THE GREASY FOODIE: Akasha

The Greasy Foodie

The story begins blustry day Friday after Thanksgiving in 2008 in a cramped booth at a fake NYC deli in Nashville called Noshville. In between my wife, Rachel, and my brother, Michael, I sat across from my "cooler than me" cousins Mark and Sarah, and Sarah's just as cool husband, Danny. Mark, who lives the awesome life being a lawyer living in San Francisco working for Facebook, with his only downfall being his SEVERE lactardation..which has never been medically or scientifically proven to exist in Mark.. Sarah and Danny are foodies from NYC who have tried every dive "chicken finger" hut and "curry on a stick" in the big city. Danny and Sarah had discussed that they were trying to go to as many places from Bobby Flay's 'Throwdown' show as they could, and that there was one in Nashville we had to try.....a place that I had never heard of in my 13 years of living there..I will get to that adventure later.

I got an idea from my cool cousins idea. An idea became a hobby. And the hobby became an obsession. And thus produced the list.....a world-famous spreadsheet...of every restaurant that has ever been featured on Food Network and Travel Channel....every restaurant from the famous shows like "Throwdown", "Man V. Food", "Man v. Food Nation", "Food Feuds", "Food Wars", "Best Thing I Ever Ate", "Food Paradise" and "Diners Drive-Ins and Dives" to the obscure "Best Food Ever", "Meat and Potatoes", and "101 Best Places to Chowdown", plus my additions of the restaurants of famous chefs, favorite catergories (burgers, wings, pizza, bbq, and sandwiches) and local places of legend. Names, cities, food they are famous for, and addresses. It was and still is an obsession. As of 11:31am on November 27, 2018, THE LIST HAS 4,660 RESTAURANTS ON IT...WITH A FEW OVERLAPS HERE AND THERE. And then over Pastrami Eggs Benedict at Nate N' Al's Deli in Beverly Hills, Hannah and Andrew, our good friends, gave me the idea of the blog. Document every place I went. And thus, "The Greasy Foodie" was born. I will log the places, the shows they are from, and what I had. So far, every place I have been has been amazing, except two, one being mediocre, and another being down right awful.

If there is a city you have been to, or are going to, or are from and want to know what from my list is in the city, send me a email at agmarks@gmail.com

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Akasha

Los Angeles

From Best Thing I Ever Ate

9543 Culver Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232

http://www.akasharestaurant.com/

This place is your typical over priced, hipster restaurant...gourmet burgers, braised meats, organic everything...and it would be non descript and non important.....

EXCEPT FOR THE ONION RINGS......

Just ranked the #1 onion rings in America.

Let me preface this upcoming statement by saying I am crazy and delusional: I have had better, BUT I only say that because I believe a onion ring or french fry cannot stand alone in my mind as being incredible. It's a side dish, which can be incredible, but they have to accompany something incredible like an amazing burger or hot dog or BBQ. Best onion ring I have ever had: massive onion rings at Midtown BBQ in Memphis that go with the mindblowing pulled pork sandwich or the massive onion rings that accompany the massively amazing burgers at Farmer Boys in LA...pure heaven.

With that ridiculous rant our of the way, the onion rings at Akasha are INCREDIBLE are definitely worth the trip to this place. They are lightly battered with a rice batter (hipster heaven for some, hell for me), light in taste, and so delicate and delicious with some great homemade sauces!

THE GREASY FOODIE