Food Adventuring Around NYC
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Some bars specialize in rum drinks, some in craft beer, some in tiki cocktails. The Late Late specializes in Guinness. That’s right, the Irish beer. But they don’t just pour a perfectly creamy pint. They also mix the dark stout into cocktails. The one …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Hi-Collar is a really unusual place. Modeled after Japanese tea and coffee parlors, it is a bar for breakfast and lunch (like rice-stuffed omelets topped with ketchup) with fantastic tea and coffee. But at night, the bar switches over to accommodate sake drinkers and features …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, KIIN THAI EATERY IS NOW CLOSED. I have walked by Kiin in Greenwich Village so many times and have always written it off as an extension of some NYU cafeteria. I say that in jest, of …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Mast Brothers are constantly re-inventing ways to fully taste the deep, rich notes of chocolate beans. Last year, I was taken by their cold brewed chocolate (treated like coffee) and this year they debuted coffee beer. Now this isn’t a dark stout or ale with …
My search for the best pickles in New York continues…. There was a time when the Lower East Side was intoxicating with the smell of pickle brine. Originally, pickle vendors would hawk their bites from pushcarts along Orchard and Hester Street. At that time, pickles were a more common food than hot dogs. Today, it’s …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Num Pang is known for their meat-heavy Cambodian-style sandwiches. And they’re great with cilantro and pickled vegetables on a buttery baguette, but I discovered that the flavors are just as bold and unique in salad form. I’ve been addicted to their chimchurri-glazed chicken salad this …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Cha An Tea House is a pretty unique oasis in the East Village. This small Japanese tea house provides you with a refined experience for after or pre-dinner tea, toasts, and desserts. I like to end the night here with a few sweets, most …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Mochi is more common today than ever, but it’s usually inside of ice cream or on top of some frozen yogurt. For the uninitiated, mochi is a chewy, stretchy Japanese rice cake. Almost like a marshmallow, but not as fluffy and with a really unique texture. …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… How could a noodle dish be good without the noodles? Brilliantly, SkyIce (who are also known for their unique Thai ice creams) swaps out noodles for strips of papaya. They retain the same crunch and tenderness as the traditional noodles and with the rest …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, UNTITLED IS NOW CLOSED. You can go into almost any fancy coffee shop or bakery in the city and they now have a gluten free option: cookie, muffin, scone, you name it. It’s advertised on …
There are lots of breweries to visit now in the city, but perhaps the most diverse is Threes Brewing out in Gowanus. It is a huge multi-use space where they often have live music, brew fantastic farmhouse beers, and have a rotating food pop-up. On this video, the food on offer was from smoked meat …
My search for the best corned beef/pastrami in New York continues…. SADLY, BEN’S BEST KOSHER DELI IS NOW CLOSED. Part of the deli experience is the deli man. There is even a documentary made about this cultural icon. While I was sitting at Ben’s Best Kosher Deli, I watched the owner Jay Parker walk around and …
It hasn’t happened yet, but it will get cold in this city (unless global warming has changed all that already). And the best way to warm up during the cold season is, not with a coat, but with locally made spirits and cocktails. Village Voice will be showcasing the exciting local distilling scene once again with …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There are too many hidden gems in this city. You could spend a lifetime searching and you’ll still only uncover a handful. Church of Sweden is just that. It’s a Swedish church that’s been in the middle …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. NY Craft Cocktail Tour explores the craft cocktail culture of New York from local distilleries to specialty spirit shops to amazing cocktail bars and speakeasies. We’ve all heard about this revival in speakeasy-type hidden bars. Well, the first to do it here in …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. When people ask me about the best pizza in New York, I always have to ask what style they want. Do they want a typical New York slice, wood-oven Neapolitan pies, thin grandma-style, Sicilian, Roman-style? We have all those styles in New York. But up …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I am so spoiled living and eating in this city. I used to be afraid to order roast chicken when going out to dinner at a nicer restaurant. Not anymore. But now I have certain expectations that …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. Restaurants come and go so quickly in this city. I never got to Five Points, which was a neighborhood favorite in Noho, but I’m pleased to see that it’s replacement, Vic’s, is more than capable of filling its shoes. Vic’s has …
SADLY, TURKISS IS NOW CLOSED. When one falafel joint closes, another opens. It doesn’t always work that way, but it almost always does in and around Bleecker Street in the West Village. Yatagan sat on Macdougal Street for years churning out doner kababs and falafel. I never made it to Yatagan, but now that it’s …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City You’d think by now we’ve seen every possible iteration of tacos. I can’t imagine Goa Taco is the first to re-imagine the Mexican wraps with Indian paratha bread and I can’t imagine they will be the last. …
