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Speaker 1: have been spending this whole week broadcasting from one of

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Speaker 1: my favorite places in the whole world, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Speaker 1: And I come to Santa Fe a lot for a

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Speaker 1: few reasons. One, my in laws of a house here,

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Speaker 1: so the lodging is free. That makes a big difference.

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Speaker 1: But we love the weather. Even in January, it's lovely.

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Speaker 1: Like the winter is cold, but you're close to the

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Speaker 1: sun because it's so high in elevation that if the

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Speaker 1: sun is out, you can manage it. Now, if it

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Speaker 1: was snowing constantly, I'm sure i'd have a different opinion,

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Speaker 1: But it's been pretty darn pleasant this week. In the summertime,

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Speaker 1: it's not going to get hotter than ninety degrees and

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Speaker 1: you can walk I've been able to walk ten miles

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Speaker 1: a day in the summer, spring, fall, and winter. But

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Speaker 1: we also like the people here. I love the walkability.

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Speaker 1: It is the complete opposite of Los Angeles. But when

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Speaker 1: you really think about it, why do I love Santa

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Speaker 1: Fe so much. It's the food. The drink too, But

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Speaker 1: the food. I love New Mexican food. There are also

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Speaker 1: other incredible things here, but I love New Mexican food.

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Speaker 1: I love red chili enchiladas. I love green chili stew.

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Speaker 1: I love the spicy flavors. I love how savory everything is.

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Speaker 1: But there are so many other things here too. There

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Speaker 1: are some of the best restaurants in the world in

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Speaker 1: this small little mountain town, including is a name which

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Speaker 1: is at ten thousand waves, the Japanese Spa. It is

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Speaker 1: the most extensive sake list in the United States, and

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Speaker 1: it is like Japanese tap us. You know what I

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Speaker 1: had the other day? I had a a five wygo

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Speaker 1: beef tasting where they bring out little, tiny slices of

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Speaker 1: a five wy goo beef and they're not cooked. They

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Speaker 1: give you this stone slab that's heated to five hundred degrees,

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Speaker 1: so you take your chopsticks and you put your tiny

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Speaker 1: little slice of beef onto the stone for three seconds,

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Speaker 1: then you flip it for three seconds, and then you

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Speaker 1: put that in your mouth, and it might be one

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Speaker 1: of the most exquisite bites you will ever have. There

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Speaker 1: are some incredible eateries here, and I'm not the only

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Speaker 1: one that thinks. So I was happy to find out

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Speaker 1: a few weeks ago that Santa Fe, New Mexico, one

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Speaker 1: of my favorite places in the whole world, was listed

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Speaker 1: as the number eight best food city in the United

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Speaker 1: States in twenty twenty five by NAS Traveler. Now you

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Speaker 1: know how this works. We've talked about this before, but

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Speaker 1: they do these reader awards. It's the Reader's Choice Awards.

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Speaker 1: So this isn't the writers at Conde Nas Traveler. This

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Speaker 1: is the people who are signed up to the website,

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Speaker 1: so you know, they can vote on whichever cities that

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Speaker 1: they want. But they voted Santa Fe, New Mexico, is

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Speaker 1: the eighth best food city in the world, and they

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Speaker 1: highlight some of the places like say Zone, which is

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Speaker 1: this incredible Malay restaurant where you sit down they don't

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Speaker 1: even give you a menu. They give you a plate

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Speaker 1: with five tortillas and all five malays and you have

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Speaker 1: to try them before they even tell you what you

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Speaker 1: can buy there. You have plenty of fine dining. You

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Speaker 1: also have plenty of really affordable dying, whether it's the shed.

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Speaker 1: If you can get in there, I can get in there.

