Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City One of the most beautiful yet maddening things about many seasonal American restaurants is that their menus change constantly. Sometimes a new menu is printed up every day. I went into Meadowsweet hoping to try their …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City My newest scheme is to visit some of the hottest restaurants in New York City at lunchtime. I’m often free after my tours, hungry, and these places are much easier to get into at lunch, sometimes …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Prices at New York restaurants are getting out of control. I understand there a lot of factors to this (rent hikes, food costs, aggressive PR), but it’s getting to the point where I laugh in shock …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, THE GORBALS IS NOW CLOSED. Walking around the food tables at Village Voice’s Choice Eats, I begin to wonder how the represented restaurants and food businesses decided on the dishes they brought to the table. Is …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City You’d walk by Broadway Bakery without giving it a second glance. Maybe you’d run in for coffee or a slice of pizza, but you certainly wouldn’t think it was a place full of culinary delights. It …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I just don’t get food trends. I think it must be some conspiratorial marketing campaign that the food world (restaurants, media, producers) perpetuates. I mean, how did kale and beets get to be so cool? They’re …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Any notable (and lucky) restaurant will get their fair share of press in the New York food universe. It’s rare that I’m ahead of the game and visit a restaurant before the major food reviewers publish …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Today begins the Year of the Sheep in the Chinese New Year. But it’s also the first day of Losar, the 15 day Tibetan New Year celebration. It doesn’t get as much press in this country, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Ah, Valentine’s Day! The day we all get gouged – by Hallmark, by chocolate companies, and definitely by restaurants who charge astronomical prices for usually lower quality dishes. That’s why I recommend taking that special someone …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, HANJAN IS NOW CLOSED. Ddukbokki is not a recognizable dish to most Americans. Even if you’re vaguely familiar with Korean food, you probably know the kimchis and the bibimbaps. But you should open yourself to the …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City As most of you know, I lead food cart tours for a company called Turnstile Tours. But did you also know that the same company leads a handful of other tours around Brooklyn, all partnered with …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, TASTE OF NORTHERN CHINA IS NOW CLOSED. Finding places in Chinatown is really difficult. The winding streets and unmarked doors create a confusing system for finding a new restaurant. The address for Taste of Northern China …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I started this website really to combine my two passions: food and performance. And I continue to have success (and lots of fun) doing that with my comedic food videos. But I recently went to a …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, RESTO IS NOW CLOSED. A Belgian restaurant doesn’t strike me as the place to get a nicely composed vegetable dish. Unless that vegetable is a potato, cut into strips, and thrice-fried. And while I love my Belgian …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City For New Year’s Eve last night, one of our stops had to be at my favorite little East Village bar (and my favorite in the city) Amor y Amargo. It means love and bitters and that’s …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Most blogs and websites are not posting new content. It’s Christmas! Everybody should have the day off today! But it’s Thursday and that’s the day I post my dish of the week. So here’s a little …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I have mixed feelings about the holiday season in New York. At times, my internal grinch comes out and is easily annoyed by the crowds, the consumerism, and the endless urban jingle bells. But at other …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, ÉLAN IS NOW CLOSED. The word élan means elegance or flair in French. It’s also the name of a new restaurant in Manhattan that exhibits both of those qualities. The restaurant marks the stylish return of …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It seems like the holidays come earlier every year. This year I noticed decorations and Christmas cheer starting in September. The Bryant Park Holiday Market even opened two weeks before Halloween!! In my mind, you shouldn’t …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Turkey burgers have always been hit or miss. Even for the health conscious or those trying to avoid red meat, there’s no guarantee that when you order a turkey burger that you won’t find a dry …