mattlawyue
Currently in Tanzania, Africa doing media relations for the School of St Jude in Arusha.
Spent some time in public relations in NYC, and have written for SLAM Magazine, ESPN NewYork, the Boston Herald and BusinessWeek.
The College of New Jersey, '10.
These have become my go-to drinking snack: banana crisps. I’ll never go back to regular chips or Doritos or anything of the sort again. And you see that 1800? Well, $1 USD = roughly 1550 Tzs (Tanzanian shilling). Best value for your money.
Tonight we had dinner at Khan’s BBQ aka Chicken on the Bonnet. By day Khan’s is an auto-parts shop, but by night they put the screws and gears away and break out the grill where they serve Indian-style grilled chicken, beef mishkaki and mutton shish kabob. It’s complimented with naan, spicy cole-slaw salads and flavorful sauces. The sidewalk converts into your dining room, as the Islamic call for prayer blares over the speakers above, and you breath in a wonderful Arusha evening.
Lentils over rice with kachumbari, which is an East African dish of fresh tomatoes, onions and peppers.
Serengeti Lager
Grilled goat.
Local Kilimanjaro tea. I don’t know, it tastes like Lipton to me.
A few photos from our dinner at Marea tonight. The first is sea urchin on toast with lard melted on top. Yes, something like this exists in the world, and we are all better for it. Bottom left is the amuse-bouche. Bottom right is dessert, consisting of panna cotta, fried doughnuts in chocolate sauce with white espresso gelato, and lemon curd tart. No, I did not take any of these pictures because I’m a horrible photographer. Luckily I have two fantastic iPhone’ing friends who will joyously spend 2 hours and 30 minutes over a four-course dinner with me talking about the past, present and future, without getting sick of looking at each other stuffing our faces until we’re comatose in the dining room, laughing at ourselves because our combined age is likely the average age of the typical customer to this 2-star Michelin joint. Nights like these remind me why I love this City.
Dinner w/ @langwhitaker tonight: heart, liver, stomach, sweetbreads and steak. Takashi is on to something here..
Philly last night was arguably more fun before we left the apartment to go out. I only say arguably because the latter included cheesesteaks at 3AM, which, is always a good thing in this town.
First blizzard of the season.
