Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Last weekend, Village Voice hosted another one of their monster tasting events. These are endlessly fun and allow somebody as indecisive as me to taste as many things as my body can handle. This event was …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City As lucky as we are in New York with the wide variety of international food options, there are a few cuisines that are mysteriously absent. For instance, why don’t we have a Kenyan restaurant? Also, there …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City So I’m cheating just a little bit here. I’ve not technically eaten at Brushstroke, but I’ve eaten in Brushstroke. Let me explain: I got to taste this incredible dish at Ichimura, the hidden sushi spot inside …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I miss Queens so much. Since moving away from Astoria over a year ago, my culinary adventures have not been nearly as diverse, authentic, or adventurous. While I try to visit the borough regularly, I miss …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, FRITZL’S LUNCH BOX IS NOW CLOSED. When I first arrived in New York, all of my friends were moving to cheap apartments in this artsy, gritty neighborhood of Brooklyn called Williamsburg. Well, we all know how …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When I was younger, my favorite day of the year was the night of the Academy Awards. I even got more excited about the Oscars than I did for my own birthday. All day long, at …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, NETA IS NOW CLOSED. As soon as we sat down at Neta, we were disappointed. This reservation was weeks in the making and it was mostly so we could try the much buzzed about uni risotto. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, INDESSERT IS NOW CLOSED. I’ve never understood the idea of soup for dessert. Especially in the middle of August. But the Chinese know better, since they have a dish called “tong sui” which translates to “sugar …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m not a fan of sequels in general, but I certainly wouldn’t dream of watching a follow-up to a film before viewing the original. Could you imagine how confused one would be by Electric Boogaloo without …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Food should be delicious and filling, no doubt, but I get most excited when food is playful and surprising. And if a dish can be all those things at once, then it’s something I’ll be thinking …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve been hopelessly in love with Wafels & Dinges since we first started working with the truck on our food cart tours 4 years ago. My exclamations to tour attendees that this truck will change your …
SADLY, HYBIRD IS NOW CLOSED. Fried chicken drumsticks. Dumplings. Cupcakes. Slushies. What a strange collection of dishes on one menu. A perfect name for this fast food joint nestled inside Chelsea Market would be “Hybrid”. And that’s what I had been calling Questlove’s ode to things he loves to eat. But then somebody pointed out …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Exectuive chefs come and go all the time at restaurants in this city. Even at places with an established and consistent reputation like The Harrison. The Tribeca restaurant is owned by Chef Jimmy Bradley, but over the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Walking around Bay Ridge, Brooklyn really got me nostalgic for when I used to live in Queens. The streets are lined with independently owned shops and an intoxicating smell of spices emenating from ethnic restaurants and cafés. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City On the website for his upscale Mexican restaurant Empellón Cocina, Chef Alex Stupak claims his food is “informed by authenticity, but not limited by it.” The former pastry chef grew up in Massachusetts, worked at Wd-50, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It’s very rare that I donate two posts in one week to the same food establishment. But I was so impressed by the sour cream walnut apple pie at Little Pie Company when I filmed the …
SADLY, ALLEVA DAIRY IS NOW CLOSED. As a general rule, New Yorkers don’t go to Little Italy. And if we do, we’re certainly not doing it for Italian food. As Chinatown spread north, most of the Italians who lived in this area migrated to other parts of the city. According to the NY Times, only 5% …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There’s no question that the star of the show at Shabu-Tatsu is the DIY shabu shabu, yakiniku, and sukiyaki dishes. Imagine fondue meets Korean BBQ and you have this interactive Japanese meal. Shabu shabu (which translates …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, L’APICIO IS NOW CLOSED. I’ve always been of the mindset that a basket of bread should be included with your meal. Unless, of course, you’re eating at an Asian restaurant. But certainly at an Italian …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, POK POK IS NOW CLOSED. When we visited the original Pok Pok in Portland, Oregon a few years back, we ordered terribly. While we liked the food, we chose all the heavier meat dishes. We must …