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Speaker 1: I got in there four times this week and at

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Speaker 1: the bar all four times. Tsfis is a great affordable

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Speaker 1: I was fascinated to find out that Santa Fe also

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Speaker 1: is on the World Food Cities list. The Kadiinas Traveler

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Speaker 1: again I think these are completely different vote tallies, because

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Speaker 1: the Best Food Cities in the World has Santa Fe

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Speaker 1: I do want to go through this because I am

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Speaker 1: fascinated by this list that says the best food cities

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Speaker 1: I need to do. Number ten is New York. I think, yeah,

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Speaker 1: obviously New York has incredible food. They have everything there.

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Speaker 1: It's the international city. Palma is number nine in I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna guess that's my Orca Okay, there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: So at some point I got to go to Portugal.

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Speaker 1: Gotta try that cape town. South Africa. I guess I'll

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Speaker 1: get some boor wars. I don't really know what they

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Speaker 1: eat in South Africa, but I should learn Qinto in Ecuador.

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Speaker 1: What do they have there? I want to find out?

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Speaker 1: And Panadas napachango's. I've never been to South America. I'm

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Speaker 1: think I'm actually going for the food. Number three, I'm

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Speaker 1: not surprised at all Madrid as someone who just spent

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Speaker 1: awesome that city is. Yeah, Madrid is an incredible food

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Speaker 1: they give you top us everywhere. They give you olives everywhere,

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Speaker 1: didn't get to go, but they have the oldest restaurant

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Speaker 1: pretty darn cool. But they list the number one food

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Speaker 1: city in the world, and this is reader's choice. Tokyo. Yes,

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Speaker 1: everything I've heard, everyone I've ever heard that is been

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Speaker 1: different influencers on social media all about the incredible food

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Speaker 1: in Japan and Tokyo, and that is on the list.

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't know where I'm going to end

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Speaker 1: am going. I am so excited about that. But let's

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Speaker 1: ten food cities as listed by the readers of Conde

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Speaker 1: Nast Traveler in twenty twenty five. This list came out

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Speaker 1: about this. Number ten is San Diego, Okay, I mean

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Speaker 1: San Diego has awesome craft beer. I've had some good

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Speaker 1: would be tacos. Yeah, they're saying great place for Biria,

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Speaker 1: savice mariscos. Yes, you could probably get some really really

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Speaker 1: is New York City. Obviously, you know you can get anything.

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Speaker 1: as much street food as I could. I love the

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Speaker 1: gyros with that bar whatever, that barbecue sauce is I

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Speaker 1: you know hangover pizza anywhere you need to go. That

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Speaker 1: was pretty great. Number eight Santa Fe, New Mexico my favorite.

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Speaker 1: I'm honestly having a hard time leaving and going back

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Speaker 1: to Los Angeles tomorrow. Number seven is Columbus, Ohio interesting?

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Speaker 1: to headline making spots like Jamie Spirit, a Ward dominated

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Speaker 1: chef Avashar Barhua's Agne, which is also one of Bonappetite's

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Speaker 1: restaurants like Ray Ray's Hogpit. Columbus, Ohio has something for

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Speaker 1: every palate. Well all right. They also have a big

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Speaker 1: Didn't get to try any, but someday I will. Number

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Speaker 1: six is Lexington, Kentucky. I want to go to Kentucky

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Speaker 1: for bourbon, but okay, they also have good food. Tell

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Speaker 1: me more fro Am iconic local chef we and Michel's

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Speaker 1: Grand Dam. All right, take me to Kentucky. I need

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Speaker 1: to go on the Bourbon trail, and apparently Lexington's wear

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Speaker 1: some good food. Okay, I don't think anyone's gonna disagree

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Speaker 1: want to spend more time in San Francisco. I thought

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Speaker 1: I love San Francisco. Tony's Pizza one four, one five,

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, there are so many good restaurants. It

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Speaker 1: truly is a wonderful walkable city. Just stay out of

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Speaker 1: the Tenderloin and Soma. But there is just so much

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Speaker 1: good stuff there. There's so much good bread there, there's

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Speaker 1: the Chinese food. Oh my goodness. Yeah, that would makes

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Speaker 1: go Chicago. And yes, probably a lot of people as

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Speaker 1: soon as they think Chicago, they think of that show

