Food Adventuring Around NYC
It comes out looking like a bowl of chocolate soft serve and this chicken liver mousse is just as decadent. Softened and creamy, the smooth texture is unbelievable and the rich flavor has hints of sweetness with a garnish of candied walnuts for crunch. Spread this on toast with some pickled shallots and you’ll quickly …
Maman is a cute little Soho café with bites and coffee, but their chocolate chunk cookie reigns supreme. Kissed with sea salt and studded with a variety of nuts (almonds, walnuts, and macadamia), the modest little cookie is loaded with crunchy, buttery, and sweet surprises. It’s certainly the best cookie of the year. Price: $3.75 MAMAN …
SADLY, DELAWARE AND HUDSON IS NOW CLOSED. The most exciting opening this year in Williamsburg was the grown-up restaurant Delaware & Hudson that is offering affordable (and generous) tasting menus. The food is simple, honest, and delicious representing dishes from the mid-Atlantic from Delaware to the Hudson. Check out the video above for a sense of …
Don’t skip dessert at Scott Bryan’s new restaurant The Milling Room. The chef has just as deft a hand with chocolate cake and panna cotta as he does with pork chops and chicken. His panna cotta is my favorite to date seasoned with fresh vanilla and floating in a pool of tangy and bright …
I’ve already included Chef Scott Bryan’s pork chop on a previous list when I was lucky enough to taste it regularly when I worked at Apiary, where his food reigned supreme. He has since moved on and his amazing food can now be found uptown at The Milling Room, where many of Apiary’s greatest hits …
Rob Newton replaced his refined Southern dining restaurant Seersucker this year with a more casual joint. The standout here is a delectable fried chicken sandwich, moist and crunchy, on a simple potato roll and a dab of mayo. Price: $7 WILMA JEAN 345 Smith Street (at Carroll Street), Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn wilmajean345.com
One of New York’s most iconic restaurants is the historic Keens Steakhouse. They’re known for filets and T-bone steaks, of course, but even more so for their preparation of the rarely seen mutton chop. The mature sheeps yields huge amounts of tender and delicate meat. And don’t be scared of the classic mint jelly accompaniment. …
One of the most interesting vegetable dishes of the year, the crisp and charred butternut squash are the center of the plate, but it’s what’s around it that makes it sing. A sea salt and black pepper marshmallow is brilliant (closer to fluffernutter in texture) and adds both a sweet and savoriness to the tangy …
In a year of major fried chicken openings, Root & Bone (helmed by two previous Top Chef contestants) took best in show with an unusual brine of sweet tea and a dusting of cayenne and lemon powder that both sweetens and brightens the already succulent meat. Tabasco honey and bourbon maple syrup are provided on …
Making vegetable dishes that exceed expectations, John Fraser puts an unexpected twist on beets. Crisp and sweet, the beets are enhanced by creamed horseradish and lots of bright flavors like apples and pickled cucumbers. Price: $15 NARCISSA 21 Cooper Square (corner of 5th Street and Bowery), Inside The Standard Hotel East Village (212) 228-3344 narcissarestaurant.com
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. SADLY, DELAWARE AND HUDSON IS NOW CLOSED. Restaurants open in Williamsburg all the time, but few seem destined for greatness. Delaware and Hudson has had lots of great chatter since it opened. It is a grown-up restaurant that offers a wonderful, filling …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. SADLY, GG’S IS NOW CLOSED. Nick Morgenstern has created quite the little restaurant empire of late. Just in the last year, he’s opened a coffee/sandwich café (El Rey), an avant garde ice cream shop (Morgenstern’s), and now a pizza-focused restaurant – all in the Lower East …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, BETONY IS NOW CLOSED. It’s around this time every year that Time Out New York puts out their annual 100 Best Dishes list. I’ve always found that a fun issue. In fact, I spent three years …
The Vendys is just days away. Tickets are still available for purchase here. It’s seriously the greatest day of the year. In anticipation, I’m producing short videos on each of the nominated vendors. Here are four more nominees: The GoGo Grill Down at the southern tip of Manhattan, two friends decided to re-invent street food for …
The Vendys are just over a week away. Tickets are still available for purchase here. It’s seriously the greatest day of the year. In anticipation, I’m producing short videos on each of the nominated vendors. Here are three more nominees: Snowday Snowday is unlike any other food truck out there. Not only are they dedicated …
I bring my sense of food adventure with me on the road, searching for the most authentic, iconic, and delicious dishes of a different region… For such a tiny little state (the tiniest, actually), I was amazed at how many local dishes I found in Rhode Island. There were so many different iconic foods that …
SADLY, NARCISSA IS NOW CLOSED. Vegetables are all the rage today. Forget barbecue or burgers. Restaurants are opening all across the city dedicated to making the healthiest food group taste as delicious as a slab of bacon. Well, almost. And I’m not talking about vegetarian restaurants, but carnivrous chefs who elevate beets or kale right …
Come back every Wednesday for another funny, informative video documenting my inept food adventures. On the Road has me traveling the country searching for the most iconic and local dishes. I discovered a brand new app called Tastemade. It allows the user to make one-minute food episodes on their favorite food spots. It’s a perfect …
I bring my sense of food adventure with me on the road, searching for the most authentic, iconic, and delicious dishes of a different region… I never thought I’d say this, but if I didn’t live in New York City, I might move to Vermont. I’m sure my excitement and high from my recent trip …
For the fourth year in a row, I present the 100 most exciting dishes I’ve consumed during my food adventures around the five boroughs. Look for another five dishes every few days. There are very puzzling moments in my life where I contemplate becoming a vegetarian. Truthfully. But then I have a bite of some …