{"id":1023,"date":"2010-01-31T18:44:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T01:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2010-01-31T18:44:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T01:44:55","slug":"best-in-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/best-in-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Best in Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;m back on my HCG diet, trying to undo the damage inflicted by the holidays.   That means my food choices are extremely limited <em>(but I&#8217;m getting smaller&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatright\" title=\"Creme Brulee\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/brulee.png\" alt=\"Creme Brulee\" width=\"175\" height=\"138\" \/>Since I can&#8217;t eat the food I love, I&#8217;ll write about it and make you hungry for it too.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"b\">Here is my current list of &#8220;bests&#8221; <\/em><br \/>\n(subject to change at any time):<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best <strong>Burger <\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redrobin.com\/\" target=\"resource_window\">Red Robin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Creme Brule<\/strong> &#8211; tie:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kegsteakhouse.com\/en\/\" target=\"resource_window\">The Keg<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/ruthschris.com\/\">Ruth&#8217;s Chris<\/a><br \/>\nand they both serve a fantastic <strong>filet mignon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Tostada Salad <\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/caferio.com\" target=\"resource_window\">Cafe Rio<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best<strong> Girl Scout Cookie <\/strong>&#8211; Tie: <em class=\"b\">Thin Mints <\/em>(frozen) or <em class=\"b\">Tagalongs<\/em>\n<li>Best <strong>Italian<\/strong> food &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/machiavellis.com\/\" target=\"resource_window\">Machiavelli&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Chinese<\/strong> food (esp. Schezwan Beef) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianstarrestaurant.com\" target=\"resource_window\">Asian Star<\/a><\/li>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatright\" title=\"chickenpillows-sm\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chickenpillows-sm.jpg\" alt=\"chickenpillows-sm\" width=\"175\" height=\"124\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Best <strong>Comfort<\/strong> food &#8211; there are so many, but today I&#8217;ll say <em class=\"b\">Chicken Pillows<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Ice Cream<\/strong> &#8211; <em class=\"b\">Haagendaz Rocky Road<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Cheesecake<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/craigthegrey.com\">Craig Cottle&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Brownie<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.judgecafe.com\/\" target=\"resource_window\">Judge Cafe<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Chocolate Chip Cookies<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/donteraseme.com\/blog\/\">J&#8217;Neil&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Carne Asada<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azullounge.com\/\" target=\"resource_window\"><em class=\"b\">Azul<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best <strong>Pie<\/strong> &#8211; Tie:  <em class=\"b\">Soda Cracker<\/em> or <em class=\"b\">Lemon Meringue<\/em><\/li>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/minttruff.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Chocolate Mint Truffle\" title=\"Seattle Chocolate Mint Truffle\" class=\"floatleftnb\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\n<li>Best <strong>Mint Truffle<\/strong>:  <em class=\"b\">I&#8217;m on a quest <\/em>here.  I&#8217;ve tried (and enjoyed) <a href=\"http:\/\/karachocolates.com\/kara\/MerchandiseServlet?option=moreInfo&amp;productId=52&amp;size=m\" target=\"resource_window\">Kara<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boehmscandies.com\/catalog\/\" target=\"resource_window\">Boehms<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlechocolates.com\/store\/truffle-bars\/meltaway-mint-truffle-bar.html\" target=\"resource_window\">Seattle Chocolates<\/a>.  All are very good, but I haven&#8217;t been able to determine a &#8220;best.&#8221;<br \/>\nAny suggestions?<\/li>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em class=\"b\">Any &#8220;bests&#8221; you&#8217;d like to challenge or add?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;m back on my HCG diet, trying to undo the damage inflicted by the holidays. That means my food choices are extremely limited (but I&#8217;m getting smaller&#8230;) Since I can&#8217;t eat the food I love, I&#8217;ll write about it and make you hungry for it too. Here is my current list of &#8220;bests&#8221; (subject &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/best-in-food\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Best in Food<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[47,73,72],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviewsrecommendations","tag-diet","tag-food","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}