Village Voice: Try the Avocado Toast-a brawny slab of multi-grain that's been browned to its optimum crunch point, with chunky avocado salsa is as flavorful as it is abundant. Topped with a poached egg, it's perfect
Village Voice: Their eggplant rollatini is one of the greatest: eggplant fried either with crumbs or without, rolled around snow-white ricotta cheese, smothered in tomato sauce, then mantled in mozzarella.
Village Voice: Get the djon djon rice-cooked in the colored and flavored mushroom water and then further flavored with shallots, garlic, and thyme that have been sautéed in butter.
Village Voice: SXSW Recommendation from Sietsema-sauce is mustardy, and it's smeared on while the meat-a typical Texas selection-is in the open pits, which is another difference between it and, say, Kreuz Market.
Village Voice: SXSW Recommendation from Sietsema- It has long been a favorite of SXSW attendees, and, famously, of Stevie Ray Vaughn. It's your best chance to get ribs, brisket, chicken, and mutton.
Village Voice: Get the black olive and sausage pie-The loamy fennel sausage is freshly made, the tomatoes bright tasting, the canned olives saline, and all the flavors come together deliciously!
Village Voice: Try the appams- flatbreads made with a fermented rice-and-coconut batter. Every 4th one has a jiggy egg annealed to the bottom, and when you pull it apart, the ovum goes all gooey on you.
Village Voice: Try the veggie burger-slivers of mushroom, spinach, onion, broccoli, carrot, and the occasional lentil, with soy flour-based ground round balances density and delicacy.
Village Voice: Their Misir Wot (Split Lentils are stewed with onion, garlic and blend of mild Ethiopian herbs) and Menchet Abesh Wot (Lean Beef grounded and cooked in mild green pepper sauce, red wine and jalapeno a
Village Voice: They brought Levain Boules with housemade butter. (Baked in their wood oven in Brooklyn, made only with flour, water, and salt; no commercial yeast and a sourdough starter) to Choice Eats
Village Voice: They brought Fried chicken on buttermilk biscuit with gravy and coleslaw, Brasied shortribs on Challah, Seared pork chop on challah, Muffalata and Crispy goat cheese on flauta bread to Choice Eats!
Village Voice: They brought soft cheesecake with blueberry compote, oranges and passionfruit foam, and mini cupcakes (Green Tea, Coffee, Coconut, and Mocha) to Choice Eats- sweet and delicious!
Village Voice: This Choice Eats participant brought Easter Sausage in a blanket with Radegast mustard dipping sauce, Beef Cheek Carbonnade, and (mmmm) Donuts with Chocolate Sauce.
Village Voice: This Choice Eats attendee brought Suadero (Brisket Taco) and Negra Modelo (braised brisket with tomatillo salsa and horseradish crema)- both were big hits!
Village Voice: This Choice Eats attendee in 2010 brought Tocino (sugar-achuete cured pork) sliders in purple yam rolls with grated green mango and Chicken/Pork adobo skewers.
Village Voice: One of the best mole poblanos in town, so thick and rich, sending up grace notes of nut & cinnamon as it engulfs your chicken enchiladas. The chiles rellenos are oozing buckets of stringy white cheese
Village Voice: Cal Mex has never been better here than at this San Francisco-style burrito joint. The carne asada tacos are one of our faves, bulging with tender marinated steak. Don't forget to spring for the guac