LA Food Truck Review: Kogi Tacos

LA is the mothership of the current food truck rage that has seeped into America’s largest metropolises and bustling college towns.  In fact, Roaming Hunger, where we track food trucks from all over the country, is based out of Los Angeles.  So it’s no surprise that street food has become somewhat old hat in the …

LA Food Week on Foodie Buddha

For nearly the entire month of September and just into October, I was delirious.  I spent the month on a multi-city tour cavorting in a manner surely inspired by some ancient pact between Caligula and Bacchus.  It’s a trip I’ll be forever thankful for and I still wonder how I was fortunate enough to partake …

Momofuku Ramen Recipe: Damn You Tasty

ramen recipe adapted from David Chang’s Momofuku cookbook This is part 2 of my Momofuku ramen guide.  This post focuses almost exclusively on the cooking process, the ingredients, and the time management aspect to making this ramen, an easy to execute but time intensive dish.  While I strongly suggest you check out part 1 of …

Your Guide To Momofuku Ramen

This is the complete guide to the ramen recipe from David Chang’s Momofuku cookbook.  I’ve split this into a two-part series whereby this part gives you a little background on ramen and some notes and advice on how to best execute Chang’s version.  Also included is a composite grocery list so though you don’t have …

Latitude Food & Drink: Trying To Raise The Mall Food Game

There are two types of mall food in this world and chef Micah Willix’s newly opened Latitude Food and Drink is hoping to break away from that rule of thumb.  The most abundant form of mall grub is available in food courts.  Unlike a good bit of the food served in the hawker stalls of …

Atlanta’s Black Friday Restaurant & Food Deals

Finding Black Friday retail deals isn’t difficult.  In fact, it’s often difficult to simply weed through the endless amount of craptastic options.  However, if you happen to be more focused on what kind of Black Friday restaurant deals are available, you’re in luck because there are a few.  Fortunately, none of them require you to …

Top Chef Texas: Red Hot Chili Cook Off – What Was That Ingredient? [Buddhacation]

Hi, I’m Foodie Buddha and I’m a hot sauce addict.  Now that that’s out of the way: Top Chef Texas’s latest episode was stuffed with chilis of all types.  The topics du jour were the various kinds of chili peppers and the vast number of ways one can concoct chili con carne (the proper name …

Bell Street Burritos Westside Shop is Open

Bell Street Burritos has officially grown from a food stall into a fully functional business.  While the Sweet Auburn Curb Market location is still fully functional, you can now get your Bell Street fix of burritos, tacos, quesadillas, and nachos during normal business hours at 1663 Howell Mill Atlanta, GA 30318 in Westside. Now that …

Your Awww That’s So Sweet Thanksgiving Moment

Sweet Thanksgiving moments have been marginalized by media entanglements and free market politics.  So it’s extremely compelling to find moments of thanks derived from type of honesty you find in young children. A very lovely lady just emailed me this and it just so happens to she had one of those moments for me.  It …

Yoda’s Favorite Cup Noodle

I, along with nearly every college student in the history of history, have an affinity for ramen’s dear cousin: the cup noodle.  I take particular interest in those crazy Japanese and their ability to get just about anyone to do a cup noodle commercial.  I also like Star Wars stuff … so when I found …