Well Fed On the Town

I love a good buffet. The problem is, so few of them are good. That’s why I was very pleased to find a gem like India Garden in Omaha. Most buffets will play is safe, offering up the items on their menu that have the widest appeal to the average diner, staying away from less […]

Well baseball fans, it is that time of year again. The NCAA Men’s College World Series has once again come to Omaha, NE. With that, there are thousands of people flocking to this city on the Missouri River in hopes their team wins it all. Meanwhile, they will have some time to do what everyone […]

I’ll come out and say it. I am a Mexican Food Snob. Having been born and raised in Texas, I would definitely consider myself a connoisseur of interior Mexican cuisine, Tex-Mex and Mexican-American fare. With that said, Julio’s in Omaha, NE did not disappoint.
Julio’s bills itself as Omaha’s premier Tex-Mex. That having been said, while […]

Proper French Onion Soup should be served in a small crockery style bowl. It should be covered with a stringy, relatively unsalted, melty cheese (Fontina or Gruyere) baked on top. Below the cheese should be a round crouton of bread floating on the soup, soaking in the broth from below and adhering to the cheese […]

Nicola’s Italian Restaurant, or Nicola’s in the Market as it is listed in some places, is a nice little Italian food restaurant in the Omaha Old Market district. (By the way, that’s nih-KOHL-uhs).
The menu is smaller than the wine list (which is one of my basic measurements for how good a wine list is, so […]

I would like to give thanks for advanced refrigeration methodologies and rapid, global shipping. Because of these two items I am able to enjoy outstanding Sushi in America’s Heartland. In this case, Sakura Bana in Omaha, NE.
When you think Omaha, you think probably think of insurance (Mutual of Omaha, anyone?), corn, beef, the College World […]

A recent spate of wintry weather saw me venturing out into the cold to join business associates for Italian Food at Spezia in Omaha, Nebraska. Our party of 12 was whittled down to 6, that darn weather, as we gathered near the bar to begin our evening. Drinks were promptly served from the cozy, but […]

Wood-Grilled Chilean Sea Bass in a Lemon Butter sauce, that’s what I was going to have. I kept telling myself that. Yup, going for the Sea Bass, that’s my plan. Just like Helmuth von Moltke the Elder’s statement, “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy,” I say “Dinner plans do not always survive contact […]

I’m not sure if it’s the missionary style appearance, the tolling of the bells or the chanting that first made me go “huh?” when I walked up to Brother Sebastian’s. Wait, I’m lying, it was the chanting.
A loudspeaker setup was playing a looped tape of Monks chanting as I approached the large, wide, dark double […]

I’m not a big lover of soups.
I have a bowl now and then, and I generally like it, but I don’t go out of my way to praise soup. However, from now, until the end of time as I know it, every meal I have at Taste of Thailand will start with Chicken Coconut Hot […]