalibela, New Haven November 2024 I'm facing a crisis. And if my wife wrote about places like Lalibela like I do, she'd have the same issue. Is it an ethical issue? An existential one? I'm not sure, but it certainly won't be the first time I … [Read more...]
Sweden: IKEA Swedish Restaurant
"Bork, Bork, Bork!" IKEA Swedish Restaurant, New Haven March 2024 You know what's crazy. In preparation to write this page I did what I often do when writing about food I know very little about: I poked around the Internet for inspiration and clarity. I didn't find anything interesting, probably because this is … [Read more...]
Afghanistan: Shish Kebab House of Afghanistan
It's the Shish CT Food Tour of the World at Shish Kebab House, West Hartford November 2023 "First food, then religion" Afghan Proverb Maybe you are aware of other Afghan restaurants in Connecticut, but I am not. Of course, since I live in the same town as this long standing and rather well-regarded one, I've … [Read more...]
Venezuela: Valencia Luncheria
Va-LEN-CI-Aaaahhh Valencia Luncheria, Norwalk August 2013 & December 2022 I'm writing this in 2023, having recently enjoyed a "Venezuelan Beach Food" lunch at Valencia Luncheria in Norwalk. This may come as a surprise to some folks in a picture below, who have been waiting to read this particular page for a … [Read more...]
Sichuan: Song
Sing It! Song, West Hartford April 2021 I am wholly unqualified to write this page. I know, I know... I've said this many times before on this website, and especially when it comes to writing about restaurants, and especially about cuisines about which I know nothing. I am a white man. I grew up mostly in Delaware … [Read more...]
Cajun: Roux (Closed)
Let's Geaux! Roux Cajun Eatery, Simsbury March 2022 Roux closed in November 2023. At that time, the owners were planning on opening elsewhere in a different town. A rare day off from work with the boys in school? Be still my heart. A Cajun eatery has come to Connecticut? Clog my heart's arteries. … [Read more...]
Tibet: Tibetan Kitchen
You TiBetter Believe Tibetan Kitchen, Middletown New Haven January 2016 Tibetan Kitchen closed and re-opened in New Haven Chapel Street in 2022. As I begin putting this page together, I find myself getting lost in the mountains of Tibet and the geopolitical twists and turns of the east Asian country. This … [Read more...]