A Farewell to "Bistro 2404"
Tonight was apparently the grand finale of “Bistro 2404″ – a little hole-in-the-wall bistro located somewhere in my fantasy that just happened to be a few feet from where I sleep. The grand finale was, ironically, my choice for my “last meal on earth” – paella (and not just any paella, but paella made from lobster stock). If you’re a seafood fan and have never had a good paella before, there are 2 small containers in my fridge that you might be able to claim if you take Matt out.
After I added the last picture to the “Bistro 2404″ set (slideshow) onto my flickr, I decided to take a look back at how this all got started. The first picture was uploaded 11/22/2007 – when we opened up our house to Vox for Thanksgiving. I had agreed to make the turkey and I threw in a corn relish on the side. Then eventually, that led to having neighborhoods at our place (even though it was all guys and Jen). Then somewhere along the way, I joined the volunteer program at Central Market. Then the rest is history. Even though culinarily, I’ve come a long ways since November of 2007, I feel like I should really thank all the friends gracious enough to compliment me on my cooking and, more importantly – at times, brave enough to try ANYTHING I make (the braised beef tongue was a hard sell at first, but eventually all the roommates tried and loved it).
For those of you that have kept up with my blog, you might be wondering why I’ve taken my personally blog off my own domain and moved it here to wordpress.com. This is probably as good a time to tell y’all as any, seeing how I usually start blog posts and never finish it. So here I go… While I haven’t hammered out the details yet, I am excited to share that I’ll be starting a new blog/food project on my domain. Be sure to periodically check up here for when I’ll launch the new site. It’s going to be fun. =)
In all seriousness however, I should probably tell you all now that I’m not a rock star in the kitchen – there’re countless people better in the kitchen than me. I just think food is important. It was really over the course of the last year or so that I got to really see the importance of food. There’re many reason why I do what I do. I love seeing a random group of people get together for a meal, I love seeing friends being made, I love seeing the moment when people are getting introduced to new flavors, I love seeing people agonize over how awesome something taste, I laugh when people pass out after a meal. I abso-freakin’-lutely love all of that. So let me take this opportunity again to thank those that have helped me carry out this little fantasy bistro of mine for this. Here’s to all the memories of “Bistro 2404″ and all the potentials for the new place that still remains nameless.
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I want IN on whatever new blog/food project you are creating. I will wash dishes and chop a lot.
Thanks for a fantastic dinner last night.
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