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Reef and Matt’s top five restaurants

Hello everyone, Matt here. I just landed in London and after taking a looooooong nap I’m up at 2:15 in the morning and ready to blog. I was just in Houston for a little work and a little girlfriend and a lot of food. Obviously, my food experiences needed to be blogged so Sarah and I came up with this post, then I decided to expand it to my top five restaurants of all time. But let’s begin with my most recent trip to Houston.

Reef — www.reefhouston.com (remember Henri’s birthday post)

[note: I was officially reviewing this restaurant for JoshSpear.com I'll post a link to my review in the comments when it goes live, but for now here is some food porn]

This is Kanzuri Cured African Pompano. I don’t even know what that is exactly. It looks almost like a sushi dish, but it isn’t.

I know Sarah already showed off this block-o-fried mac and cheese, but seriously this was sooo amazing. It was really filling, so if you are ordering a lot, be careful this will attempt to stop you in your tracks.

This is Sheep’s Head fish. Don’t let the name confuse you it’s actually from the sea. Just like Chicken of the Sea is really tuna, it’s just a name. Sheep’s Head fish isn’t eaten too often, but that’s part of Reef’s mission to bring the fish from the Gulf of Mexico to tasty standards. I got to speak with Head Chef Bryan Caswell. He told me that most of their fish come from the Gulf of Mexico. Sustainability

Well before you think we were being super eco conscious, here’s desert:

If you’ve ever eaten with me you might know that I don’t have the biggest sweet tooth. I don’t really do candy or desert too often. But as of late I’ve started ordering desert at nicer restaurants because I can usually find something that isn’t so sweet. After trying a few deserts, I’ve realized that I really like desert. Who would have guessed?

But yes, that is five deserts. I was reviewing the restaurant so they brought out five. I know, no way we (two of us) could eat it all. But it was very tasty.

Reef was really good, but it didn’t quite make my top five of all time. Here’s those (in no order):

Uchi —Austin

This is a favorite of Poshdeluxe. Hopefully most of you have eaten here. I love it.   I have sushi (which is a lot) I wish it was Uchi. I usually eat there when I’m back in Austin. The above pictures is the hot rocks cooking scallops because I’m addicted to scallops (it’s healthier than drugs).

Inamo — London

This place would make the list based just on the way you order. You’re computer is a table!

This place would make the list based just on the food.

Double amazing!

See a longer review here.

The Gage Hotel — Marathon

I know what you’re thinking. My shirt/sweater thing is sooo 2 years ago. You’re right, but lucky for me I was wearing it two years ago when the Poshdeluxe journey went to Marfa for New Year’s Eve.

Vanilla — London

Becareful this one’s expensive, but exquisite.

Noodle Pudding — Brooklyn

Honestly, I switch out noodle pudding with other’s. But I’m in an Italian mood tonight.

Looks fairly normal, but seriously the best Italian I’ve ever had.

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That’s what I have for my top five. I think chefs are artist and I am an art collector. If you want more food porn, check out a blog I just started with a German friend who is a co-globe trotter and food celebrator: http://letsbreakbread.com/

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