Rudolf Schwarzkopf-Zskai
2003-08-10 18:38:26 UTC
If anyone remembers me from the Pig Stand, here's a photo record of my
recent visit to Texas - not a foody record I know, so a little o/t.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rudolf/texas.htm
In Galveston I found a marvellous cheap little diner on the front called The
Dutch Kettle, where they didn't mind my trying my hand at a bit of an Edward
Hopper sort of shot:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rudolf/Galveston10.htm
I breakfasted there a few times.
Also in Galveston I discovered Shrimp and Stuff on 39th (I think), an
amusing little joint where the food is served out of a hatch. Good
deep-fried shrimps there.
You pay for it at Gaidos on the seafront, but in my view it was utterly
worth it; I had some sort of seafood medley.
Casey's next door is cheaper - and busier, but you can eat at the bar -
and I had three consistently good dinners in there, fish of the day or
whatever.
Fish Tales was also excellent one night - I had catfish stuffed with
crabmeat and served with an ettouffé (?) of crayfish. Yum.
I also developed a taste for Kroger rotisserie chicken eaten cross-legged
on my motel floor - and *what* a motel, I may tell you - carved up by
candlelight with the aid of my Swiss Army knife; but I suppose I shouldn't
mention Kroger chickens within the respectable portals of this group, let
alone the motel. (I did twin the chicken up with a take-out artichoke and
olive salad, if that makes it more sophisticated.)
I didn't really eat that much in Houston. The first night at Barnaby's (?)
in Montrose I think, where I may, or may not, have had some sort of standard
beefburger, the second night at Saltgrass somewhere south of Houston where I
had an amazingly tasty fish dish with capers and olives in the sauce, and
once at the House of Pies, where I have to admit I have no memory whatsoever
of what passed my lips that night - Mr Lewis, can you assist me? - before we
saw a Charlotte Rampling film, The Swimming Pool, at the River Oaks cinema,
and finished off the evening with a nice little car accident on the I45
going south, giving me the chance to photograph a real-life US criminal, a
rather pale and languid specimen, but the police were delighted:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rudolf/texas-road02.htm
I also drove up to Dallas (Thai restaurant one night, with shrimp in a
peanut sauce, a home-delivered Domino's pizza the next - sorry), and on to
Austin where I ordered a particularly splendid fish soup as a main course
next to my motel just north of the city, (Cancun Mexican Restaurant, it
would appear from my visa receipts), the sort of fish soup that's delicious
mopped up with bread.
The food in US was of a consistently higher standard than in UK, and quite a
bit cheaper. Your attitude to alcohol would take me some time to get used
to - at Saltgrass I had to surrender my passport for scrutiny by the
manager, can you believe, purely in order to enjoy a little imbibtion of the
red grape. In Dallas it was a real art to procure 'adult beverages' from a
Liquor Store on a Sunday - never mind; at least I got to photograph some
truly magnificent shiny skyscrapers earlier that day:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rudolf/dallas.htm
I developed a little love affair for, and in, Galveston. I'm wondering
about the feasibility of my finding work in a college or a high school
there, (which is what I do here in UK, for my sins). I would be intrigued
of anyone had any tips along those lines; part of the attraction of
Galveston for me is to 'rescue' one of those clapboarded houses and restore
it to pristine condition. In fact, I'd consider work outside teaching too.
Any ideas?
To wind up, I've had a real adventure of a three-weeks; but I missed having
a kitchen of my own in order to entertain in the manner I'd like.
If anyone wants to write to me, I'm obviously spam-blocked on this
reply-to-address, but ***@hotmail.com should do the trick.
Rudolf
recent visit to Texas - not a foody record I know, so a little o/t.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rudolf/texas.htm
In Galveston I found a marvellous cheap little diner on the front called The
Dutch Kettle, where they didn't mind my trying my hand at a bit of an Edward
Hopper sort of shot:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rudolf/Galveston10.htm
I breakfasted there a few times.
Also in Galveston I discovered Shrimp and Stuff on 39th (I think), an
amusing little joint where the food is served out of a hatch. Good
deep-fried shrimps there.
You pay for it at Gaidos on the seafront, but in my view it was utterly
worth it; I had some sort of seafood medley.
Casey's next door is cheaper - and busier, but you can eat at the bar -
and I had three consistently good dinners in there, fish of the day or
whatever.
Fish Tales was also excellent one night - I had catfish stuffed with
crabmeat and served with an ettouffé (?) of crayfish. Yum.
I also developed a taste for Kroger rotisserie chicken eaten cross-legged
on my motel floor - and *what* a motel, I may tell you - carved up by
candlelight with the aid of my Swiss Army knife; but I suppose I shouldn't
mention Kroger chickens within the respectable portals of this group, let
alone the motel. (I did twin the chicken up with a take-out artichoke and
olive salad, if that makes it more sophisticated.)
I didn't really eat that much in Houston. The first night at Barnaby's (?)
in Montrose I think, where I may, or may not, have had some sort of standard
beefburger, the second night at Saltgrass somewhere south of Houston where I
had an amazingly tasty fish dish with capers and olives in the sauce, and
once at the House of Pies, where I have to admit I have no memory whatsoever
of what passed my lips that night - Mr Lewis, can you assist me? - before we
saw a Charlotte Rampling film, The Swimming Pool, at the River Oaks cinema,
and finished off the evening with a nice little car accident on the I45
going south, giving me the chance to photograph a real-life US criminal, a
rather pale and languid specimen, but the police were delighted:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rudolf/texas-road02.htm
I also drove up to Dallas (Thai restaurant one night, with shrimp in a
peanut sauce, a home-delivered Domino's pizza the next - sorry), and on to
Austin where I ordered a particularly splendid fish soup as a main course
next to my motel just north of the city, (Cancun Mexican Restaurant, it
would appear from my visa receipts), the sort of fish soup that's delicious
mopped up with bread.
The food in US was of a consistently higher standard than in UK, and quite a
bit cheaper. Your attitude to alcohol would take me some time to get used
to - at Saltgrass I had to surrender my passport for scrutiny by the
manager, can you believe, purely in order to enjoy a little imbibtion of the
red grape. In Dallas it was a real art to procure 'adult beverages' from a
Liquor Store on a Sunday - never mind; at least I got to photograph some
truly magnificent shiny skyscrapers earlier that day:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rudolf/dallas.htm
I developed a little love affair for, and in, Galveston. I'm wondering
about the feasibility of my finding work in a college or a high school
there, (which is what I do here in UK, for my sins). I would be intrigued
of anyone had any tips along those lines; part of the attraction of
Galveston for me is to 'rescue' one of those clapboarded houses and restore
it to pristine condition. In fact, I'd consider work outside teaching too.
Any ideas?
To wind up, I've had a real adventure of a three-weeks; but I missed having
a kitchen of my own in order to entertain in the manner I'd like.
If anyone wants to write to me, I'm obviously spam-blocked on this
reply-to-address, but ***@hotmail.com should do the trick.
Rudolf