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The Best Of: Mexican Food

They are talking about what we already knew. Fonda San Miguel is top of class Mexican food. I am sure La Condessa was high up on the list, also. Maybe Austin should have …

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Posted byChristian Bowers11/18/201011/18/2010Posted inRestaurant Review4 Comments on The Best Of: Mexican Food

BLT Watch: The Good Knight

I like the simplicity of the BLT. Not a lot of ways to hide crappy ingredients. I think they are a good indicator of how the rest of a menu is going to flow …

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Posted byChristian Bowers10/28/201010/28/2010Posted inRestaurant Review3 Comments on BLT Watch: The Good Knight

Restaurant Review: Uchiko (Child of Uchi)

I have been driving South and turning left into Uchi for years. Finally, Central Austin gets some Tyson Cole love. Uchiko blasted through a ‘soft opening’ like I have never seen. Booked to the gills, polished right out of the gate. If your recipe is working, why change it? The Michael Hsu (along with Joel […]

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Posted byChristian Bowers08/17/201008/18/2010Posted inRestaurant Review5 Comments on Restaurant Review: Uchiko (Child of Uchi)

Great Plates: Carne Asada at Fonda San Miguel

Carne Asada is a classic Mexican combination plate that can be found on a hundred menus around Austin. Not many are very good and fewer still are true to the original. We think the best…

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Posted byChristian Bowers07/21/201007/21/2010Posted inCooking At Home, Restaurant Review2 Comments on Great Plates: Carne Asada at Fonda San Miguel

More Things Change the More They Stay the Same

Recognize it? I didn’t either. It’s Comanche Trail, off 620 by the lake. You know, where the Oasis is. Wholly Crap! That is the Oasis. Kind of. It seems they are going full bore on expanding the ‘Sunset Capital of Texas’ …

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Posted byChristian Bowers07/13/201007/13/2010Posted inRestaurant Review7 Comments on More Things Change the More They Stay the Same

Four Seasons TRIO: This Must Not Happen All The Time?

Let me first say that the Chef and server are not solely to blame. I don’t usually write negative reviews (or valet park), but at 7:00pm on Saturday I took a chance and went to the TRIO happy hour at the Four Seasons. Amidst the gilded kid glove service of the hotel staff, TRIO’s Trio […]

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Posted byChristian Bowers06/28/201006/29/2010Posted inRestaurant Review9 Comments on Four Seasons TRIO: This Must Not Happen All The Time?

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