Red Is Life

Absinthe Or Blowfish

"They're pouring Absinthe..." swept the tasting floor - prompting my change of course for a miniscule plastic cup filled with the elixar - sipped then tossed back - interesting - complex - different - just don't get it - though in all fairness - have never set out to do a Toulouse Lautrec - i.e.- total inebriation via Absinthe distilled from the maximum allowable amount of wormwood - consuming beverage - until recently -  "banned world wide" -

With "Forbidden" Absinthe as a base reference - click over to Adam Platt's - To Die For - in New York Magazine this week - May 5, 2008 - where he goes one better - eating - experiencing is a better word - deadly Blowfish (tiger fugu) - in particular - shira-ko - a.k.a. - the engorged fugu sperm sac - you can fee Platt's "numbness" as each bite provokes thoughts of "am I about to die" & "in for a penny - in for a pound" -

Getting paid to be a food critic - may be the fantasy - after reading - To Die For - you'll want to "keep the day job" -

Wildwood

220 seats for BBQ & Bourbon - beer if you insist - 18th & Park Avenue South -

WIldwood's space is large - bar is long - bourbon selection is deep - menu is maturing -

Too cute for hardcore BBQ aficionados - but they will do great -

Planning return visit - if only to work through the rest of the brown spirits -