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Comment on Barros Luco by Margarita

Margarita — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:29:18 +0000

Beans are devil food!

Comment on Taco Tour by neil

neil — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:37:02 +0000

Lawrence, we ordered about 5 pambozos between all of us there so they might have put together a less exciting version since they were doing so many of them at one time. I just went to red hook earlier this month and enjoyed all of it as usual. I may try to go again next week if you are interested. I need some goat tacos. I haven’t had any in way too long now. Other food trips I want to do are a couple trips to Jackson Heights and a trip out to Flushing. And eventually try to find some Trinidadian doubles somewhere.

Comment on Taco Tour by NYC Food Guy

NYC Food Guy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:16:19 +0000

Great review! I’m honored that I was an inspiration to you. Setting out on the Sunset Park tour, my eyes were much bigger than my stomach. There were about four other places I wanted to hit but just didn’t have the fortitude for or really the desire after downing that entire Pambazo. I’m disappointed it wasn’t up to snuff; I definitely made it known to the chef on duty that day that I had never had a Pambazo before and when they saw me taking photos, they asked me what it was for and maybe that spurned a better-than-usual Pambazo. I guess I’ll have to try it again and see if that’s the case. There’s too much good Mexican out there to still try to go all the way back to Xochimilco. But again, I’m honored you were inspired, thanks for the shout out. We should get together a tour of some sort next time around. Have you been out to Red Hook? Next weekend is the last weekend!

Comment on Taco Tour by Margarita

Margarita — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:18:52 +0000

Mmmm, tacos! You forgot to mention: When doing a taco tour, make sure you byob

Comment on Homemade Mozzarella by Margarita

Margarita — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:13:34 +0000

Mmmm, cheese makes the world go round.

Comment on Field trip to Arthur Avenue by Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Homemade Mozzarella

Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Homemade Mozzarella — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:03:27 +0000

[...] This past weekend when I went up to Arthur Avenue, I mentioned that I bought 2 pounds of cheese curds as well as fresh mozzarella from Casa Della Mozzarella. This week I made a couple attempts to make mozzarella in my own kitchen. The first one failed miserably and while the cheese had great flavor it had the texture of a car tire. I promptly tossed it away and decided to try with the curds again last night following the recipe from Fias Co Farms. [...]

Comment on Field trip to Arthur Avenue by Corinna

Corinna — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:44:04 +0000

Yay, new post! Makes me miss NY all over again.

Comment on Bondi Road / Sunburnt Cow by Gourmet Global

Gourmet Global — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:43:24 +0000

Sunburnt Cow has great drinks but I dont recommend their brunch - when I went with some friends the omelette was half cooked and we got fatty undercooked bacon when we specifically asked for well done but they did give us a free round of specialty drinks to make up for it.

Comment on Field trip to Arthur Avenue by Gourmet Global

Gourmet Global — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:40:52 +0000

Great post Neil and thanks for the linkbacks!!

Comment on Boi Sandwich by pavni

pavni — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:37:23 +0000

you need to come to champaign (yes, champaign) and i will take you to: Xinh Xinh Cafe (http://www.yelp.com/biz/xinh-xinh-cafe-urbana-2)! they have banh mi that i can enjoy (yay vegetarians) and some of the best bubble tea in town.

Comment on August by Jeeway

Jeeway — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:59:05 +0000

I have not been there for the dinner menu, but their weekend brunch is wonderful!

Comment on The Braised and the Brew-tiful by neil

neil — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:21:16 +0000

If I remember correctly you did the $50 pairings, right? When I go back, I’ll try that one instead of the $85 pairing. I liked having a different beverage for each course, but I just didn’t feel they were matched as well as they should have been for the price.

Comment on The Braised and the Brew-tiful by Margarita

Margarita — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:10:07 +0000

Eh, this is where I beg to differ. I liked Chang’s pairings.

Comment on Momofuku Ko(ma) by Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » The Braised and the Brew-tiful

Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » The Braised and the Brew-tiful — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:56:29 +0000

[...] pairings and totally bombing them. Old Vine Cafe was a great example of good drink pairings and Momofuku Ko was unfortunately a great example of bad drink pairings (especially at an $85 supplement). Anyhow, back to the main point of this [...]

