Top Chef DC: Foreign Affairs – What Was That Ingredient? [Buddhacation]

  Last night’s Top Chef: DC episode was filled up from the floor up with ingredients of mystery.  Entitled “Foreign Affairs,” it started with Ethiopian food and resolved itself around several different types of cuisine.  Though the guest judges included Marcus Samulsson and José Andrés, I’m not so sure the participants are worth the duo’s …

Chef Jose Andres Hits 60-Minutes

José Andrés is one of those chefs I actually go gaga for.  In fact, I’m so batshit crazy that I have a tentative plane flight scheduled for the not too distant future for one reason: To fly to Washington DC for a meal at minibar, one of JA’s kick ass restaurants.   Yup people – the …

Something From Atlanta Brewing In DC??? [Things That Make You Go Hmmm]

I’m not sure exactly what to make of this.  However, I thought it was interesting enough that it is worth a mention.  For reasons beyond my scope, a post from January blew up yesterday.  That post talked about Richard Blais’ intentions to bring Flip Burger Boutique to our nations capital.  Roughly 200 unique visitors showed …

Foursquare: Dining Out + Social Web + Xbox 360 Achievements = Awesome iPhone App!

Do I have an iPhone? Absolutely not.  Will I ever get one? I seriously doubt it.  Is that something Im proud of? Damn skippy!  That said, foursquare (iTunes page) is a kick ass app that ALMOST makes me want to rethink my stance. What exactly is foursquare? Its a location aware social media tool that …

FLIP Burger Boutique To Open In Austin, TX

In addition to a new spot in East Atlanta and one in Washington DC, Richard Blais proclaimed Austin, Texas as the luckily winner in the FLIP burger boutique sweepstakes.  As this burger bug continues to spread, we can only wish Richard the best.  I myself am starting to get a little frustrated with this whole …

Flip Burger Boutique To Expand

As Jimmy divulged, Richard Blais announced via twitter that three more Flip locations will open soon.  There is no word yet on whether these are traditional franchise locations, or something else. Word (via Richard and some other sources) is that one of those locations will be in East Atlanta.  The other locations are Washington DC …