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Speaker 1: don't know what the best time of year is for Chicago,

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Speaker 1: longer Chicago's less popular cousin. Milwaukee has a buzzy restaurant

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Speaker 1: Seen that has turned the city into a dining destination

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Speaker 1: and Persian cuisine who knew, also places that are inspired

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Speaker 1: New Orleans. Every time we watch a movie that takes

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Speaker 1: place in New Orleans, I'm like, that looks so fun.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I do know that side of Oakland. Maybe I

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Speaker 1: There's no wrong neighborhood to which start exploring Oakland staggeringly

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Speaker 1: What do they drink? Hell I had pickled herring in Amsterdam.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with James and Chatsworth. James, Hello, Hey, how's

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Speaker 3: Hey?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, man, Philly is a great food city. Seriously excellent

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Speaker 4: can't beat it, soft pretzels, I mean, there's French restaurants,

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Speaker 4: Somebody's got to get on that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Philly needs to make this list. Okay, So if

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Speaker 4: Wow, Well, I would say, go to South Philly and

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Speaker 1: So it all sounds incredible. James, thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: the call. Appreciate it all, right, James, nominates Philly is

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Speaker 1: I nominate Santa Fe, New Mexico. James nominates Philly. Connie

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Speaker 1: There's no wrong answer here. What do you want to

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Speaker 5: You know, I said Westminster here in California because of

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Speaker 1: Honestly, I have heard of the scene in Kyoto. I

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Speaker 5: Here's the thing, there's so many. What I like about

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Speaker 1: You know, well, I love to hear that, and I'm

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Speaker 2: Hello, Yes, Frandy, I grew up in Baltimore and it's

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Speaker 2: Every time I go to a restaurant they say we

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Speaker 1: That sounds pretty great. I don't know if I'm going

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Speaker 2: The crab chowder is to die for. It is delicious,

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Speaker 2: all right.

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Speaker 1: So I'm at some point gonna have to check out

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Speaker 1: Baltimore and get me on the crab scene. Thank you

431
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,720
Speaker 1: so much for the call, Tom, appreciate it. You know,

432
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,920
Speaker 1: how you go to certain cities where like they were

433
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Speaker 1: made famous by a television show, you can kind of

434
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Speaker 1: do like a tour, Like in Albuquerque you can do

435
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 1: like it's not official, but you can do a tour.

436
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 1: Someone will show you all the places you can go to,

437
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 1: even the ones they don't want you to go to

438
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: and see where all the spots were filmed and breaking

439
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 1: bad in Better Call Saul and the new show Plurbius.

440
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 1: How cool is that? In Baltimore? Do they have that

441
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:54,720
Speaker 1: for the wire? Probably not, but I have heard great

442
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,960
Speaker 1: things about Baltimore's food scene, so at some point I

443
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Speaker 1: have to try me some Baltimore in Fullerton, Mark, Hello,

444
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Speaker 1: how you doing?

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Speaker 5: Hey?

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Speaker 3: One of my favorite things to do is to go

447
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Speaker 3: fishing in Baja, and inevitably we stop in Ensinnata and

448
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,960
Speaker 3: the seafood is just outstanding, and they have some really

449
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,200
Speaker 3: great takadias down there too, So hard to.

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Speaker 1: Beat in Sinata. You know, I have not spent enough

451
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Speaker 1: time in Mexico, but Ensinata doesn't seem like it's that

452
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Speaker 1: far to get to. It's just a couple hours, right, Yeah,

453
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Speaker 1: it's just an hour.

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Speaker 3: It's seventy miles below the border, so and they've got

455
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Speaker 3: a real nice poll road so you get down there

456
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Speaker 3: easy without any problems. It's the seafood. Used to be

457
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Speaker 3: able to get Abaloni. The first time I went there,

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Speaker 3: I got an Avaloni dinner with three Avaloni steaks, salad, beans,

459
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,480
Speaker 3: and rice for a bucket a quarter or so. That

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Speaker 3: was a while ago.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's some pretty darn good pricing. All right, Encinata,

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Speaker 1: I'm adding it to the list. Thank you so much

463
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Speaker 1: for the call. Mark appreciate it. I love Mexican food me.

