Posts by Raul Colon
Indian Food is Not Just Curry and Nan
When I went to college, three hours south of Chicago, I first saw grits. I figured this breakfast dish was the oatmeal for southerners. When I moved to Texas, the big black barbeque pits in people’s yards took me by surprise. I’d seen a few small Weber grills on people’s balconies or patios in the…
Read MoreMore Vegetarian Option @PFChangs San Juan
When I travel Stateside especially in the south part of the U.S. in places like Chattanooga, TN, Atlanta, GA, and Raleigh, NC and I am looking for a place to eat vegetarian PF Changs is my first option. Over the year’s I have made PF Changs one of my favorite restaurants because of their solid…
Read More1st Visit to Veggie Friendy St. Germain in Old San Juan
A Month Ago while I was at ISACA Latin CACS & ISRM Conference I had the opportunity to meet a neat group of people and reconnect with old acquaintances. While I was happy that I got a neat upgrade at the Presidential Suite of the Caribe Hilton I was deciding where I could go and…
Read MoreLabeling Vegetarian Products as Meat Substitutes
If the Veggie Product tastes like meat you are scaring me! Months ago we bought a product that was made out of a vegetable protein and supposedly tasted like shrimp. I have not eaten shrimp in a long time more than 6 years. Even when I use to eat it one of the most disgusting…
Read MoreNot Just Cowboys and Cow for Dinner in Dallas
Dallas has a reputation: Southern drawls, women with bleached blond highly hair sprayed coiffures, JR Ewing, Urban Cowboy and the Dallas Cowgirls in high boots and almost-not-there skirts. My first trip to Dallas was more than 25 years ago. It was a business trip, and I felt some culture shock when at a business dinner,…
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