Offbeat Eats
@offbeateats.bsky.social
Food-related ramblings of an oft-traveled engineer
Okay, this was a new one. The “cookie coaster” for my cocktail.
August 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Okay, this was a new one. The “cookie coaster” for my cocktail.
East Valley tradition when visiting: getting a garlic overdose from Haji Baba Middle Eastern’s schwarma plate.
August 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
East Valley tradition when visiting: getting a garlic overdose from Haji Baba Middle Eastern’s schwarma plate.
Manhattan Beach tradition: a trip to Uncle Bill’s Pancake House.
July 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Manhattan Beach tradition: a trip to Uncle Bill’s Pancake House.
Converted bank drive-thru tripel
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Converted bank drive-thru tripel
Rocking the 63rd annual Norwegian Meatball and Strawberry Festival in Claremont, NH.
June 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Rocking the 63rd annual Norwegian Meatball and Strawberry Festival in Claremont, NH.
An excellent Chicken Chettinadu (black pepper and coconut sauce) from Karaballi in Saratoga Springs.
June 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An excellent Chicken Chettinadu (black pepper and coconut sauce) from Karaballi in Saratoga Springs.
Lunch. At Fat Paulie’s in Saratoga.
June 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Lunch. At Fat Paulie’s in Saratoga.
Enjoying some great woodfired pizza from the Pizza Hero Bus.
June 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Enjoying some great woodfired pizza from the Pizza Hero Bus.
More foreign snacks from @universalyums.bsky.social: Dutch barbecue potato chips.
These are interesting: more “smoke” and light pepper than the tangy “BBQ sauce” of US chips. Definitely tasty.
These are interesting: more “smoke” and light pepper than the tangy “BBQ sauce” of US chips. Definitely tasty.
April 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
More foreign snacks from @universalyums.bsky.social: Dutch barbecue potato chips.
These are interesting: more “smoke” and light pepper than the tangy “BBQ sauce” of US chips. Definitely tasty.
These are interesting: more “smoke” and light pepper than the tangy “BBQ sauce” of US chips. Definitely tasty.
Time for some bún. (Saigon Eatery, Woburn MA)
April 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Time for some bún. (Saigon Eatery, Woburn MA)
Occasionally my Offbeat Eating gets a bit unusual. First dorm food I’ve eaten in 30+ years (at UVM).
March 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Occasionally my Offbeat Eating gets a bit unusual. First dorm food I’ve eaten in 30+ years (at UVM).
Surprisingly tasty snack from this month’s Universal Yums pack of Colombian treats.
March 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Surprisingly tasty snack from this month’s Universal Yums pack of Colombian treats.
Proper New Haven-style Apizza (Sally’s branch in Woburn, MA).
March 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Proper New Haven-style Apizza (Sally’s branch in Woburn, MA).
Since I had done a review of the Pastéis de Nata from Manteigaria, it was also necessary for #OffbeatEats to go visit the place that has the nominally original version, Pastéis de Belém in Lisbon's Belém district for a comparison:
offbeateats.org/2025/03/past...
offbeateats.org/2025/03/past...
March 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Since I had done a review of the Pastéis de Nata from Manteigaria, it was also necessary for #OffbeatEats to go visit the place that has the nominally original version, Pastéis de Belém in Lisbon's Belém district for a comparison:
offbeateats.org/2025/03/past...
offbeateats.org/2025/03/past...
Weekend breakfast: Upma.
January 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Weekend breakfast: Upma.
Small-town Vermont Ramen (Si Aku, Barre, VT).
November 23, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Small-town Vermont Ramen (Si Aku, Barre, VT).
Rocking the International Order of Odd Fellows community breakfast in Marlow, NH
November 17, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Rocking the International Order of Odd Fellows community breakfast in Marlow, NH