Part 8 - Kitchen Quarantine - missing food and places from "back in the day"

Kitchen Quarantine Pod with Man Cook Good

Part 8 - day 63 in quarantine 

Things you miss from the pre-COVID eating experience 

places listening France, USA, Ireland, UK, Australia, Russia, Portugal, Germany, Norway, Austria, Iran

Paris, Philly, Dublin, Ballarat Australia, Barreiro Portugal, Oslo Norway, Oldenburg Germany

Magnolia Smokehouse - brookline village - been going since 2003 — so great

miss sushi

miss bar scene at so many spots legal seafood, davios, del frescos, capital grille 

miss sharing crummy pizza with people 

miss doing yard work and grabbing some seafood at the cape

where does ManCookGood grocery shop? 

The Worst Bartender in Lisbon looks like Scott Caan

Portugal Mini Pods

Self Cooking Linguisa in Porto was a mistake - the place we went had been robbed the day before - maybe they were also “food poisoners”?

1. Salt Bae of Porto was not a mistake - no customer service, best possible food - place is called "Antiga Casa Ze Da Guida"

2. Nicest people ever at Abolina - and fantastic food, so send ‘em a postcard

Scott Caan imposter wins worst bartender in Lisbon award

1. Banana 5 wins best “banana jam” in Lisboa and the phenomenon of bars in the middle of the the tree lined side walks on the Avenue da Liberdade is amazing

2. LX Factory is great and the gelato shop window right near it is a fan fave

Places Listening: Russia listened more than US this week. Specifically Yakutsk Russia which is a city of about 300,000 people in Siberia on the Lena River. It is located 280 Miles south of the arctic circle and has an average temperature of 16 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the year.

Malaysia. Brazil, Australia, Poland, Finland. Canada, Philippines

Red Frog Speakeasy - A+ but let’s look at their house rules, which are posted outside of the front door

#redfrog #redfrogspk #pressforcocktail #secretbar #worldbestbars

2019 NFL Playoff Teams as Game of Thrones characters (Part 1)

2019 NFL Playoff teams as Game of Thrones Characters 

Congrats to Dan Ruttle on winning the Filibuster Freestyle Fantasy Football Championship - the aptly named “Valaryian Steelers” 

Places listening: Ashburn, VA Boston, MA Cembo Philippines  Tucson, AZ and more 

Philippines, France, Canada, UK, Egypt, Portugal, Indonesia 

Indianapolis Colts - Theon Greyjoy (at the end of season 7). They started 1-5, there were question marks if they’d ever get back their pride (deflate gate, Andrew Luck injuries, Owner having public substance abuse issues, Josh McDaniel big timing them at the alter). this is all like Theon’s run of bad decisions, spineless decisions and dishonorable decisions, but on Dragonstone, theon Head butted his way back to the respect of his men, and is now on the hunt for his sister Yara. IN essence he’s got his mojo back and the Colts do to. I don’t think they’ll have any shot at the throne, but they’re once again an interesting component of this narrative 

Houston Texans - Berric Dondarrion - they were 0-3 and seemed dead. Deshaun Watson had a catastrophic leg/knee injury - but he regained his form and the Texans regained their’s. I’m not sure that Bill O’Brien is Thoros of Myr - but either way, as reincarnations in GOT go, i’m not sure the Texans are ready to be Jon Snow or even the mountain in terms of rising up… but at the very least — they’ve got a new lease on life for sure. 

Seattle Seahawks - The Seahawks are Jorah Mormot. They rose up from disgrace back in the day to become major players under Pete Carroll. Then they were cast aside, and left for dead (gray scale), but somehow found a way to get cured, cleanse themselves and get back onto the right side of the narrative. I’m not sure that they’re road this year leads them all the way to glory, but they’ve got  mix of luck, skill and knowledge that could keep them alive. 

Dallas Cowboys - I’m going with Tywin Lannister (father to Jamie & Cersei and allegedly Tyrion) because I think Jerry Jones is more like Tywin Lannister than another NFL owner. Overbearing, always asserting himself into the narrative, seems to have the deepest pockets and eventually get his way. Some love him, more fear him, but most just can’t stand him.  

