Marthas Vineyard, Marthas Vineyard Steamship Authority, Seafood, MA

My mother painted a mural so that she could get a friend of hers' guest house in West Tisbury, MA right on the Great Pond, and my girlfriend Kelly and I took a whole week vacation there. Of course going there is always a long trip, a 6 hour flight an hour and a half bus ride and a 45 minute ferry ride, but the ferry ride has one really nice little bonus. It has a snack bar, and one incredible food item in that snack bar, it's qouhog chowder (that's Clam Chowder) and it is pretty damn good.

Salomi Indian & Bangladesh Restaurant, North Hollywood, CA

Salomi Indian & Bangladesh Restaurant
5225 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollyood, CA
(818) 506-0130

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My girlfriend Kelly and I have been talking about going to an Indian Restaurant for a while, and one of her co-workers has taken her here a few times for lunch, so since I treated dinner last time she took me out to this restaurant. The place was almost empty, but has a great atmosphere and an extensive menu. Not only that but the service was above top notch. I have a feeling this place keeps open by their delivery, because there were not enough customers, but the food was excellent and tasty and well worth trying again, and includes Vegetarian and non-Vegetarian cuisine.

Guenoc lake County Sauvignon Blanc 2005

This is a pretty inexpensive wine that is incredibly tasty, with a crisp fruity flavor. I never really liked Sauvignon Blanc until I had this wine, and now I am a total fan.

FoodSaver Quick Marinator 1 1/4 Quart Canister

This extra is the main reason I wanted a FoodSaver. I had a cheap $20 device at one point that you would put your food and marinade in and pump out the air to quickly marinate the meat., unfortunately it broke, and it seems the company stopped making them, so I wanted another because being able to do overnight marinating in just 10-20 minutes is an amazing time saver, and I must say this accessory for my FoodSaver is exactly what I wanted.

FoodSaver Bottle Stoppers

This is a 3 pack of Bottle stoppers for Wine Bottles, so you can reseal your wine without any air in the bottle and make your wine last longer.

Tilia Advanced V2490 FoodSaver Vaccum-Packaging System

I have always wanted one of these, not only to save my food, but also to use to marinate food. And when I saw this at Costco for $100 I decided it was time. The set also included 3 canisters for dry food, and 2 rolls of bags to save the food.

Breville 800GRXL Die Cast Indoor BBQ and Grill, Brushed Stainless Steel

This was a Christmas Present from my Grandmother to me this year, and immediately replaced my Large George Forman Grill for my indoor BBQ and Grill of choice. This thing is heavy and built well with many features that are not seen in other similar models. I can't recommend this thing more highly. It has features that make this the best indoor electric grill I have seen.

BJ's Restaurant and Brewery

BJ's
107 S. 1st Street
Burbank, CA 91502
(818) 557-0881

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I have eaten here before and though it was alright, though I must say this time I was very unimpressed. My girlfriend insists the pizza was excellent, and honestly I did not try the beer, but the only thing that was impressive was the desert.

I went again for my friend German's birthday, and enjoyed it a bit more. This time I had a calzone, and some beer, and we have the pizza sized Pizooki. Damn that thing is evil!!!

Eat on Sunset, French Cuisine, Hollywood, California

Eat On Sunset
1448 N. Gower St.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 461-8800

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I have wanted to eat here for some time, though reviews seemed either great or horrible, but i was interested in trying some of the Fish since the chef Joachim Splichal was a chef at the French laundry. The food was decent, with good flavors, though a tad overcooked, but the mixed drinks were spectacular.

Yellow Tail Chardonnay 2004

A very tasty Chardonnay with a bit of a of a bite
to it, but you really can't beat it in this price range.

Mo's, American Restaurant, Burbank, CA

Mo's
4301 Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 845-3009GOOGLE MAPS

Mo's fine food is a darkened interior with a bar, and dark inexpensive wood, with the stain starting to chip off the tables. The place has a large menu with everything from Pizza, Pasta and salad to quite a selection of Hamburgers and a Hamburger bar where you can heap on the condiments (though actually I expected there to be more at the burger bar than there was). My biggest complaint is the expense. The burgers are $10 at a minimum and go up from there, and while tasty that is a bit expensive.

Sebastian's , American Food, Toluca Lake, CA

Sebastian's
10057 Riverside Drive,
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
(818)-509-8405

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This is a restaurant that I most certainly want to try again. Sure the decor is a bit off, and the service was slow, but this place certainly knows flavors! The menu lets you chose Chicken, Beef, Shrimp or Portabella mushrooms in 23 flavors, and you can get them as sandwiches, pizzas, main courses or salads. The food is tasty and enjoyable, and makes me want to try other flavors.

Chili John's, American Chili, Burbank, CA

Chili John's
2018 W. Burbank Blvd
Burbank, CA 91506-1319
(818) 846-3611

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Famous from Coast to Coast, Chili John's is Burbank's oldest restaurant, in a fading white painted brick building, with a U shaped counter and stools that were completely filled, and with a chili serving station in the middle. They give you crackers and you can get your tasty beef chili served in 3 levels of heat (though they must have screwed up my hot because it was not hot at all for me, in fact the yellow peppers on the counter were hotter).

Mike's Bar & Crab House, Seafood, Annapolis, Maryland

Mike's Bar & Crab House
3030 Riva Road
Riva, MD 21140
(410) 956-2784

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This place is just across a bridge from my father's place in Annapolis, Maryland, and you can get there by car or by boat. It is large and has a restaurant, bar and liquor store, and inside and outside seating, but don't expect anything too fancy, this is quite casual. The food is quite tasty, if not always that healthy (lots of deep fried seafood here), and they are known for their crabs, which you can the blue crabs to crack and eat at your tables (making quite a mess) or they have an excellent soft shell crab sandwich.

Denny's, everywhere, American Diner

Yuck. I can't believe I am even adding this to the list, but my girlfriend insisted she needed Chicken Fried steak this morning to be able to start writing, so I went along, because it is what she wanted. Personally I think Denny's is completely disgusting and should not be ingested by humans.