464
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Speaker 1: I love New Mexican food, I love tex mex I

465
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,639
Speaker 1: love Cali mex and I love CDMX. Yeah, I'm gonna

466
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 1: have to try me some coastal Mexican food and Sonata.

467
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Speaker 1: I could definitely see going to, you know where I

468
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Speaker 1: really want to go to. I want to go to

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Speaker 1: Porto Varta because I want to go to Jalisco, and

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Speaker 1: I want to go to Tequila Country. I really really

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Speaker 1: really want to try tequila Country. Uh, you know, I

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Speaker 1: just it is my favorite spirit. There is a huge

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Speaker 1: tequila scene in New Mexico, especially in Santa Fe. I

474
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Speaker 1: will be going to my favorite tequila bar as soon

475
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Speaker 1: as I sign off the air in seventeen minutes. But

476
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,159
Speaker 1: at some point I got to go to the Motherland.

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Speaker 1: I gotta go to Hajalisco. Eight hundred two two two

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Speaker 1: five two two two is the telephone number one? Eight

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Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two. Condie Nast

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Speaker 1: Traveler readers voted Oakland is the best food city in

481
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Speaker 1: the US for the second year in a row. What

482
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: is It's your favorite food city? There's no wrong answer here.

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Speaker 1: Taste is subjective. Mineus Santa Fe. What's yours? Eight hundred

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Speaker 1: two two two five two two two one eight hundred

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Speaker 1: two two two five two two two. It's the News

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Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk radio seven ninety KABC.

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Speaker 1: It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. Now,

488
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Speaker 1: Oakland was listed as the number one food city. Santa

489
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: Fe was listed as number eight. They actually have a

490
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Speaker 1: top fifteen, so let's see some of the runner ups here.

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Speaker 1: Number eleven was Seattle. Obviously, very very very very fresh

492
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Speaker 1: fish sounds good to me. Number twelve Boston for clam chowder.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know Boston was a food city, but Okay,

494
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Speaker 1: I don't know if I'll ever be going to Boston,

495
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: but sure, okay. Three Hot thirteen is Honolulu, and I'm

496
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Speaker 1: sure all of Hawaii can be counted for that because

497
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Speaker 1: I love Poke. I I love the island of Maui.

498
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: I have been on Big Island. I have not been

499
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Speaker 1: on a wahu, but I really really really love me

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Speaker 1: some Hawaiian food. Obviously, the freshest fish, the poke. Oh

501
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 1: the my ties. I know that's a drink, but got

502
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: a monkey pod. That's a really good time, even like myself.

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Speaker 1: Some local Moco. Yeah, Honolulu, that works. That tracks. Number

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Speaker 1: fourteen Vegas. I mean Vegas has everything you could possibly

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Speaker 1: ever want, every variety of food, every possible price level

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Speaker 1: of food. You can have a thirty dollars hamburger, or

507
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 1: you can have a white Castle burger. I think that's

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Speaker 1: the furthest they go on the West coast. And number

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Speaker 1: fifteen Charleston. Huh, South Carolina. Very interesting. Actually met a

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Speaker 1: couple from South Carolina yesterday who are here for their

511
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Speaker 1: first trip just because they wanted to go and they

512
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Speaker 1: wanted to see what it was like when we come back.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you just a couple of reasons

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Speaker 1: why I think for me, at least, Santa Fe is

515
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Speaker 1: the number one food city in America. Hell, the readers

516
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: of Kandie Nast Traveler voted it the number two world

517
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Speaker 1: food city. I'll tell you some of my favorite things

518
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Speaker 1: to Nasha on here. It's the news Blitz with Randy

519
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang

520
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Speaker 1: on KABC to celebrate Santa Fe, New Mexico being listed

521
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Speaker 1: is the number two food city in the world and

522
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Speaker 1: the number eight food city in the US. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how they tell you this, but let me just

524
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Speaker 1: share with you some of the reasons that I come

525
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Speaker 1: here so often. The enchiladas are probably the first thing

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Speaker 1: that I would think of. Literally as soon as we

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Speaker 1: get into town. The first thing you do is drop

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Speaker 1: your bags and you get to the shed. You find

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Speaker 1: a way into the shed. If you're in a small group,

530
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 1: you'll you'll find a way to get seated. Don't be intimidated.

