Here is a phrase you never want to hear associated with your vacation: “Cabin carpets are wet with urine and water. Toilets are overflowing inside cabins. We are having to sleep in the hallways. Onion and cucumber sandwich last night.” Those are the words attributed by ABC to a cruise…
Two years ago, the morbidly obese spokesman for Heart Attack Grill, Blair River, died of pneumonia, likely complicated by his extreme weight. Late last week, the current spokesman for that temple of excess was removed from life support after suffering a massive heart attack. See Also: –Death of a Heart…
Apparently Salvatore’s Legacy lasted less than half a year because an Australian bartender has poured what is likely the new most expensive cocktail ever. See Also: –Watch This Man Pour the World’s Most Expensive and Oldest Cocktail –Cocktail Lovers’ Anti-Gift Guide: What NOT To Get The “Winston,” as in Sir…
We know that around this time people start panicking about V-Day plans. So we’d like to deliver you a PSA: Please, for the love of all that is holy and good, don’t try to spice your meal up with the “aphrodisiac” called Spanish Fly. See Also: –14 More Valley Places…
The Spot: Old Town Scottsdale Farmer’s Market, Open Saturdays from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. See Also: – 2012 Best Saturday Farmers Market: Old Town Scottsdale’s Saturday Market – 5 Sweet Spots for Valentine Treats in Metro Phoenix – Lee Lee Oriental Supermarket in Chandler: What We Bought, What We…
Caffeine has been in the news the last couples of days with reports that the over consumption of it, particularly in the form of energy drinks, has caused an uptick in caffeine related emergency room visits. In fact the FDA has established that at least five people have died after…
Portlandia has been running a promotional series called “Kumail Tours Portlandia” which tends to reveal that the exaggeration depicted in Portlandia is not all that much of an exaggeration. Case in point: the vegan strip club. See Also: –Tediberto’s Shut Down By Landlord –Chow Bella’s Gift Guide for the Vegetarian…
We’re actually not sure which is the most depressing revelation of the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine: That sex for the typical American only burns 21 calories or that it only burns 21 calories because Americans only have sex for an average of six minutes an…
Will Ferrell’s one man revival of Old Milwaukee beer continued with yet another guerrilla Super Bowl advertisement that only ran in a handful of tiny markets. According to Reddit, this ad, featuring Ferrell passionately kissing a woman on the bus to the strain of vintage Chinese music, ran in Sherman,…
We’re not going to say that the staffs of Doritos or Taco Bell imbibe in mind-altering and appetite stimulating chemicals but their latest joint venture seems to provide some circumstantial evidence that this might be the case. Doritos has announced plans to release a Taco Bell flavored chip for a…
The Spot: Lee Lee Oriental Supermarket in Chandler, Open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. See Also: – Downtown Phoenix Public Market: What We Bought, What We Skipped, and What We’re Still Lusting After – Owners of Lee Lee International Supermarket Talk History, Journey, Future in New Video -…
Here’s a video documenting the frankly insane level of dedication specialty coffee producers put into each cup of their brew. Think of it as “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” but with coffee beans instead of fish and about half as pretty because giant roasting machines aren’t nearly as attractive as a…
File this under things that should have been obvious but were not: Chinese takeout boxes can be teased apart and turned into a handy platter. That’s right up there with “ketchup fanning,” the practice of deforming your paper ketchup container so as to accommodate a larger volume of ketchup and…
The Awl has proposed in great detail something America has been waiting for, nay, something America is ready for: McWorld, a sprawling flagship McDonald’s that serves menu items from across the global McDonald’s empire. Their modest proposal also stipulates that this McWorld be built at the crossroads of the world,…
Fellow adventurous eaters: There is now an app called Waygo, specifically designed for translating Chinese menus on the fly.That’s right, now you can ask for the “real” menu at your favorite Chinese joint and be certain you’re ordering something more interesting than chow mein. See Also: –Chow Bella’s 5 Favorite…
Last week we brought you the anti-loneliness ramen bowl, a ramen bowl with an iPhone holder integrated into the side so you could slurp noodles and use your phone at the same time. Clearly that wasn’t enough for some people because a company has just launched a Indiegogo campaign fund…
The Spot: Downtown Phoenix Farmer’s Market, Saturday mornings until 1 p.m. See Also: – Ten Favorite Metro Phoenix Farmers’ Markets – Slade Grove: Caramelpalooza Candymakers – The Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market: Grilled Breakfast Burritos, Public Market Fresca, and Calendula Flowers By The Bundle…
It’s safe to say that Kick Ass Kakes’ designer and owner, Jay Murphy, is a big Lady Gaga fan. How big? Big enough to lovingly render a slightly larger than life in cake, frosting and fondant. See Also: –Lady Gaga, US Airways Center –Do Your Cakes Look as Incredible as…
Chin-up lonely college students, now you don’t have to endure your nightly bowl of bachelor chow alone, you can enjoy it basking in the light of your iPhone! MisoSoupDesign is a small company that recently unveiled a ramen bowl with a smartphone holder integrated into the rim of the bowl…
A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur has introduced a “ReviewerCard” which designates a person a prolific writer of reviews on sites like Yelp and TripAdvisor. The purpose of this card is simple: To extort local businesses into providing better service or face the wrath of the dreaded 1-star review. Presumably having a…
As Wake Up Call has frequently highlighted, the Japanese and Asia on the whole are fearless culinary travelers, nomnauts if you will. But even by the most generous of standards, miso ramen flavored ice cream is pretty strange and apparently not exactly delicious. See Also: –Wendy’s Japan Presents: A Lobster…
Yelp has just announced plans to integrate health inspection information directly into restaurant reviews and they’re starting with New York City and San Francisco. According to their blog post, the new system will be called Local Inspector Value-entry Specification (LIVES) and was co-developed with the assistance of local heath authorities…
