'Restaurant Reviews'

Since I am part of the Tucson food media, I get invited to experience new restaurants occasionally.
Here’s the skinny on Bistro Phillipe which is under the direction of Phillipe Trosch who has cooked around Tucson as well as the world. Before starting Bistro Phillipe he was at the helm of the Five Diamond Loews Ventana Resort.
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Are you like me? Do you get into a rut and dine at the same restaurant or same circle of restaurants? It’s like my mind goes into a dark hole and doesn’t venture out.
Tonight I was meeting a friend (Lora) from Oro Valley and trying to figure out a half way mark to meet. Okay, [more...]

I thought I’d give a plug to my pal Rita who has made some good posts on the Circle of Food blog in the past and let’s hope she returns.
Although Rita lives in Tucson, her palate is simply stable in the Old Pueblo and she gets around — in this case — Boston.
When not doing [more...]

On a recent trip to Los Angeles, I ate at Kotosh, a marvelously little hole-in-the-wall serving memorable Japanese-Peruvian fare in Lomita. 
My friend Annette knew one of the owners and off we went (with Linzi along). I guess Peruvian Japanese fare is not that unusual. Annette explained that the owners were Japanese but lived most of [more...]

Tucson–Tonight I went out to dinner to Yoshimatsu which is one of my favorite restaurants. Yoshimatsu serves a different kind of Japanese food in a fast casual setting but somehow it works and is consistently wonderful.
Since the University of Arizona session hasn’t started yet, Yoshimatsu was not crowded. Every time I go, I order the same thing [more...]