Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Yes, it is turkey day and I probably should have found some interesting Thanksgiving related dish to write about today. Something like this or this. But last week I had the pleasure to attend Holiday Spirits …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I like to think I know about every restaurant in the city. That’s impossible, of course. But I’m pretty close to an expert on the food offerings in New York. So it’s even more shocking when …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’ve been going to the Smorgasburg in Brooklyn for years now and each time it’s more and more maddening. The crowds are frustrating, the prices are too high, and much of the food is not as good as …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Last week, I sang the praises of the burger from one of New York’s newest modern steakhouses. Today I’m going to continue my burger party by highlighting one of New York’s oldest and msot iconic steakhouses.
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I have often thought that somewhere down the line I should embark on a search for the best NY strip steak in New York. It’s certainly an iconic dish and steakhouses are both plentiful and well-respected in this …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City My birthday, as it does every year, just came around. And while it means I get another year older, it also means I get to have a blow out meal and hit one of the high-end restaurants …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Last year I was unable to attend the Vendy Awards honoring the best street food vendors in the city. It’s my favorite day of the year, but unfortunately it also happened to coincide with a big …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, HARRY & IDA’S MEAT AND SUPPLY CO. IS NOW CLOSED. Every once in a while a food purveyor comes along that I get so excited about that I end up dedicated multiple posts on this blog to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, BABU JI IS NOW CLOSED. One of the things that fascinates me about international food is how it evolves in a new place. You know that they are not eating pizza with ham and pineapple in …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Tacos started it all. When Rockaway Taco opened on the beaches of Queens in 2008, it was mostly unconquered territory. Sure, the Rockaways had been a beach destination for New Yorkers since the early part of …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Coffee cocktails are a thing nowadays. And I don’t mean an alcoholic beverage with coffee in it. I’m talking about using coffee as if it was a base spirit and mix, stir, or shake it up …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It’s a bit of a problem for me when a restaurant serves one amazing dish after another. It makes for an incredible, revelatory meal. But it makes it frustrating when I sit down to write a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, KOTTU HOUSE IS NOW CLOSED. I think I’m pretty tolerant when it comes to spicy food. Numbing Szechuan food is one of my favorite cuisines and I can certainly take down some jerk chicken or spicy …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I’m not one to be taken in by hype. And in the New York food world there is so much of it. Sure, I’ll give the cronut or David Chang’s fried chicken sandwich a try. I like …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I certainly do not need an excuse to sing the praises of French pastries. And the truth is it’s a complete coincidence that Bastille Day was this week. Bosie Tea Parlor has been on my list …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City If you follow the address for Taste of Persia you might be momentarily confused because you will arrive at a divey pizza joint called Pizza Paradise. Where is this amazing Persian food I’m about to tell …