Sometimes you just gotta treat yo self to some takeout sushi, Nantucket Nectars half n’ half, and Netflix.
Washington, DC, USA
June 6, 2015 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, dc, food, half and half, half n half, nantucket nectars, netflix, photography, seafood, sushi, travel, treat yo self, usa, washington | Leave a comment
Large clumps of crab make crab cakes infinitely better…
Baltimore, MD, USA
May 18, 2015 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: baltimore, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, crab, crab cake, crab cakes, food, maryland, md, photography, seafood, travel, usa | Leave a comment
Glorious Vietnamese food in Philadelphia, PA, USA
May 18, 2015 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, broccoli, chicken, coconut, curry, food, lemongrass, pa, philadelphia, photography, travel, usa, vietnam, vietnamese | Leave a comment
I went to Catoctin Creek Distillery in Purcellville, Virginia this weekend for a tasting. This is the “standard flight” – moonshine, aged whiskey, and gin. The gin was pretty damn top notch.
March 29, 2015 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: alcohol, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, catoctin creek, catoctin creek distillery, distillery, drink, flight, food, gin, liquor, moonshine, photography, purcellville, standard flight, travel, usa, VA, virginia, whiskey, whisky | Leave a comment
Thinly sliced beef with onions over rice, topped with a poached egg and pickled ginger. One of my favorite Japanese dishes made to perfection at Donburi in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
March 7, 2015 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: adams morgan, beef, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, dc, donburi, egg, food, ginger, gyuudon, japanese, onion, photography, pickled ginger, poached egg, rice, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
Happy New Year from Om Nom Culture!
Saving half of this chicken/sausage/artichoke/basil/goat cheese/mozzarella/mushroom/sundried tomato/prosciutto pizza for this morning was definitely last night’s best decision…
&pizza, Washington, DC, USA
January 1, 2015 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: artichoke, basil, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, chicken, dc, food, goat cheese, happy new year, mozzarella, mushrooms, new year, photography, pizza, prosciutto, sausage, sundried tomato, sundried tomatoes, travel, u street, u&pizza, usa, washington | Leave a comment
Yeahhhh, they didn’t really come out right…. They kinda turned into big blobs of deliciousness.
Washington, DC, USA
December 28, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, christmas, cookie, cookies, dc, dessert, food, hanukkah, holiday, photography, sugar, sugar cookie, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
I don’t usually order General Tso’s Chicken, but I had to get something stereotypically “Chinese” (as in “Chinese American”) for Jewish Christmas! Much better than a Christmas ham.
Philadelphia, PA, USA
December 27, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: american, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, chicken, chinese, christmas, food, general tso, general tso's chicken, jewish, pa, philadelphia, photography, travel, usa | 1 Comment
Yeah. I had two orders of these in addition to a BBQ pork bun. Don’t judge me. Where I live, this would cost $6, but in this college town, it was only $3.50. So I like had to, right?
Marco & Luca, Charlottesville, VA, USA
November 9, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, charlottesville, chinese, dumpling, Dumplings, food, luca, marco, marco & luca, marco and luca, photography, pork, pork dumplings, travel, usa, uva, VA, virginia | Leave a comment
That doughy porky BBQy goodness makes for a perfect brunch.
Marco & Luca, Charlottesville, VA, USA
November 9, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bbq, bbq pork bun, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, bun, charlottesville, chinese, dumpling, food, luca, marco, marco & luca, marco and luca, photography, pork, travel, usa, uva, VA, virginia | Leave a comment
An ancient Chinese hangover remedy… Or something like that.
Washington, DC, USA
November 2, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, China, chinese, chinese food, dc, food, hangover, photography, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
With Japanese Bourbon and the most masculine glass possible.
Daikaya, Washington, DC, USA
November 2, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: alcohol, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, bourbon, cocktail, daikaya, dc, drink, food, japan, japanese, japanese bourbon, old fashioned, photography, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
Cubans know how to cook.
Sophie’s Cuban, Washington, DC, USA
November 2, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: beans, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, cuba, cuban, dc, food, fried sweet plantain, maduros, moro, moro rice, photography, plantain, pork, rice, roast pork, sophie, sophie's, sophies cuban, sweet plantain, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
One cannot simply ignore a ramen craving.
Daikaya, Chinatown, Washington, DC, USA
November 2, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, chinatown, daikaya, dc, food, japan, japanese, noodles, photography, ramen, shoyu, soup, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
I could hear the music as I rounded the corner. Before I could see where it was coming from, I saw the two most important words in the English language: “Free Popsicles.”
Pleasant Pops (a local DC coffee and popsicle joint) turned two today, and they celebrated by giving out free creamy vanilla popsicles. Happy Birthday!
