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This episode of Chef’s Night Out is all about eating good food in Montreal, Quebec. A look at restaurant Le Bremner with chefs Chuck Hughes, Danny Smiles and bartender Vito Ciocca and their night out on the town. This is how they do it in Old Montreal.
Maybe you’re tired from the turkey feast of yesterday and the insanity shopping of today, but we at Retrenders, the ones that have an auto-fetish spent the day at the 2014 San Francisco Auto Show. The SF Auto Show also showcased the Auto Salon, you know, the rides with the crazy bodykits, big wings and wheels low to the ground.
Well, if you haven’t heard or hiding in a rock or something, the new Star Wars teaser trailer was just released on the Internets. So we at Retrenders are hyped, and hyped for this neat book by author Daniel Wallace, the Star Wars Imperial Handbook Deluxe Edition: A Commander’s Guide. This Deluxe Edition should be a Star Wars bookworm dreams.
Pawel “Sariel” Kmieć day job is a graphic designer, but moonlights as a master LEGO Technics builder. Based out of Warsaw, Poland, Pawel is a fan favorite with a legion of YouTube fans and has been featured in many magazines and news articles. His new book “Incredible LEGO Technic: Cars, Trucks, Robots & More!” takes a look at the world’s best fan created Technic builds.
I’m a big fan of sporty hot hatches and sadly it’s more popular in Europe/UK than here in the States. It doesn’t compare playing these cars on Forza or Gran Turismo, here’s review of the Renault Megane Renaultsport 275 Trophy.
Ramen and Half interviews Eddie DeAngelini about his comic – Collectors. He tells us how the story was originally supposed to be a film script, but making it into a comic strip took a life of its own, especially when it’s about him and his wife!
The UK-based animation house A Large Evil Corporation not only makes cool animations for clients around the way, but also has a knack of making neat vinyl figures.
Meet the meatball kings of Manhattan – Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow of The Meatball Shop. These two guys have been in the restaurant business all their lives and got an idea of a restaurant just focused on making top-notch meatballs. Another episode of Chef’s Night Out that makes me hungry in my cubicle and craving meatballs now.
Ramen and a Half meet their favorite Comic Book Men host, Ming Chen. He liked the fact that our show had the name Ramen in it, because he’s a big fan of the food. So in short, we love Ramen – he loves Ramen, so we talked about Ramen!
By the way Ming, “Can you find good Ramen in Jersey?”
I said more than once than Munchies is one of my fave channels on the ‘Tube. This episode of Chef’s Night Out takes a look at owner/chef Quino Baca’s Brooklyn Star restaurant and his favorite foodie spots.
Okay, Honda, look at this Toyota/Scion concept at the LA Auto Show. This is what the Honda Civic should look like! Since the 7th generation Honda Civic (2001) and up to the present model line – they all look ugly! What happened Honda? But I digress, this is the Scion iM concept hot hatch.
The LA Auto Show is on this week and I’m a huge fan of hot hatches. This Volkswagen concept, the Golf R 400 has AWD action matted with a turbo 4-cylinder that cranks out 394 horses.
If you’re looking for cool Ultraman licensed apparel, then look no further with this hip mini-capsule collection from BAPE. The items have just dropped online at BAPE.com. The hand towel is already sold out!
The Asian hot sauce that’s creating a buzz in the country is Srirachi. Now Jack In The Box is hopping onto the action with their own Srirachi infused burger. You got the beef patty, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, japlenos and you can’t go wrong with some bacon slices and to top it off their creamy Srirachi sauce mix.
The Ramen and a Half crew meets DMC promoting his new comic! DMC tells us how comics was a large part of his childhood life before he became the well-known Master MC as we know him today.
Many things come to mind when you mention Iran, but like Munchies, they do it with food. Foodie host Gelareh Kiazand takes viewers on a foodie tour in Tehran, Iran.
Drifting from around the world, here’s a look at the UK-side of things. XCar Films interviews driver/owner Phil Morrison of Driftworks Limited.
For more info, go to: XCar Films.
Building R/C cars is an expensive hobby, so if you want a no frills, no assembly required and ready to play, check out the HyperChargers R/C car line-up from Jada Toys.
Once we arrived at Comikaze Expo we were christened by the powers of great opportunities and got an interview with Stan Lee! He’s a pretty busy guy these days, especially when everyone at Comikaze Expo wants to meet him…but who wouldn’t want to meet the man that gave birth to the pop culture of comics. With this great opportunity, our one and only “The Eddie” got to ask Stan Lee a couple of personal questions about the man and his comics.
The aftermarket of tuning cars and trucks is alive and well. The SEMA 2014 show last week was bigger than ever and if you weren’t there to see some of the hot tuned rides and products, here’s some fun re-cap videos from this past SEMA 2014!
In my generation, my comic book idols weren’t just the superheroes on the printed pages, but the artists who drew them. And as an amateur wannabe artist, I tried drawing like Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri and Todd McFarlane. As you can see below, I’m not a very good artist.
If you want to learn how to draw, like everybody, you have to learn the basics. One of those legendary art teachers in American history is Andrew Loomis. He published several drawing books in 1930s-1940s that influenced many artists of today. Thanks to Titan Books who have been republishing many of Andrew Loomis’ drawing books like this one, “I’d Love to Draw!”
The Ramen and a Half crew goes to Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo and meet some of the fantastic celebrities and comic making heroes! The experience in some cases was overwhelming and we can’t say much more other than to watch our TRAILER!
Stan Lee, Ming Chen, Comic Book Men, Debra Wilson, James Hong, DMC
If you’ve seen the Gymkhana videos on YouTube then you know what’s it all about. Ken Block is getting ready for Gymkhana 7 and will use a custom 1965 Ford Mustang that is AWD V8. The engine is tuned by Roush Yates. And this is the Hoonicorn RTR:
Mazda is showing off its new generation tuned MX-5 at SEMA 2014. This is the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Cup Car Concept which will race globally.
The upscale Toyota brand Lexus has already introduced the RC 350 F Sport 2-door coupe to the public, and now Lexus itself has shown how they would tuned their own car with this 2015 Project Lexus RC 350 F Sport here at SEMA 2014.
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