Archive for the ‘Eats’ Category
Arcade Restaurant.
Having been continuously open since 1919, Arcade Restaurant enjoys the distinction of being Memphis’ oldest restaurant. Elvis Presley made a particular booth his home since 1953 when he was a truck driver, and continued visiting regularly even after becoming famous. L and I stopped by during our midwest road trip last fall and enjoyed a great breakfast there.
We particularly enjoyed the sweet potato pancakes, but the sausage and biscuits with gravy were spot on as well.
Arcade Restaurant
540 South Main Street
Memphis, TN 38103
Katsuhama 55.
Berkshire pork tenderloin katsu with daikon radish and ponzu sauce.
You know a meal is good when you’re a few bites in and already thinking about your next visit. The grated daikon radish mixed in with the ponzu sauce serves as a refreshing alternative to the goopy bbq-like paste they serve with most other katsu dishes. The pork cutlet itself is juicy, flavorful and slightly fatty. Highly recommended.
Katsuhama 55
43-45 W. 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
katsuhama.com
Simple pleasures.
Coffee Foundry Bolivian / Bagels on the Square everything bagel
If we were to ever leave NYC, I think the hand-rolled bagels would be high on the list of things I’d miss most. It’s all in the water.
Waffle House.
During our road trip last month, L and I focused on eating at mom and pop restaurants that were representative of the particular city we were visiting. One exception was Waffle House – we had seen so many on the road that we decided to give it a go.
Although it’s a chain restaurant and each interior looks exactly the same, there was still a certain midwestern charm to the place.
The coffee was average.
So were the restaurant’s namesake waffles. But the unexpected star of the show were the hash browns. L astutely observed that they are real hash browns (and not home fries, which are mistakenly called hash browns at times). There are lots of ways to order them – we chose ham and diced onions. They were fantastic.
Nashville.