September 28, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: birthday, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, dc, dessert, food, local, photography, pleasant pops, popsicles, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
When I saw “Migas” on the menu at The Diner in Adams Morgan (Washington, DC), I had no idea what it was. But all the ingredients looked awesome: Fried corn tortillas, eggs, corn, chorizo, salsa, sour cream, avocado. So what is it? It’s essentially an unparalleled gift to mankind handcrafted by God herself in the form of a Tex-Mex breakfast scramble. And The Diner does it damn good. All of the thumbs up.
September 28, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: adams morgan, avocado, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, breakfast, chorizo, corn, dc, egg, eggs, food, hispanic, latin, latino, migas, photography, salsa, sour cream, tex-mex, the diner, tortilla, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
All of the seaweed. At U Sushi in Washington, DC, USA.
September 27, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: dc, food, photography, salmon, seaweed, sushi, travel, u street, u sushi, usa, washington | Leave a comment
Coffee made that much better with chocolate, cinnamon and vanilla. Sweet, but not too sweet. Tryst, Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
August 17, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: adams morgan, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, chocolate, cinnamon, coffee, dc, food, iced coffee, mexican, mexican iced coffee, photography, travel, tryst, usa, vanilla, washington | Leave a comment
Cut thick, carefully plated. It’s clear that the chef at this quaint little Japanese joint really cares about everything he serves.
Donburi in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
August 17, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: adams morgan, dc, donburi, food, japan, japanese, japanese food, photography, salmon, sashimi, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
Thai Iced Tea from Tryst in Washington, DC. Always a good choice.
August 17, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, coffeehouse, coffeeshop, dc, food, iced tea, photography, tea, thai, thai iced tea, travel, tryst, usa, washington | Leave a comment
Not as sweet as you would expect, but still tasty. Soft and coconutty. Found at Chiu Quon Bakery in Chicago’s Chinatown.
August 3, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: bakery, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, bun, chicago, China, chinatown, chinese, chiu quon, coconut, dessert, food, IL, illinois, pastry, photography, travel, usa | Leave a comment
I could live in this sauce.
Panda Gourmet, Washington, DC, USA
August 3, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, China, chinese, dc, food, hot, panda gourmet, photography, sichuan, spicy, szechuan, usa, washington, wonton, wontons | Leave a comment
There’s a famous (to foodies) Chinese restaurant in Washington, DC called Panda Gourmet. It sounds like some sort of tacky crappy restaurant right? Like Panda Express? Further adding to your judgment of its cover, it’s attached to a Days Inn. It couldn’t be good right?
Wrong.
It’s authentic and delicious menu makes it one of the best places in the DC area to gorge on the glory that is Sichuan cuisine. I had high hopes that it would become my new favorite Chinese restaurant, but, while still great, it does not compare to Great Wall Sichuan House or Szechuan Pavilion.
My favorite thing that we ordered (and we ordered a lot) was the very last thing to come out. It was this fragrant and shamelessly flavorful Lamb with Cumin.
It instantly transported me back to the Guangzhou (which is not in Sichuan) waterfront, where I devoured several cumin-y lamb skewers in mere seconds. Highly recommend if just for this dish.
August 3, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: blake bergen, blake bergen photography, China, chinese, cumin, days inn, dc, food, great wall sichuan house, guangzhou, lamb, panda gourmet, photography, sichuan, szechuan, szechuan pavilion, travel, usa, washington | Leave a comment
Eating deep dish pizza from Lou Malnati’s, on the beach, at sunset was probably one of my favorite moments in Chicago. Minutes after I finished, I was going to walk up the shoreline to Lincoln Park and over to my hostel, but the sky opened up and I got drenched running to a cab. At least my pizza didn’t get soggy.
And I know I’ll probably get death threats for this, but New York style pizza is definitely better #sorrynotsorry
August 2, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: beach, blake bergen, blake bergen photography, chicago, chili pepper, deep dish, food, IL, illinois, lou malnati, lou malnatis, photography, pizza, sunset, travel, usa | Leave a comment
I went to Catoctin Creek Distillery in Purcellville, Virginia this weekend for a tasting. This is the “standard flight” – moonshine, aged whiskey, and gin. The gin was pretty damn top notch.
Thinly sliced beef with onions over rice, topped with a poached egg and pickled ginger. One of my favorite Japanese dishes made to perfection at Donburi in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
I don’t usually order General Tso’s Chicken, but I had to get something stereotypically “Chinese” (as in “Chinese American”) for Jewish Christmas! Much better than a Christmas ham.
That doughy porky BBQy goodness makes for a perfect brunch.
Cut thick, carefully plated. It’s clear that the chef at this quaint little Japanese joint really cares about everything he serves.
There’s a famous (to foodies) Chinese restaurant in Washington, DC called Panda Gourmet. It sounds like some sort of tacky crappy restaurant right? Like Panda Express? Further adding to your judgment of its cover, it’s attached to a Days Inn. It couldn’t be good right?
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