Food Adventuring Around NYC
Once again Time Out New York released their Top 100 Dishes of the year and once again, I’m going to eat my way through every one. And no price point or subway delay will stop me. In no particular order, here’s my take on their Top 100. SADLY, THISTLE HILL TAVERN IS NOW CLOSED. French fries …
This bagel search is the closest I’ve come to reviewing straight up corner bodegas. However, in the interest of narrowing down the field, I’ve decided to not include every generic deli that sells bagels, but to limit my search to places with noteworthy bagel options and homemade recipes. And with very few exceptions, the store …
Woo hoo! The list is complete. And while there were no whistles, bells, or even much excitement from my final list item, it feels good to have completed the mission and tasted the food. All the food. I was hoping to end this journey a week or so ago at Brooklyn Fare. But the ever …
People love to tell me what I should tackle on my next food journey. There are so many options in New York. But the one that seems to get recommended the most often are hot dogs. It’s clearly a New York dish and I suppose I’ll have to get to them eventually. But I’ll admit, …
When I received the egg sandwich from Bark Hot Dogs, I couldn’t help but think of all those early morning fast food breakfasts I had on family road trips. This thing looks like it could have come from a McDonald’s microwave. Did Time Out really send me to taste this? But knowing that this casual …
Some of the dishes on the list are obvious. Others I cant quite figure out why Time Out included them. Is it to publicize a specific restaurant? Or do these dishes have a sentimental meaning to one of the writers? For instance, the drink on our list at the very sleek, but welcoming Bussaco is …
As far as I knew, a financier is somebody who handles money. The word makes me think of somebody who could manage my money or figure out a way to double my money. A chocolate financier just sounds completely racist. But as it turns out, a financier can also refer to a French tea cake. …
Some might call it cheating, but I call it strategy. I didn’t actually purchase this list item at Mast Brothers Chocolate Factory in Williamsburg, but rather at Bklyn Larder, where I picked up the pickled cauliflower. Now just to set the record straight, I did go to Mast Brothers a few weeks earlier and they …
I went in to the very homey cheese and snack shop Bklyn Larder a few weeks ago in search of another list item: pickled cauliflower. The girl told me that the cauliflower was in the process of being pickled, but they had pickled carrots which I was assured tasted the same as the cauliflower since …