The Best Damn Risotto I Have Eaten In (17) Years!!! thanks, Il Pastaio!!

This is just a “short” note to discuss a risotto I ate last night at Il Pastaio,
which for lack of a better word, was @#$% ing Transcendent! Ethereal! Sublime! Exquisite! Celestial!!
In any case, you get the point that it was delicious.
It was this:
Lemon and Saffron Risotto.
The Arborio rice was al-dente- perfectly so.
*Note to TLV “Chefs” [...]

Istanbul!!

Man!!  it takes a lot to surprise me, but seeing Istanbul for the first time was something i will never forget..
Ok! let me speak frankly! I had just come there directly from a 8-day shoot in Mumbai, India and words cannot describe how horrible that was.. !!
So- of course, everyone always says to me “Oh! [...]