Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Poor Chinatown. It has been a struggle for the vibrant neighborhood and its businesses. Well before the pandemic, developers and national chains had pushed in and while the immigrant community mostly held on, locals wondered for how long. …
I am not the first to embark on this journey and I am sure I won’t be the last in the ethers of this great wide internet thing. But the reason so many have done this is because it’s a damn good idea. I’m planning to cook a dish from every country in the world …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City As you may have seen, I have a brand new project that I must admit I am putting a good deal of my energy into. You should check it out. It has nothing to do with …
Normally as the year comes to an end, I’m putting together my list of all the best dishes I ate around the city the previous year. But as you probably know, I didn’t eat out nearly as much as I usually do, 2020 was shockingly horrendous. We all know that. On a personal level, I’ve …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City For the New Year, I am always into symbolism and tradition. I want to eat any number of the good fortune foods that other nations consume on the last day of the year – things like …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, CROP CIRCLE IS NOW CLOSED. So it’s Christmas Week and I always like to try to find some special dish around the city that somehow relates to the holiday. But, as everyone knows, this is not …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It was shortly before Hanukkah that I stumbled into Michaeli Bakery in the Lower East Side. I had not been here before and it had been on my list since it opened. But I was taking …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City While way more restaurants have sadly closed during the pandemic, a few have actually opened. Which is pretty crazy, but also hopeful that the restaurant industry will survive all this madness. One of the places that …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City So I’m cheating a little bit with this one. Instead of choosing a dish I ate out and about in New York City, this week I’m picking a pie that I enjoyed with my family (my immediate …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There was a time not that long ago that I decided to review breweries not just within the five boroughs but the surrounding New York City area. That was because the number of breweries within the city limits …
SADLY, CHIKALICIOUS DESSERT BAR IS NOW CLOSED. Of course I’ve been thinking about and connecting with my family and friends during these stressful last eight months. But I’ve also made a point to connect with some of my favorite restaurant owners. Don and Chika at Chikalicious are more than just the owners of my favorite dessert …
My search for the best beer in New York continues…. Back in the “before days,” I used to visit and spend time at breweries. And I always liked to order a flight or tasting to work my way through as many of their different offerings as possible. Since I’m not visiting breweries at the moment …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City In all the years I have been consistently posting a Dish of the Week, only once did I choose two dishes from the same meal. And it was so good that I could have chosen more. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City If I didn’t love Thai food enough already, my experience producing a series of virtual programs for Turnstile Tours and Thai Select USA sealed the deal. On the programs, we included restaurants that were Thai Select …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City One of the things I miss most about exploring the streets of New York City, is just randomly walking by a food shop that just opened. I know the city pretty well so my eyes always …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Before the pandemic, the plan was to dive deep into the world of breakfast sandwiches in New York, which is actually a very iconic way to start the day. For most of my time living in …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Amazing that I’ve walked by Baoburg so many times before tours and never had any idea there was a beautiful spacious garden where you can try some of the city’s most exciting Thai fusion food. Of course, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I may have felt the most “normal” this past week than I have in six months. As many of you know, I work as a food tour guide in New York City. And I finally gave …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Before I started working on these virtual programs about Thai cuisine in the United States, my automatic response for where to get authentic Thai food in New York would have been Queens. And while there is …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City After a special outing in Manhattan, we figured we needed to get dessert. I let my son choose any of the eclairs at the adorable Eclair Bakery to share with me (this was our second dessert …
