Food Adventuring Around NYC
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Regionality is only something I’ve recently discovered in international food. Growing up, Chinese food didn’t mean anything but Americanized sweet greasy fried chicken and pork. Similarly, other cuisines from Italian to Mexican to Thai usually fit …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City The vegetarian movement is spreading into all cuisines here in New York. It’s actually getting quite exciting. Who would have thought that there might be a vegetarian Szechuan restaurant in the city? But Spicy Moon now exists …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City There is a famous drink many old-school New Yorkers know well called an Egg Cream. The funny story about the drink is that it doesn’t contain egg and it doesn’t contain cream. The less familiar Egg …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When I was a kid we used to go out for Chinese food a lot. But the food we ate was something very different from what I have experienced here in New York. We munched on egg …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City This is a little embarrassing, but when I was a kid, my favorite place to get pizza was from Papa John’s. I didn’t grow up in New York, so didn’t have quite the options or sophisticated …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When you think of a curry house, you generally expect the proprietors to be from India (or maybe Bangladesh) and the menu to feature a wide range of spicy sauces. And you’d right, of course, unless …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City Do people still make New Year’s resolutions? I truly forgot about that concept when a friend of mine who owns an ice cream shop told me January is slow because people are still holding onto their health …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2018… One thing I vowed to do this year is to eat less meat. And I was mostly successful at that, as is evidenced in my list of 100 Best dishes. I found some amazing vegetarian (and vegan) food around the city. It’s easier and more …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2018… Good food doesn’t always have to pack a punch in terms of flavor. Sometimes delicate restorative flavors can be enough. This was the case for me with the surprising fish soup at East Village hot spot Hunan Slurp. The broth that is meant for dipping rice noodles …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2018… Sisig is a popular Filipino dish that I’ve tried many times before. Usually it is a rich bowl of fried chopped pig parts, chiles, and loads of garlic. At Mama Fina’s, they take that concept to new levels by serving six different varieties of …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2018… What intrigued me most about this inventive bitter aperitivo is not that it was blue, but that the blue color comes from all natural ingredients (herbs, flowers, etc.). Those ingredients are a close kept secret of the local producers behind Uncouth Vermouth and Atsby who collaborated to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City l really wish I took more time to enjoy my food. The nature of my life is that I often grab food quickly while on my way to work or somewhere else. And yet I always try to …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City When I was in high school, I was involved with a community theater that was right next door to a big supermarket. Oftentimes when we had a dinner break, I’d go next door and buy a …
My search for the best pizza in New York continues…. SADLY, SORBILLO PIZZERIA IS NOW CLOSED. If you asked me about the most traditional (and delicious) Neapolitan-style pizza in New York, I would have sent you to the businesses run by Roberto Caporuscio and his family, like Kesté or Don Antonio. Sure, Roberta’s and Motorino are …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City If there’s still an argument that all vegetarian food is healthy, let this post put an end to that. But as we know, the things that we should eat in moderation, are usually the tastiest. Superiority …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City My wife and I have decided we need to be better about our carbon footprints and want to make changes to help the environment. In addition to using re-usable coffee cups and no longer taking plastic bags, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City SADLY, LITTLE TONG NOODLE SHOP IS NOW CLOSED. I must really like this place. I almost never feature a dish from the same restaurant mere months after the first feature. But the latest noodle soup I tried at …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City If you spend time listening to the radio in and around NYC, you might have heard the slogan “…you go to B&H.” The restaurant I’m going to write about is not that B&H. The radio jingle …
My search for the best dumplings in New York continues…. SADLY, DRUNKEN DUMPLING IS NOW CLOSED. Sometimes bigger is not always better. Last year Drunken Dunpling debuted with the promise of an extra large soup dumpling the likes of which you’ve never seen. Unless you’ve seen something like it in Shanghai of course. In New York, …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City It was New Year’s Eve and according to the meteorologists, it was the coldest it has ever been on this day. But that didn’t stop us from going out and exploring some bars and restaurants in …