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Speaker 1: It gets busy, but that's because it's very, very very good.

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Speaker 1: But they're red chill cheese and chiladas perfect. You can

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Speaker 1: go Christmas, but there's just something about the caramelization when

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Speaker 1: you go all red. You can also instead of cheese,

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00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 1: you can add it with beef and they have really

536
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: great ground beef or great turkey sausage. But there's nothing

537
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: like just cheese and chiladas, cheese, white onion corn tortilla

538
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: and that red chili sauce. Oh, it's incredible. For breakfast.

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Speaker 1: There's this just amazing place that my wife's family been

540
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 1: going to for years and years and years, Cafe Pasqualls.

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Speaker 1: They do this polenta dish with homemade churizo and they're

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Speaker 1: red chili. They're simmering it all day. It is something special.

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Speaker 1: There is great Spanish food here. Unfortunately Alfa Role just

544
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Speaker 1: went out of business, but there's Le Boca and le

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00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: Boca has great tapas and we also found out they

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Speaker 1: have Vermoot so I get a little taste of Spain there.

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Speaker 1: I love me like I sold. Like I told you earlier,

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Speaker 1: is Anna is great Japanese style top us. We had

549
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Speaker 1: these pork belly tacos. We had that Wygo beef tasting

550
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 1: that was really, really, really great. They have these lotus

551
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: root wraps usually in the summertime. It's just it's really great.

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00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: They also have sushi and so many other things, but

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00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 1: love that. Another thing that is such a big deal,

554
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Speaker 1: not just in Santa Fe but all in New Mexico

555
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Speaker 1: is the green chili cheeseburger. That really is And you

556
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Speaker 1: know what I haven't had when this trip. I'll be

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Speaker 1: back in a month, but yes, I love me a

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Speaker 1: good green chili cheeseburger. There's quite a few places you

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Speaker 1: can get a great one. There is the burger stand

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Speaker 1: at Burrow Alley that makes a great green chili cheese

561
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Speaker 1: burger and they have all kinds of different sauces, great fries,

562
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Speaker 1: no liquor, but you can get beer and wine there.

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Speaker 1: There's a place called Del Charro, which is kind of

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Speaker 1: a local watering hole. Great burger margaritas are a little

565
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Speaker 1: on the sweet side for me. But the number one

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Speaker 1: green chili cheeseburger place for me would happen to be

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Speaker 1: at Second Street Brewery at the Railyard, which is an

568
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Speaker 1: awesome brewery where they actually specialize in gluten removed beer

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Speaker 1: so my wife can have it. Their cream stout is great,

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00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: Their twenty nine to twenty ipa is great, and they

571
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Speaker 1: have something called the Alien Burger, which is a gorgeous

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Speaker 1: third pound patty top with a chili Reyno green chili guacamole,

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Speaker 1: cheese it is. It's a monster, crispy onion strips, it

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Speaker 1: is so good. Their tater tots are also excellent, and

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Speaker 1: there are so many places. They do this green Chili

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Speaker 1: Cheeseburger SmackDown every year, where every city nominates the best

577
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Speaker 1: green chili cheeseburger and someone different wins it every time.

