%i — I Heart Food

Sharing our experiences eating out and what we cook at home--everything related to food and drink

July 18, 2012

Etienne Dupont cider we bought after a tasting—reminded me of the farm fields in Germany. The yeast is captured from the air in the areas surrounding the brewery.

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Happy 29th Birthday to our wonderful daughter @marleighculver! We hope this year tops all the rest! ❤️

Cleaned up 1.6 lbs of chicken thighs for dinner last night. Saving the bones for stock and the skins are getting grilled crisp!

Kicked off Virginia Beach Restaurant Week 2019 at Eat: An American Bistro for their dinner menu. We tried just about all of it and loved every bite. Chef Erick Heilig and crew are offering 3 courses of full plates (including an vegan option) for $35. Great deal for some excellent food. Here’s what you’re looking at:
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1. Oysters Rockefeller
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2. Grilled Halloumi Salad
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3. Lobster and Shrimp Soft Rolls
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4. Herb Spiked Tomato Soup
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5. Berkshire Pork Tenderloin
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6. Grilled Harissa Tofu (vegan)
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7. Braised Rabbit Parpedelle
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8. Table Bread.
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9. Cappuccino Pot de Creme
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10. Sticky Toffee Ginger Cake a la Mason Jar
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@eatbistrovb @vbrestaurants

It’s Virginia Beach Restaurant Week! 18-24 Feb 2019 will have some of the city’s best restaurants putting together specials menus at a fixed price. This is the perfect time to try lunch or dinner (both!) at that restaurant you’ve been eyeing but haven’t gone to yet. If you have a favorite in the list, see what they’ve put together for you. Find a restaurant on their site, link in bio. @vbrestaurants

Everyone knows Momofuku, we stopped by the CCDC (City Center DC) location for brunch before we headed home. Everything was great! I got to try the Impossible Burger 2.0 and I’ll preach to anyone about how good that stuff is. It tastes and feels like beef 😍. The Shrimp and Grits Shelby Got was pretty sexy too. Here’s what we got:
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1. Shrimp and Grits
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2. Seven Spice Bloody Mary (I love Bloody Marys, hard not to order one)
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3. My wife (@schpatzle) and daughter (@marleighculver) 😉
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4. Bing Bread with Salted Chili Pimento Cheese
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5. Spicy Chicken Sandwich
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6. Momo Bap
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7. Impossible Burger 2.0
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8-10. Milk Bar Desserts including Crack Pie

Daikaya - 2F - Izakaya in D.C. was fun last night. We hit the bar first for some drinks, then we’re seated. We ordered just about everything on the menu (extras: 4xGrilled Chicken Skins & 4xScallops). Great food and atmosphere, would definitely do it again. Here’s what you’re looking at:
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1. Tuna Poke Tartare
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2. Grilled Chicken Skins ❤️
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3. Infrared Grilled Avocado
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4. Hambagu Rossini - Beef patty, foie gras, and black truffle “demi glace”
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5. Grilled Hotate
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6. Grilled Beef Tongue (so tender!)
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7. Abura Miso Onigiri with Pork Belly
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8. Grilled Tako with Potato Purée
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9. Chicken Kara-Age
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10. Mentaiko Spaghetti
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I could only post 10 pics, we had a lot more though! Worth a stop if your in the capitol. @daikayadc

First time trying CAVA and we loved it. We both got the spicy lamb meatballs - mine in a bowl and @schpatzle’s on a mini pita. You build your own plate choosing from items on the line to build your meal. So good! We need one of these back home...

Lucky to Hashi in action again last night. He setup at Bottlecraft VB with some sandpaper and bowls. The pork belly was perfect, I ordered a side of that and ate it by itself. @hashichow @bottlecraftvirginiabeach

Had Pho 79 for lunch today. It’s been a while!

This week we visited @auntiestiki first Taco Tuesday. It was so popular they ran out of tacos! Lots of fun trying the drink specials and bumping into buddies. @auntiestiki

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Happy 29th Birthday to our wonderful daughter @marleigiela! We hope this year tops all the rest! ❤️ https://t.co/b3eCEmr1fG
about 10 hours ago
Cleaned up 1.6 lbs of chicken thighs for dinner last night. Saving the bones for stock and the skins are getting gr… https://t.co/BMiRkwhAYS
about 10 hours ago
Kicked off Virginia Beach Restaurant Week 2019 at Eat: An American Bistro for their dinner menu. We tried just abou… https://t.co/ScfPSiDkES
about 2 days ago
It’s Virginia Beach Restaurant Week! 18-24 Feb 2019 will have some of the city’s best restaurants putting together… https://t.co/eZ8dlTrGjv
about 2 days ago
Everyone knows Momofuku, we stopped by the CCDC (City Center DC) location for brunch before we headed home. Everyth… https://t.co/V4BXdgADnl
about 3 days ago
Daikaya - 2F - Izakaya in D.C. was fun last night. We hit the bar first for some drinks, then we’re seated. We orde… https://t.co/4AJKvaltsW
about 3 days ago
First time trying CAVA and we loved it. We both got the spicy lamb meatballs - mine in a bowl and schpatzle’s on a… https://t.co/R5tsWJQQXX
about 3 days ago
Lucky to Hashi in action again last night. He setup at Bottlecraft VB with some sandpaper and bowls. The pork belly… https://t.co/oB6c4HkV1Z
about 4 days ago
Had Pho 79 for lunch today. It’s been a while! @ Pho 79 Vietnamese Cuisine https://t.co/tncb5QVUUL
about 5 days ago
This week we visited auntiestiki first Taco Tuesday. It was so popular they ran out of tacos! Lots of fun trying th… https://t.co/fQZ2U1uwrn
about 6 days ago

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