Food Adventuring Around NYC
SADLY, KYO YA IS NOW CLOSED. I officially fell in love with Kyo Ya. It’s more refined than the izakayas (Japanese pubs that serve traditional bar food), but much more approachable and interesting than the big expensive Japanese restaurants (Megu and Nobu, I’m talking to you guys!) The second Kyo Ya dish on the list is …
SADLY, KYO YA IS NOW CLOSED. Let me just say up front that I love Japanese food. Which is weird because the one really bad food experience I remember from childhood was eating at the casual Japan restaurant at EPCOT. There was some brewed flavor (soy perhaps?) in their soup that really turned me off to …
Most people think curry and they think of spicy Indian food or rich Thai dishes. But curry can refer to many different ethnic spiced dishes. And the words bratwurst, schnitzel, and pretzel that appear on Wechsler’s menu make it clear that we are not anywhere near Asia. No, Weschsler’s in the East Village serves German …
Unless you inherited one or were grandfathered in, it is illegal to own and use a coal-burning oven. It’s bad for the environment and it’s competition for the likes of Grimaldi’s and Lombardi’s. We don’t want any black lung or broken knee caps. You can imagine whenever a coal-burning pizzeria closes, many budding NY pizzaioli …
There are lots of pizza chains all over the city. You’ve got Ray’s, Two Boots, Famiglia. Then many of the big guys have more than one location (John’s, Nick’s, Totonno’s). I’ve already talked about the Patsy’s and Angelo’s empires and Grimaldi’s has spread out onto Long Island and New Jersey. And I’m not even mentioning …
When I get pizza, I want it to be made by people who know what they’re doing. I guess that’s obvious, but how many times have you gone into a generic NY pizza joint and the pizza is being cooked by Mexican line cooks or Bengali entrepreneurs? Nothing against those guys, but do you think …
Sometimes maybe I’m just wrong and the rest of the world is right. For instance, I never liked The Sixth Sense. I just didn’t think it was a good movie and I saw through all its smoke and mirrors. My eclectic tastes and smug opinions have often been controversial among my friends. So this is …