ramen

After becoming addicted to ramen noodles freshman year of college, I pledged to never eat them again, or at least not the type that comes in a bright red package. I broke my pledge the other night, but I have absolutely no remorse about it. The ramen noodles at Ippudo aren't like the crunchy curly ones you see in the Asian isle at the food market. These noodles are made in house, hand pulled, and are fresh to death. 

After waiting for a fucking hour we finally got seated. I don't know who these ramen bitches think they are, but not taking reservations is not cool. It came to the point where gum wasn't making the cut. I needed to eat and they needed to sit my ass. Finally, after the longest 60 minutes of my life, we were seated. Since we waited for so long, we were able to spend some quality time with the menus, so luckily everyone knew what they wanted. 

house salad

akamaru modern

karaka miso ramen

So after an incredible meal at Ippudo, I decided the moral of my story is wait the hour for the ramen, it's well worth it and a ramen addiction is completely healthy if my ramen eating is done at Ippudo. 

HEHE

penis pasta

liege-in it

Dedication. Some people have it others don't. Personally, my dedication, especially for food, is pretty solid. I won't let anything get in my way when it comes to food, not even food poisoning...The night before flying to Belgium I came down with a horrible case of food poisoning....fucking Barcelona food. Eating and drinking was unacceptable for me. It just was not possibility and I thought my life was over. How was I going to enjoy my mussels and liege waffles if I couldn't even keep water down?

After landing and taking the longest nap of my life I made my way out on the streets of Brussels. I was on a hunt and I wasn't letting my illness get in my way. I walked up to one of the store fronts selling these waffles. The smell, unreal...the taste, even better! Two bites in I could feel this was a bad idea, but it was just too damn good.

Unfortunately, eating that waffle was a bad idea. I clearly was not over my food poisoning and I found this out while out for my birthday dinner with my friends. One sip of my potato leek soup and I was done. The rest of the dinner consisted of me eating ice. There was one upside of the meal - I got my own bday sparkler!!

After those few days of hell I was back in action! 

München

I went to Munich, Germany to celebrate beer... I guess. Springfest was held in a huge tent in the middle of a carnival. We were surrounded by food, beer and rides...what else does one need? I started my weekend in Munich with a bike tour. We biked the entire city and ended our trip in one of Munich's most famous biergartens. 

The next morning my friends and I made our way over to the carnival. We walked inside the tent and found an overwhelming crowd of abroad students dancing on tables in the middle of the tent surrounded by all these foreigners - typical scene. We sat down, ordered our beers [which were the size of my face] and drank up!

Moving on to the food, walking around the carnival one was able to find everything from jumbo sized pretzels to bratwurst to cotton candy and more. After spending an entire day getting shit faced off enormous beers, the food surrounding us was a blessing in disguise. Everyone had the drunk munchies and the bratwurst stand was the first thing we ran to.

I believe that embracing the culture is important when in foreign countries, with that said, I stopped making a drunk fool out of myself and went out for a real sit down dinner. It was my friend Bess's birthday and she made sure we went to dinner for a traditional German meal. After the way my friend Katie hyped it up, there was no way I was leaving this restaurant, or Germany for that matter, without getting me some wiener schnitzel. 

First our waitress brought out some of those jumbo sized pretzels for us, then some other interesting appetizers and then my wiener schnitzel!

don't ask.

wienerschnitzel

apple strudel 

I think it is safe to say that Munich, Germany was one of my top favorite places I visited abroad. It could be because I was not sober 75% of the trip or because I was mildly obsessed with the outfits the servers wore in the tents. Either way this trip was one for the books. 

PS: How appropriate is it that Munich in German is München? 

LT Burger

One year old and LT Burger is still going strong. The space that LT Burger  is located in has had its fair share of restaurants, so it's okay to have been a skeptic on LT Burger's success. Luckily, they're still going strong. One can expect to wait 45-60 plus minutes on a busy night, but it's well worth the wait. 

Interior

Being a huge burger fan, I had some trouble deciding on exactly which one to order. They have a great selection to choose from. Everything including the classic hamburger to a jerk chicken burger and even a falafel burger! In addition to their menu, they also have a few specials every night. I was lucky enough to be there the night of the lamb burger! 

Since I am team Greek, the lamb burger immediately caught my attention. Made from chopped lamb meat, this burger was topped with tzatziki, mint and a scallion salad. The bun was also perfectly buttered & toasted. It was delicious! My friends ordered off the menu and were also successful in their choices. 

classic hamburger w/ cheddar and a fried egg

classic hamburger with swiss and mushrooms

tuna burger w/ a fried green tomato, avocado, and tartare sauce

We also got a free vanilla milkshake...most likely because were young & attractive beauties ;)

LT Burger

62 Main st.

Sag Harbor, NY

631.899.4646