Food Adventuring Around NYC
Brian Hoffman is a classically trained actor who is now a full-time tour guide, blogger, and food obsessive. He leads food and drink tours around New York City, which not only introduce tour-goers to delicious food, but gives them a historical context. He has written food articles for Gothamist and Midtown Lunch in addition to overseeing this blog and a few food video series, including Eat This, Locals Know, and Around the World in One City. His latest series is an international cooking show with his son which can be found on this site.
My search for the best hot dog in New York continues…. SADLY, DINNERTABLE IS NOW CLOSED. It’s funny – when I first started this blog, the easiest reviews to write were the negative ones. Not that I enjoyed knocking a restaurant, but the writing came a lot easier thanks to punchlines. Now I find it harder …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The lunch choices at Her Name is Han are mostly comprised of combination platters and bapsang, consisting of a main protein and a number of side dishes. It’s a great way to taste a little of …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Things have slowed down recently on this blog. I’ve been pretty consistent with my Dish of the Week every Thursday, but have not managed to write many other reviews. A few reasons for that: I’ve been immersed in some other projects (including a video series …
I’ve had all sorts of fake meat over the years. Broccoli hot dogs. Veggie burgers made from just about anything you can imagine (except meat. of course). And most recently I tried a yuba philly cheesesteak that blew my mind. But through it all, I’ve never tasted anything that pretended to be fish. Unless you count …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Last weekend I had the great opportunity to design a special food tour for a hungry family from New Jersey. They had already explored much of Manhattan and wanted to learn about the best food in Brooklyn. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, LUCY’S VIETNAMESE KITCHEN IS NOW CLOSED. It doesn’t seem like there has been much innovation in the local Vietnamese food scene. I think our options haven been so limited for so long that when modern Vietnamese restaurants …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I just got back from another trip to Philadelphia. And while there, of course, I had to try another of the city’s famed cheesesteaks. One day (after many more trips to Philly), I will have an …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve been to Lisbon three times now. Really not sure how that happened. A few years ago, Portugal wasn’t even on my radar as a destination. Now it’s the place I’ve visited the most in Europe. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City A few years ago, an unexpected pizza combination caught the eye of the New York food world. It was the first time I had ever had brussels sprouts on a pizza and it was absolutely amazing. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, KREUTHER HANDCRAFTED CHOCOLATE IS NOW CLOSED. For those of us who have been lucky enough to eat at a high-end fine dining restaurant, we know that even after the dessert course is served, there is still …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City In the last few months, there have been a series of big Japanese chains that opened their first US location in New York. Normally, I don’t like to eat at chain restaurants, but it’s a bit …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Despite all the complaining about price, I must really like Great Northern Food Hall. I find myself here once or twice a week. Granted one of the tours I lead begins at Grand Central Station and …
Come back on Wednesdays for more funny, informative videos documenting my inept food adventures. In Around the World in One City, I travel around the world and taste authentic dishes without ever leaving New York. I have been sitting on this video for a while. A few things have gotten in the way and stalled me. First off, I am entrenched in …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There are times when I’m at a restaurant and I have to ask the waiter to explain a dish. Often the menu descriptions are lacking or not clear or full of hip adjectives that are more confusing …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City 2016 was a pretty sad year for the New York restaurant world. It seemed like every week another announcement revealed that an old standby or well-regarded food spot was closing – victims of astronomical rents or …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. SADLY, MARTA IS NOW CLOSED. I wouldn’t necessarily think that a pizza review is the place to address the discussion of no tipping in New York City restaurants. But Marta is no ordinary pizza place. It’s one of Danny Meyer’s casual fine dining restaurants (I …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, TEKOÁ IS NOW CLOSED. I love when local neighborhood businesses work together. It’s the story of the Brownstone Brooklyn tour that I lead in the neighborhoods of Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill. On the tour we visit cheese shops, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, BLACKTAIL IS NOW CLOSED. While some people are ringing in the New Year’s at a house party or (God forbid) huddled with millions of people in the middle of Times Square, I like to go hopping …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2016… This unique combination had been on my radar for a few years and I finally got to taste the Jamaican-Japanese mash-up. Miss Lily’s switches out the Japanese pork bone broths for a spicy jerk broth. Alongside the springy noodles is jerk chicken, ackee, jerk …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2016… I really loved my meals at Fish Cheeks this year. Surprisingly there are not one or two dishes that made this list but three, The Coconut Crab Curry is probably the one that has gotten the most attention for its fieriness. I thought it was …