A travel and food blog — stories from the road and the table.https://mc-cm.pages.dev/https://mc-cm.pages.dev/blog/meriken-hatoba-kobe-fusion/https://mc-cm.pages.dev/blog/meriken-hatoba-kobe-fusion/A Shinkansen ride to Kobe for fusion cuisine that smashes Japanese and Western traditions together — and an A5 wagyu steak that nearly brought me to tears.Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://mc-cm.pages.dev/blog/kata-robata-foie-gras/https://mc-cm.pages.dev/blog/kata-robata-foie-gras/A Korean drama sent me down a rabbit hole. A Japanese restaurant in Houston gave me one of the best bites of my life. Here's how foie gras sashimi at Kata Robata earned a 9.5.Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mc-cm.pages.dev/blog/beverly-soon-tofu-house/https://mc-cm.pages.dev/blog/beverly-soon-tofu-house/A tiny, packed Korean restaurant in LA's Koreatown with soondubu that lives up to the Anthony Bourdain hype — and bibimbap that might be even better.Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://mc-cm.pages.dev/blog/ramen-trip-austin-michi-vs-tatsuya/https://mc-cm.pages.dev/blog/ramen-trip-austin-michi-vs-tatsuya/A head-to-head comparison of two of Austin's best ramen spots — one a former food truck turned brick-and-mortar, the other a tiny, authentically decorated gem worth the wait.Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT