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Monday, April 18, 2011
Events / Easter Brunch Easter brunch and a movie at Mez
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM
Mez at the EpiCentre will be hosting Easter brunch and a movie for $29.95 per person on April 24. Brunch without a movie is $23.95, and kids' meal is $10.95 per person.
The brunch buffet will include breakfast selections, salads, fruits, a carving station, and assorted pastries.
Events / Easter Brunch Chima celebrates Easter
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Chima Brazilian Steahouse will be celebrating Easter, April 24, with earlier hours and family-friendly activities like face painting and kid's entertainment.
Easter brunch at Blue Restaurant
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Blue Restaurant is offering Easter brunch for $34.95 per person on Sunday, April 24.
Read on to view the menu ...
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Events Food bloggers unite
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:00 AM
If you consider yourself a food blogger, you might want to join the food blogging meeting going on at 11 am this Saturday, April 16, at Freedom Park.
Meet other bloggers, share blogging knowledge, photo and writing tips and more. Because it's a food blogging meeting, it's best to bring a snack to share.
This will be the first of future monthly food blogging meetings. For more info or to RSVP, contact juruble@gmail.com or taylor@taylortakesataste.com.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Food News / Events Win a trip to the 2011 NFL draft via Moe's
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:00 AM
Become a fan of Charlotte's Moe's Southwest Grill Facebook page (www.facebook.com/MoesCharlotte) and be eligible to win a trip to NYC for the 2011 NFL draft.
Two "fans" will be picked each day to qualify to win this grand prize, which includes airfare, hotel and tickets to the draft at Radio City Music Hall. The winner will also be featured in Moe's commercials on ESPN. Contest runs until April 21, 2011.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Don't forget: Taste of the Nation is Wednesday
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Monday, April 11, 2011
Recipe / Priscilla Tsai / Cookie Homemade Fig Newtons
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:00 AM
Try your hand at these fig-filled cookies.
I did. Mine turned out ugly!
See if yours turn out prettier than mine.
They are homely, but quite tasty. Homemade fig puree is tucked inside strips of rolled dough, wrapped up, and then sliced into bars.
(You can find Black Mission Figs at Trader Joe's in the nuts and dried fruit section. At the Midtown Trader Joe's store, they are located on the bottom shelf in a round plastic container.)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Priscilla Tsai Honey-Roasted Onion Tart from Bon Appetit
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Perhaps I subscribe to too many culinary magazines – I always get inundated with a flurry of them at the same time each month. And while I am excited to crack open every glossy, candy-colored magazine, I can't help rushing through each one just so I can tackle the next.
With a full library of foodie mags that have arrived just this year, I figured it's about time to stop drooling over the pictures and and actually try a recipe.
Bon Appetit's recipe for Honey-Roasted Onion Tart is a keeper. The recipe was published in their Feb. 2011 issue, but can be found online here.
A mess of caramelized honey-roasted thinly-sliced onions and bacon pieces are strewn on top of puff pastry dough slathered with layer of creme fraiche. It makes for a great appetizer.
Find the recipe on Bon Appetit's site here.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Smorgasbord Photos from a Cheerwine lunch
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 1:48 PM
Cheerwine announced some exciting news for the company during an event held at the Salisbury Country Club yesterday, April 5.
The 94-year old brand based out of Salisbury, NC, announced a new website, a new advertising campaign, more partnerships, and new markets in which they will be available (specifically Tennessee).
The latest campaign is the biggest they've ever done and it aims to brand the soda as a "legend." The slogan is "Legend. Born in the South. Raised in a glass."
Die-hard Cheerwine fans would have enjoyed the lunch that was served as the cherry-flavored soda was incorporated into a few of the dishes. Guests enjoyed salad with Cheerwine vinaigrette, pulled pork with Cheerwine BBQ sauce, Cheerwine Key Lime cheesecake, and a Cheerwine black forest cake.
For those of you who liked last year's Krispy Kreme doughnuts filled with Cheerwine cream, get ready for round two. Cheerwine is talks with KK right now to bring you more of the same.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Mouthful Photos from Krazy Fish
Posted By Priscilla Tsai on Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:12 PM
Krazy Fish restaurant sure is crazy – but in a good way. The Central Avenue eatery, which opened three weeks ago, is to restaurants what the Thirsty Beaver is to bars: It's a bit kooky, but an awesome find. It's self-described as "World Soul Seafood Fusion in Plaza-Midwood with legendary flair."
Krazy Fish has "interesting" arts-and-crafts projects hanging from the ceiling, a mermaid that's wrapped in black cloth and white tulle (which sort of looks like a French maid), stuffed Nemos, green tinsel seaweed (is that what it's supposed to be?), paint-splattered booths, and sparkly acrylic-covered tables.
The menu is just as fun with an assortment of tempura tacos and unique salsas (i.e. blueberry tamarind chutney), roti (tortillas stuffed with "Krazy" filler, rice and your choice sauce), Thai-influenced dishes, bollio sandwiches, and seafood-heavy entree plates.
For an appetizer we ordered the red curry shrimp, which was tempura shrimp in a Thai-style red curry sauce and a mound of rice and tortillas on the side. It was so delicious my friend really couldn't get enough of the red curry sauce and she dipped everything into it.
I tried the Southern pulled pork taco with blueberry tamarind chutney as well as the poached shrimp taco with salsa de arbol. Served on lightly fried tortillas, both were extremely flavorful and juicy.
For dessert I got the mango creme brulee which is not a traditional creme brulee, but ridiculously ... er, krazy good. It's more like a fried doughnut with a warm coconutty custard in the middle. It's ridiculous. Get it if you go.
Krazy Fish
2501 Central Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28205
704.332.1004
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Recipe: Rose Water Tea Cookies 1
Cookies, tea and shouting. In that order. Ascending order.
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Photos: Mint Museum's Allure of Flowers After Hours
A peek into a fancy foodie fundraising event that incorporated flowers into, well, everything.
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Dish on this: Charlotte-based chefs join ACF Culinary Team USA 2016
As fall approaches, local chefs prepare for a culinary battle in Germany.
