346 West 52nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues 212/586.2880 $66 for my share with 2 others, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ Tastiest: 1. Spicy whelk salad with buckwheat noodles – just enough saltiness and spiciness. It’s refreshing to see whelks on the menu. 2. Poached sablefish with spicy daikon – reminded me of [...]

45 Tudor City Place off East 43rd Street 212/599.5045 $170 for two people, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ While in Colombia, we had a few unfortunate meals that involved pasta. Sure, Italy shares a lot of history with South America–the mass emigration of Italians was between 1876 to 1976 and brought a lot [...]

32 West 32nd Street, 3rd floor, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues 212/967.5088 $10 for a large bowl of soup ♥ ♥ The key is the “home-made” part in the restaurant’s name. Don’t let the office space turn you off. I know it looks like a fire hazard in there but an hour of your life [...]

250 West 41st Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues 212/764.7663 if we paid, about $125 for two, with two glasses of wine, without tip ♥ ♥ I was invited by Montenapo to a tasting last week. I jumped at the chance because I think the restaurant scene in the midtown west area could use some [...]

10 East 60th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues 212/957.5550 $72 each for a group of five, with tip ♥ ♥ I’ve been hearing about Rouge Tomate here and there so I wasn’t surprised when my girlfriends and I ended up there for dinner. The space is massive and perfect for big groups. It’s the [...]