Vacherin Mont d’Or Cheese

We tried the Vacherin Mont d’Or cheese I bought in Geneva last night.  It’s a very light flavored cheese with a pinkish colored rind.  We spread it on some French bread which we got for free at Panera.  In fact, we got two loaves.  I think it will go well with some fig jam.  It’s [...]

Unique Stuffed Cheeseburger

I’ve never had a burger without ketchup. At the Iron Horse Restaurant in Westwood, NJ, Marita and I tried their unique cheeseburger. It’s made by sprinkling crumbled cheese on a beef patty, putting another patty on top of it, then rolling everything up into a big meatball. Then you flatten the meatball, [...]

Dry Curry Rice, Organic Egg Omelet

Normally, when we go to Mitsuwa in Edgewater, we get the usual things – tempura , soba, miso soup, Japanese hamburger, ramen. But we decided to try something different (in keeping with our resolution of not having the same dish twice) and looked around for something new. We came across a lunch special of dry [...]

Baby Back Ribs In Hackensack

My son Jay brought us tonight to Cubby’s BBQ in Hackensack, NJ.  I haven’t had good pulled pork in a long time (the last time was in Georgia).  So I ordered a pulled pork sandwich and Jay and Marita shared a whole rack of baby back ribs.  For sides, we had sweet potato fries, coleslaw [...]

Game Fare In Geneva

‘Tis the season for game and you see signs reading “La chasse est arrive” everywhere in Switzerland. We were lucky to be treated to one fine chasse dinner by Alice Abalos, a good friend of ours stationed in Geneva. We went to Auberge de Coutance on 25, Rue de Coutance. I had already had some [...]

My Favorite Filipino Restaurant

If someone were to ask me today what my current favorite Filipino restaurant is, I would say it is “The Little Pinoy” in . . .  Geneva.  Yes, that’s Geneva, Switzerland.  I didn’t expect to find a Filipino restaurant there, so the Little Pinoy was a really pleasant surprise.  It’s owned and run by a  [...]