Author: cia
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Miss Geolouxy volunteered her services to accompany me for my second search for a good taco. It was after work so we decided to meet at Astor Place and work our way up and down First and Second Avenues from 1st to 10th Streets. I didn’t bring a list of places since the east side…
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63 Cooper Square on 3rd Avenue 212/228.4152 $30 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ Astor Place is filled with restaurants serving Japanese comfort food. I go to Menkuitei for their grilled fish neck. Their ramen selection is good, too, plus you’ll deal with less of a crowd here. The house special is one…
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When corns are in season in the summer, people immediately grill or steam them. I usually make this corn soup, a staple when I was growing up in Manila. To me, slurping soup is one of the most comforting things you can do for yourself even if it’s 90 degrees outside. Even if you don’t…
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305 Church Street corner of Walker 212/925.1205 $25 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Update, 2008: Province has closed Oh, mantou, where have you been all these years? Mantou, the steamed bun mainstay of northern Chinese street food stalls is finally in TriBeCa. And I hope it stays because the neighborhood could…
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57225 Main Road, Southold, North Fork, Long Island 631/765.0177 about $250 for two, with four drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ From Chef Gerry Hayden, of Manhattan’s Aureole and Amuse, and Gramercy Tavern’s pastry chef Claudia Fleming, comes a huge effort. The menu concentrates on the island’s freshest produce including seafood from Peconic Bay and the…
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Adapted from The North Fork Table & Inn, Long Island, using wild striped bass Ingredients: 1 1/2 pound of cod fillet, slice into 3 steaks 3 stalks of celery, chopped a small fennel bulb, chopped 1/2 cup of piquillo olives, pitted, finely chopped red wine vinegar olive oil 1. In a skillet, let the celery…
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In Chinatown, I saw these cool-looking fruits they call dragon fruit. One sign had “gradon” written on a piece of cardboard. Those Chinese vendors get confused sometimes! I couldn’t get any information from them so I did my own research after buying one for $3. They’re native to Central and South America, but they’re apparently…
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I could imagine Anna when she was a kid picking and sucking out the meat from these steamed crabs until her fingers turned wrinkly and raisin-like. She told me that most Cantonese grew up with the salty egg and meat patty combination but her father made it extra special by mixing it with steamed blue…
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231 Mott Street off Prince212/966.6310about $80 for two, with two drinks, without tip In Tent is such a hokey name for a restaurant but the main dining room indeed has a removable tent made of rust-colored silk fabric because zoning regulations do not allow a permanent roof to cover a garden (vacated by Bot Restaurant).…
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9 St. Marks Place between 2nd and 3rd Avenues212/228.5086about $50 for two, with two drinks, with tip Yakitori Taisho is one of those Japanese places on St. Marks that you end up going to after drinking all night because they’re open until after midnight. Oh! Taisho is that new space they’ve needed because the original…
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For my first search for a good taco, I decided to stay on Amsterdam Avenue and the upper west side, specifically from 100th to 145th Streets. I started on 100th mainly because I wanted to hit a favorite spot on 108th but also because I wanted to end up at Jesus’ Tacos near my apartment,…
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After several errands on Saturday morning, we finally made it to the car and started our drive towards the George Washington Bridge. Before reaching Harriman State Park, we saw a sign for the oldest lighthouse along the Hudson River and decided to make a detour. The Stony Point lighthouse was built in 1826 to warn…