George HW Bush, Christmas Music hot takes and Portugal

The Azores are like the Revis island of Europe. All alone but more than enough to win the day. 

Swimming in the ocean downtown, driving into two different volcanic craters, black sand beaches, hydrangeas everywhere, New England like weather unpredictability, I also drove for the first time outside of America. Interesting. 

Ponta Delgada is like if Ireland, Puerto Rico, has a baby with Portugal- the geography and weather are like a weird combo of Ireland and Puerto Rico. 

Places listening: Canada, Philippines, France, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia , Jamaica, Mozambique, Gabon (1st time), Tanzania, New Zealand and more

Top Cities listening: Ashburn VA, Ugong Philippines, New Liskeard Canada, Athens Greece, Kuala Lumpur, Maputo Mozambique 

Is Christmas music the original Christian Rock - I mean not quite / cuz one is about Santa (mainly) and one is about Jesus... but there are a ton of Christmas classics that do have religious lyrics “oh come all ye faithful”, “silent night”, “little drummer boy”, “joy to the world.” - so I’m going with kinda 

If Steve perry said. I’ll play faithfully for your wedding ceremony and oh Sheri to kickoff your ceremony... but in the middle we need to play my whole newest album... are you in?

Feel in love w the Fast & the furious: Tokyo Drift In Ponta Delgada. Tokyo drift = fake band name of the week 

The actor who played Han, Sung Kang, is so beloved to me after fast & furious 4, fast 5, fast & furious 6 - that watching him in Tokyo drift was enough to get me excited. 

George HW Bush passes away. 94 years old. Rest In Peace. “Read his letter to Bill Clinton from Twitter”

Westworld Season 2 Preview Podcast

Westworld Season 2 Preview - premiers on April 22nd on HBO

Westworld’s first season ended on Dec 4, 2016 - we’re going to look at the craziest things that have happened since then.

188 listens in Athens, GA this week, Alexandria Egypt #2, Ashburn, VA #3

Australia as a nation third place

UK, Brazil, Portugal, Ireland, Singapore & Poland listened as well.

Ashley Howard, new HC at LaSalle University!

Patrick Reed wins the Masters

Clearly Trump being elected 2 weeks prior to the end of season one, and everything associated with Trump since that time could take up spots 1-200 on this list — but let’s try and keep this as trump free as possible

The women’s march in Washington, which in some ways can be viewed as significant factor in the #MeToo movement

The Patriots have won a super bowl in Dramatic Fashion and Lost a Super Bow in Dramatic fashion - to the Eagles who’d never won one before

We had the Oscars’ best picture of 2017 mix-up with Moonlight belatedly winning after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunnaway messed up the announcement and said the wrong film first

United Airlines went viral for dragging a passenger off of a plane — somehow making every other airline look much better by comparison

We had a congressman - Steve Scalise - shot at a baseball practice for a congressional baseball game - which is very scary stuff

White Nationalism at Charlottesville ripped open longtime wounds and shined a spotlight on how emboldened racists and racist nationalism have become

Hurricane’s wreaked Havoc on Houston and in Florida but most notably destroying a modern day way of life in Puerto Rico - a way of life “electricity and fresh water” that is still not fully back on the island for its citizens

Floyd mayweather and Conor McGregor finally have a boxing match / 8 months later Conor gets arrested for crashing a ufc pay per view and assaulting fellow fighters and attacking a bus

The Las Vegas concert shooting - nuff said

Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and scores of others in Hollywood, business, etc - were all torn to bits by the #MeToo movement

Roy Moore almost wins a senate seat in Alabama despite overwhelming evidence they he is essentially a serial pedophile  

There was a total solar eclipse

Facebook is massively involved in the election tampering by Russia in 2016

The aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas School Shooting - winter 2018 — has been pretty significant

The Mueller investigation seems to be just getting started

Loyola Chicago went to the final four