Category Archives: West Coast

Underbelly

Location-1100 Westheimer St.,Houston, Texas Cuisine- Houston Culture Food The Gagit’s are back in Houston, ready to try the food of Houston at Underbelly. Underbelly  and its Chef Cris Shephard newly nominated as one of the top 10 new Chefs in … Continue reading

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Oxheart

location-1302 Nance Street, Houston , Texas Cuisine-Progressive from Regional Roots Number 1,on Allison Cooks top 100, only 36 seats tough reservation,  the Gagit’s  have  to get there on bi annual trip to Houston , of course without the unfoodie   family … Continue reading

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Katsuya Houston

Location-2800 Kirby Drive , Houston , Texas Cuisine- Nobu Like Foodiechic and Gagit are in Houston  to visit her non- foodie family and  the Foodie God granted us an unexpected pleasure ,a night out at Katsuya with her daughter Lisa … Continue reading

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Park Kitchen

location-422 W.8th Avenue,Portland ,Oregon Cuisine-New American We had a reservation at Le Beast for our last night in Portland but we listened to our Foodie Friends at Le Pigeon who insisted we try Park Kitchen,and we changed our plans.We enter … Continue reading

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SakeOne

location-820 Elm Street , Forrest Grove, Oregon Cuisine-Sake Tasting and Festival The Gagit’s have looked forward to their Portland trip , and one side trip to  the SakeOne Sake facility for a Sake Tasting . The Saturday we were there … Continue reading

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Blackbird

Location-619 W.Randolph, Chicago,Ill. Cuisine-New American/Boring American Monday night in Chicago, no Next, no Schwa, no Rustin ,no Frontera Grill but Blackbird is open and since Paul Kahan has been a chef nominated twice for James Beard Best Chef and winner … Continue reading

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The Aviary

Location-933-955 W.Fulton St.,Chicago,Ill. Cuisine-Cocktail Tasting and Bites In this trip to Chicaga, Foodiechic and I had a few musts to do during the day  but unfortunately on Monday and Tuesday nights , Next was closed and the next best alternative … Continue reading

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Le Pigeon

Location-738 East Burnside Street, Portland ,Oregon Cuisine-French Bistro I usually write up the Gagit’s vacation based on the order that we dined, however, Le Pigeon was so outstanding that I want to share the meal experience  with all my friends … Continue reading

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Stella Sola

Location-1001 Studewood ,Houston , Texas Cuisine-Texas /Northern Italian The Gagit’s on this visit to Houston ,finally get to taste the food of Bryan Caswell a Beard Award nominee and a participant in the latest   Next Iron Chef Iron . I … Continue reading

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Kata Robata

Cuisine-Japanese Location-3600 Kirby ,SuiteH,Houston,Texas Saturday night in Houston,reservation at Stella Sola ,but Foodiechic’s daughter, Nofoodiechic and her husband Nofoodiedoctor are joining us so the Pig Fest at Stella is cancelled.I wisely pick Kata Robata after @imneverfull told us it was … Continue reading

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