Comment on Old Vine Cafe by Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » The Braised and the Brew-tiful

Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » The Braised and the Brew-tiful — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:52:27 +0000

[...] to me when they make a big fuss about having suggested pairings and totally bombing them. Old Vine Cafe was a great example of good drink pairings and Momofuku Ko was unfortunately a great example of bad drink pairings (especially at an $85 [...]

Comment on Update on Photos by neil

neil — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:53:43 +0000

Tim, thanks for the tip, but I want a solution where I host my own photos on my own server. With picasa as well as flickr I am pretty sure all the images are hosted on their servers instead. Anyhow, I checked the forums for Dreamhost and I didn’t find many reports about people complaining about either Gallery2 or Wordpress which they have single-click installations for so it should be easy to set up as soon as I have the time.

Comment on Update on Photos by Tim Broder

Tim Broder — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:30:22 +0000

I found it real easy just to pull photos from Picasa, check it out http://timbroder.gpowered.net/photos/

Comment on Dinner Party by admin

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:02:22 +0000

Thanks! I am planning on making it again for a family potluck when I go home at the end of this month.

Next dinner party will probably be in late March. I think braised lamb shanks will be the main course.

Comment on Dinner Party by Margarita

Margarita — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:20:11 +0000

I dreamed about that beet & orange salad. When’s the next dinner party?

Comment on Recipe: Spanish Tortilla by Jennie

Jennie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:56:38 +0000

This sounds really yummy. I need to try this.

Comment on Village Voice: Choice Eats 2009 by admin

admin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:02:29 +0000

Sorry, my mistake. I saw “Harvest” and automatically assumed “City Harvest”. Thanks for correction!

Comment on Village Voice: Choice Eats 2009 by sseier

sseier — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:38:37 +0000

The proceeds are actually going to a Slow Food program called “Harvest Time”…not City Harvest. The Slow Food program helps raise awareness of nutrition in school districts by teaching kids about good, clean, healthy fare. They have also organized farmers markets on the school grounds in places like Harlem and Marcy.

Comment on Tamale cart in San Jose del Cabo by Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Damiana

Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Damiana — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:45:47 +0000

[...] is very close to the tamale cart I mentioned earlier, but I would recommend keeping your appetite wide open for the tasty treats here and not snacking [...]

Comment on Top Cafe Tibet by Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Village Voice: Choice Eats 2009

Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Village Voice: Choice Eats 2009 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:24:53 +0000

[...] but plenty of new places that have opened up since recently as well. I have a post on one of them, Top Cafe Tibet, and been to a few others like Mercadito & Back Forty and haven’t had a chance to write [...]

Comment on Tamale cart in San Jose del Cabo by Margarita

Margarita — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:06:39 +0000

Mmmmm, I could totally have some of those tamales right now.

Comment on Paty’s Taco Truck is finally back by admin

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:30:44 +0000

Its much better than you can imagine. It doesn’t look like an actual tongue and was super tender.

I never thought I would say this, but I am definitely stoked about moving back down to midtown. I can go back to Fika again and I can finally check out the Tony Dragonas cart where Carnegie John used to work at. Sadly… still too far for treats truck… =(

Comment on Paty’s Taco Truck is finally back by Rhetorical Answer

Rhetorical Answer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:19:28 +0000

Beef tongue? Whatever floats your boat, I guess. In anticipation of early February, welcome back to midtown lunchland!

Comment on Red Hook vendors (still in session) by Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Salvadorian food in Belize

Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Salvadorian food in Belize — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:38:11 +0000

[...] stands grilling up fresh Salvadorian pupusa’s after dinner one night. I knew what they were from my experience in Red Hook, but my parents had never tried them before. My mom was excited that the fillings were vegetarian [...]

Comment on Sunday Night Dinner with the lovely Tamara by Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Recipe: Spicy Roast Squash

Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Recipe: Spicy Roast Squash — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:49:31 +0000

[...] recipe is adaptation of something I had the a Sunday Night Dinner in Astoria a couple weeks ago. I tried it out at the last potluck party I hosted and think I did a pretty reasonable job [...]

Comment on I am (somewhat) famous! by Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Holiday Potluck 2008

Epicurean Exploits » Blog Archive » Holiday Potluck 2008 — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:18:13 +0000

[...] supper club in Astoria. Actually, by asking for the recipe and inviting Tamara to join I got a little radio shout out by her partner in crime, Zora. My first reference in the public [...]