Food Adventuring Around NYC
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2018… One of the most underrated ingredients are mushrooms. They can turn what might sound like a bland vegan meal into an umami-laden sensation. That’s what happens to these complex vegan ramen broths at Ramen Ishida in the Lower East Side. The little café also serves …
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 …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2017… It used to be whenever I was in the Times Square area and I was feeling under the weather, I would stop by Cafe Edison and after slurping up their matzo ball soup, I was cured. Sadly Cafe Edison has closed and I rarely …
Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City I have been on somewhat of a ramen kick lately. And no, don’t worry, I’m not quite as poor as I was in college. The ramen I’m talking about has nothing to do with the packaged dried …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… SADLY, RAMEN LAB IS NOW CLOSED. Every month Ramen Lab brings in a different ramen chef to hone their craft. I was lucky enough to visit when Chef Luca Catalfamo was doling out bowls of noodle. He’s the chef behind Casa Ramen in Milan. I …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… Perhaps the most unique dish I tasted this year was the hard-to-find in New York Korean stew called maesaengi. It reared its head at a new hidden little gem inside Food Gallery 32. Dadam makes all sorts of traditional Korean stews (quite different then the …
I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2015… One day I’ll probably do a search for the best matzo ball soup in NYC. And after checking out Peck’s, a specialty food shop focusing on Jewish specialities, I already have a head start. This version is both new and traditional. The richly flavored …