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What A Good Meal! | July 31 2010
Last night was pretty crazy. The Food Network Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival basically gives us the key to the city here. As far as I can tell, you can get away with almost anything in this city as it is, but as hosts of our own shows there is an extra layer of madness allowed. Anywhere we wanna go, anything we wanna do, at any time is laid out before us. It is a pretty mad license in the wrong hands but fortunately I haven't met another host who is the type to really take advantage of it in a bad way. Well maybe a couple, I wont name names. hehehehehe.
The boardwalk here is pretty madd. Casino hotels on one side and the beach on the other. Debauchery and peace in juxtaposition, its something for everyone. Madd people walking the boardwalk all night and a crazy party at one of the beach bars last night. The DJ was killing it, guys rolling cigars by hand to order, whiskey galore, as much drink as anyones liver can handle, servers in bikinis, madd food, loads of food celebrities, and lots of fans around stopping us to take pictures. To give you an idea; the runner up Quote Of The Day was a woman stumbling very slowly up to the bar and saying "I can STILL walk in these heels, until Im on my knees Im not stopping." I wasnt sure how to take that one, read into that however you like.
The highlight of the night for me, of course, was dinner. The Borgata Hotel here has the bomb restaurants. It was all about Izakaya in the Borgata. The food was out of control. Duck Buns, Makis, Crispy Spicy Tuna, Tempura Lobster Lettuce Cups, Grilled Kobe and Japanese Mustard. Everything was so damn delicious I licked my fingers down to the knuckle. More importantly, the company was great, we had madd jokes and spent a good amount of time laughing our asses off.
Walking in the restaurant this picture was on the wall.
Roar!!! | July 30 2010
Had a radio interview on 107.3FM in Atlantic City this afternoon with Ching from Chinese Food Made Easy on Cooking Channel. It was like being in a band again where we would all be in studio doing one interview. I havent done one of those in a hot minute.
When we walked into the office they greeted us with this sign. Very welcoming. We had a lot of jokes on air and banged out some station ID's as well. Call them and tell them you want to hear my drops on air, I was roaring. Ching was meowing. Cat Radio - get it...
NBC This Morning | July 30 2010
Ching (she has a show on Cooking Channel as well) and I did a piece on NBC in Atlantic City a little bit ago. I wanted to big up the crew that helped us bang this out as we didnt hear about this interview until 10pm last night. It was 10am this morning. The entire kitchen crew at the hotel here did a great job pulling everything together for this last minute shoot. Thanks everyone, you did an amazing job and the interview went very well. Things change quickly and they bounced in right away. Got to hang with Ching a bit, she has 3 cook books under her belt and is an absolute sweetheart. All the way from London England, jetlagged and all; you would never know it. Maybe she will show up on a Soul Food Spotlight some time soon. Look out.
Mike Tyson Having Tea | July 30 2010
The music makes this video. I secretly have a soft spot for Iron Mike. He is a gentle man at heart who has had to survive things that many of us can only imagine.
• This video is awesome. Click HERE.
And When Ya Chop It Up It Go Sparkle Real Nice | July 30 2010
Dis pose here is for allya Trinis. This is de REAL ting eh...I tell ya. If allya have a kinda sensitive ears then do listen ent. It eh no PG PG ting. But is REAL JOKEY!!!
Translation:
This post is for all of my Trinis out there. It is authentic Trini at its best, let me just say that. Warning - this video is not suitable for all audiences and certainly not PG but it is very funny if you are familiar with the Trini sensibility.
• If you want to cry laughing click HERE.
The boardwalk here is pretty madd. Casino hotels on one side and the beach on the other. Debauchery and peace in juxtaposition, its something for everyone. Madd people walking the boardwalk all night and a crazy party at one of the beach bars last night. The DJ was killing it, guys rolling cigars by hand to order, whiskey galore, as much drink as anyones liver can handle, servers in bikinis, madd food, loads of food celebrities, and lots of fans around stopping us to take pictures. To give you an idea; the runner up Quote Of The Day was a woman stumbling very slowly up to the bar and saying "I can STILL walk in these heels, until Im on my knees Im not stopping." I wasnt sure how to take that one, read into that however you like.
The highlight of the night for me, of course, was dinner. The Borgata Hotel here has the bomb restaurants. It was all about Izakaya in the Borgata. The food was out of control. Duck Buns, Makis, Crispy Spicy Tuna, Tempura Lobster Lettuce Cups, Grilled Kobe and Japanese Mustard. Everything was so damn delicious I licked my fingers down to the knuckle. More importantly, the company was great, we had madd jokes and spent a good amount of time laughing our asses off.
Walking in the restaurant this picture was on the wall.
Roar!!! | July 30 2010
When we walked into the office they greeted us with this sign. Very welcoming. We had a lot of jokes on air and banged out some station ID's as well. Call them and tell them you want to hear my drops on air, I was roaring. Ching was meowing. Cat Radio - get it...
NBC This Morning | July 30 2010
Mike Tyson Having Tea | July 30 2010
• This video is awesome. Click HERE.
And When Ya Chop It Up It Go Sparkle Real Nice | July 30 2010
Translation:
This post is for all of my Trinis out there. It is authentic Trini at its best, let me just say that. Warning - this video is not suitable for all audiences and certainly not PG but it is very funny if you are familiar with the Trini sensibility.
• If you want to cry laughing click HERE.