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Speaker 1: Loretto Spa has a good one. There's this place called

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Speaker 1: Horno I really want to try, but yeah, green chili

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Speaker 1: cheeseburgers are something really special. But on top of all that,

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Speaker 1: there's great fine dining here. The Compound has this incredible

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Speaker 1: stack salad, and they're famous for their onion rings, and

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Speaker 1: you know, of course they have fancy things like Bray's

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Speaker 1: Short rib. Geronimo has this incredible Asian infused prawn dish,

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Speaker 1: but also great town for steak. The steakhouses here are

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Speaker 1: top notch, and my favorite is Market Steer Steakhouse. They

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Speaker 1: usually will do their regular menu plus a new Mexico

588
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 1: cut whatever the chef Kathleen is thinking of making that day.

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00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 1: Sometimes it's a New Mexico wigu and it's really incredible.

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Speaker 1: But just there and the price point for a steakhouse.

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Speaker 1: Not bad. They're ten ounce flat iron, which turns out

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Speaker 1: ten ounces is a lot of steak for me these days.

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Speaker 1: It's cooked perfectly, and you do it with a sauce flight.

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00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: And let me see if I can do this off

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Speaker 1: the top of my head. The sauce flight, if you

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Speaker 1: get all eight sauces, includes truffle butter, blue cheese, truffle butter,

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Speaker 1: a peppercorn demigloss, a caramelized horse radish, a homemade steak sauce,

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Speaker 1: chimmy churry, a onion demigloss. Oh, I think, I oh

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Speaker 1: in Burnet's. Oh, it's so good, it's so special. When

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Speaker 1: we went the other night, the thing was the best

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Speaker 1: thing was the chimmy churry. And that, of course is

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Speaker 1: also the place where we get their smoked bone marrow appetizers.

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00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 1: So they do a smoked bone marrow over Texas toast

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Speaker 1: with homemade jarredinara, and you just it is so savory,

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00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,240
Speaker 1: and especially you just wipe the toast onto that bone.

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Speaker 1: You get every drop of the marrow. And then you

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Speaker 1: do something called the luge, and the luge is one

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Speaker 1: of my favorite activities in all of Santa Fe and

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Speaker 1: I always have to get it filmed, and I have

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Speaker 1: a video that I will be posting on my social

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Speaker 1: media in a week or so. I don't start posting

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Speaker 1: bake cation photos and videos until I've already come home

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00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: from the vacation, because otherwise I'll be too distracted and

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Speaker 1: not enjoying everything. So what you do with the luge?

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Speaker 1: And I used to do it with whiskey, but then

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Speaker 1: one of the bartenders told me, you can also do

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Speaker 1: it with tequila, so I will pick a tequila this time.

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Speaker 1: I chose tequila comos rosa, which is a reposato. They

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Speaker 1: come up to you, they put a little bib on

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Speaker 1: you so you don't spill over your nice shirt. You

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Speaker 1: hold the bone in your hand, you put it up

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Speaker 1: to your mouth, you tip it up to your lips,

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Speaker 1: and they slowly pour the tequila down the bone and

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00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 1: all that residual fat that's on there gets washed with

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Speaker 1: the tequila, and it is It is a really fun experience.

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Speaker 1: It is a good time, and they give you whatever

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00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: liquor you buy at half price for that, so usually

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00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,760
Speaker 1: that's a good time to go for like the really

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Speaker 1: fancy stuff. I have done it extra and Jeho the Imperial.

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00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: That was really good, but I've tried it with a

631
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,720
Speaker 1: Jejo's with repos. I haven't tried it with a Blanco yet,

632
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: but maybe I should. Great food town Santa Fe, if

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Speaker 1: you ever want to go. They now have a direct

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00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: flight from lax to Santa Fe Airport, or it's easy

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Speaker 1: to get to Albuquerque and then it's an hour away.

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00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: But I love it here. But I'm gonna try all

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Speaker 1: these food cities at some point. Definitely want to get

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Speaker 1: out to New Orleans, Chicago, Gotta get out to Philly,

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Speaker 1: Gotta get to Baltimore, Gotta get out to Westminster. But also, seriously,

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Speaker 1: I gotta figure out why Oakland has made this list twice.

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Speaker 1: Gotta get up to Oakland this year. I know we're

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Speaker 1: gonna try. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on

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Speaker 1: KABC