“I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.”
Month: November 2015
Quoted
Cut
“The most important thing is that the suit be well cut. Then it needn’t be particularly new or even particularly well pressed.”
Savory
N&O: Oiso Sushi & Korean now open in Cary ↬
This new sushi restaurant is in a tough location for exposure, but would be way more convenient for me than my other favorites in the triangle.
His selection of some 30 specialty rolls, a list peppered with rolls you won’t find elsewhere, provides further evidence. Hamachi Mania, for one, serves up yellowtail three ways — spicy, seared and deep-fried — in an East-West fusion of avocado, cucumber, scallion, pepper, tobiko, ponzu and Peruvian aji amarillo sauce. Then there’s the Chef Kim’s roll: tuna, salmon, white tuna, lobster salad, and masago in a daikon wrap, topped with special ponzu and truffle with seaweed salad.
If it’s as good as advertised, it could lead to a sharp uptick in the number of sushi date nights for us!
O&F
Duly Noted
WRAL: Briggs Hardware returns to downtown Raleigh ↬
I don’t love everything about the DTR renaissance (and the associated somewhat misappropriated faux-activism that goes along with it), but I do love that there are efforts underway to blend old and new.
Her competitive advantage boils down to three unique elements: an in-store handyman, $5 delivery by scooter and listening to what her customers want to see in stock.
“People need to have a key cut, buy nuts and bolts, to fix a leak in a pipe over at the restaurant down the street,” Murray said. She talks to customers and downtown businesses, genuinely interested in what they need to buy in an approach that feels much more like helping people than a business venture.
Great story, I hope it works.
O&F
Quoted
Envious
“Writer’s envy is insane and knows nearly no bounds, but at some point it becomes obviously inappropriate.”
Field of Play
What You Wear is What You Get
I’m not a huge fan of the over-monetization (and subsequently blurring lines between professionalism and amateurism) in college sports, but I guess if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. WRAL Sports reporting on the lucrative new deal NC State signed with Adidas:
NC State’s deal with Adidas will pay $6.45 million annually in apparel and cash. It also includes alternate uniforms in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball. That places them in the top five nationally in terms of straight-forward apparel deals — that have been reported.
Great recruiting tool, great investment back into the university (even if it really only goes to athletics). Bad bad future of amateur sports.
Savory
Pickin’ A Cake That Goes With Pig
This past weekend, Eater sent my heart all a flutter by introducing the web to a dessert near and dear to my heart: the Pig Pickin’ Cake:
Pig Pickin’ Cake is a traditional Southern dessert that is often eaten at barbecues, picnics, or other communal gatherings. A vanilla cake batter is usually tossed with segments of mandarin oranges which help keep the cake moist and add a sweet citrus flavor. Once baked, the cake is traditionally topped with a whipped frosting that includes chunks of pineapple and its juice.
After my first introduction to the Pig Pickin’ Cake, it became my standard request for birthdays or practically any other meal for which I had the privilege of selecting the dessert. Even as my tastes evolved into preferring red velvet cake, I tried to hold on maybe a bit too long to my all time favorite by asking my mom to take a stab at red velvet Pig Pickin’ Cake. No one liked the result except for me.
On a semi-related note, Eater is fast becoming my favorite of the Vox stable of web properties.
Quoted
Regional
“Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe’s wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.”