City Grit: Brunch Village
Last night a bunch of us attended City Grit: Brunch Village dinner. Yes! Brunch food for dinner, my kind of dinner. It was Sarah’s homage to the show Portlandia. I’ve only seen the pilot but judging...
View ArticleChoice Streets 2013
One of my favorite food events I attended last year was Village Voice’s Choice Streets. Obviously one of the thing I liked about it was the location. It was held at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space...
View ArticleReynards With Friends
This is usually what happens when I eat out with my friends. Fingers pointing at the food. And they usually like to keep pointing until I snap a photo. Sometimes we have a battle on which of us will...
View ArticleGlasserie
There was still the smell of fresh paint when I walked into Glasserie last week. The room was quiet and beautiful, especially the natural light that fell onto my table as I sat there waiting for...
View ArticleThe Great Fried Chicken Adventure
Fried chicken dinner at The Brooklyn Star I’m not sure if you have been keeping up or not but I’ve been eating a lot (more than normal) of fried chicken (I’ve been tracking them on my Tumblr). This...
View ArticleFried Chicken: City Grit
Sarah Simmons, founder of City Grit, is one awesome chef. Her dinners at City Grit, a culinary salon, range from clam bakes to vegetarian dinners to Chinese New Year dinner with a southern twist, all...
View ArticleSKAL Brings A Little Bit Of Iceland To NYC
Super happy and excited for my friends and the debut of SKAL and also to bring a little bit of Iceland to NY. Before it was SKAL, the space used to be Les Enfants Terribles, which a lot of us had been...
View ArticleFried Chicken: Behind The Scenes At City Grit
Here’s the first behind-the-scenes look at one of my favorite places for fried chicken. Last week I talked about Sarah Simmons of City Grit and the crazy good fried chicken she makes. This week, we...
View ArticleFried Chicken: The Breslin
I was a little skeptical when I first heard about The Breslin doing a summer fried chicken feast for $50 per person. $50 per person is a lot of money for just fried chicken, especially when I can get...
View ArticleFried Chicken: Mando In Marfa, TX
Few weekends ago, I flew to El Paso, Texas then took a 3 hour car trip south to Marfa for my friends’ wedding. I have heard of the town but didn’t know much about it except that part of “No Country...
View ArticleFried Chicken: Peaches Hothouse
Have you ever heard of hot chicken? According to the internet, the term hot chicken is a type of fried chicken found in Nashville and it is spicy. Most of the heat comes from cayenne pepper. Good...
View ArticleWhat Summer Tastes Like At Glasserie
As I was staring at the bowl of grilled tomatoes, peaches with sweet corn, yogurt and basil, I thought to myself…”wow, this is summer in a bowl” and it was mighty delicious. So my sister was in town...
View ArticleViva La Comida 2013
Viva La Comida is back! And this year was a big improvement from last year. I’m not saying last year was terrible…oh no. But certainly there were couple things that could’ve made it better. So what...
View ArticleVeggie Tales At City Grit
When I got notified that City Grit was having another Veggie Tales dinner, this time cooked by founder Sarah Simmons, I decided to get a couple of tickets. I’ve been to a vegetarian City Grit dinner...
View ArticleFried Chicken: Walter’s
I keep getting Walter’s and Walter Foods mixed up, thinking they’re the same place. So Walter Foods is in Williamsburg while Walter’s is in Fort Greene. Got it? Got it. My friend that had the fried...
View ArticleFried Chicken: The Commodore
This is my second time going to The Commodore in Williamsburg and I can confidently say that their fried chicken is preeetty awesome. Back in May I had my first experience and The Commodore quickly...
View ArticleTis The Season To Roast All Your Vegetables
Ever since the weather got cooler and it wasn’t INSANE to turn on the oven, I’ve been roasting a lot of stuff. I mostly roast big chunks of meat but lately I have found much join in roasting veggies....
View ArticleM. Wells Steakhouse
M. Wells is known for their decadent…over the top dishes and M. Wells Steakhouse definitely delivered. A stack of pork chops (7 total) for dinner? Sure! A bowl of tomato-y tripe? F yeah! Though...
View ArticleHot Beef And Pie At Four & Twenty Blackbirds
This past Sunday, I was introduced to something I have never heard of or seen before. Hot beef! Four & Twenty Blackbirds hosted an event with Amy Thielen (host of Heartland Table on the Food...
View ArticleTed Allen And Pepcid Tastemaker
Few weeks ago, I was invited to an interesting event. The Tastemaker dinner, hosted by Chopped’s Ted Allen, took place at Pok Pok NY in Brooklyn. When I got the invite, I wasn’t too sure what it was...
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