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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Flip Burger Boutique in Atlanta

When John and I decided to go to Atlanta during the Christmas break, I knew one of our stops would have to be Flip Burger Boutique. The chef there is none other than Top Chef Season 4's gastronomy-loving, faux-hawked Richard Blaise.

We went there on a Wednesday for a late lunch. They don't accept reservations and it's a small place, so we were told we had a 45 minute wait. We drove 30 minutes to get there, so we waited. It gave us a chance to people watch and study the menu. The burgers are on the smallish side, so we had to choose carefully. There are a lot of intriguing things on the menu: a kobe burger, a foie gras milkshake, sweetbread nuggets. There was so much to choose from. There was a korean bbq burger with kimchee ketchup that I was this close to getting.

Ultimately, I settled on the ossobucco burger with french fries and a Nutella milkshake. They were totally worth the wait. The burger was juicy and flavorful and the milkshake had burnt marshmallows in it! It seems like all the burgers have something different about them. My burger had fried onions on it, and braised ketchup.

Christina got the same burger as I did, but with potato salad.

John got the venison burger and jalapeno slaw with a spicy chocolate mole shake. His burger was good, but not as good as mine. The slaw was delicious and not too spicy. We saw someone send their spicy mole shake back while we were waiting, claiming it was too spicy. But I thought this shake wasn't spicy at all. It tasted like a mild mole to me.

Success! I love a good burger, and these were some great burgers. And I'm always glad when other people enjoy our culinary adventures. I know not everyone loves trying weird and different foods as much as John and I do, but it's always good when they like it.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Reality TV Recap

Top Chef
Top Chef season 6 premiered on Wednesday. I love Top Chef. Padma always looks high, Tom has a weird goatee thing, the cheftestants are clearly insane, but I love it. And my favorite part of this ep? Guest judge Wolfgang Puck! Not only is he a great cook, he's hilarious! Throwing donuts, cracking up the other judges, he's awesome. Look at him! Doesn't he sound just like Frank (Martin Short) in Father of the Bride?


I was really glad the girl with the spacers went home. Her ears scared me. The French guy with the neckerchief cracks me up, and Michael is already on my shit list.

Top Chef Masters

My favorite dorky uncle Rick Bayless won! I was just glad Chiarello didn't win. He's such an ass.

Highlights: the judges make strange guttural noises. Ha!



Project Runway
I don't care what station PR is on, I'll watch it. As long as my mentor, Tim Gunn, is on it. Make it work!


Ha, that Ari Fish, what a nutbar. I was kind of shocked she was sent home, they usually keep the conceptual people over the boring people. But she was just too conceptual.

I would like to point out that Miss Shirin Askari is from Garland, my hometown. I am rooting for her, just for that. She seems like she has a shot.

There is also a dude who has only one name, Epperson. Not really caring for the name, but he has the skillz, as the kids say. People already getting on my nerves: the Asian dude with the hair. You know which one I'm talking about. Yeah. His hair gets to me.

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