Author: cia
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70 Grand Street at Wythe Avenue, Wiliamsburg, Brooklyn718/388.5100about $125 for two, with a bottle of wine, without tip♥ ♥ Dinner’s always nice when a group of you eat and drink without feeling like you’re at a restaurant. The waiter asks for your orders and serves them unobtrusively. He also knows when to ask if everything…
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235 East 4th Street on Avenue B212/254.2900about $100 for two, with two drinks, without tip While the owners of The E.U. wait for their liquor license, they will do the B.Y.O.B. thing rather than delay the opening of their restaurant. On opening night, we were seated at the right time before they started turning people…
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462 Amsterdam Avenue & 82nd Street212/400.4036about $100 for two, with two drinks, without tip It was a slow Thursday night and we decided to step out for tapas. I loved the white anchovies with vinaigrette but why were they served on a bed of Romaine lettuce? The grilled sardines were more fishy than what I’m…
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37 East 28th Street between Park and Madison Avenues 212/213.2328 about $150 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Update, 2007: Renovated as Pamplona Ureña is the latest restaurant to open in Murray Hill from one of David Bouley’s apprentice and ex-executive chef of Blue Hill, Alex Ureña. The restaurant has been dubbed…
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To make callos, the main ingredient, honeycomb tripe, was easy to find in Chinatown but I was visiting store to store to find blood sausages. There was no way my version of callos was going to have Vienna sausages from a can. (Honeycomb tripe is the reticulum, the first compartment in the cattle’s stomach.) My…
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Adapted from Anthony Bourdain’s Poulet Roti Ingredients:1 whole chicken, about 4 pounds, washed throughly and patted dry, excess fat removed, giblets reservedhalf a lemon1 medium onion, halved1 sprig of thyme1 sprig of rosemarya handful of parsley, finely choppedhalf a stick of butter, sliced1 1/2 cups of white winesalt and pepper 1. Preheat the oven 375º.…
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Adapted from Snack Ingredients: 1 jar of grape leaves, rinsed and patted drycooked riceground lambpine nuts, toasteda small box of raisins, roughly chopped1 medium onion, finely choppeda handful of parsley, roughly choppeda pinch of dilljuice from 1 lemon and another lemon in wedges3 cups of chicken brothsalt and pepper and olive oil 1. Sauté onions…
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80 Second Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets212/254.6610about $20 for two, with drinks, with tip I either order cod or haddock when I stop by. I soak them in vinegar and brown sauce. Everything goes down easily with Boddingtons. Mushy peas, baked beans and pickled onions are also on the menu if the chips are…
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229 East 9th Street off St. Mark’s Place and Second Avenue 212/533.6966 about $50 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ One of the few places that still hand-roll and hand-cut their soba noodles is Sobaya, one of my lunch staples. Whether I order a hot bowl of soba or a cold one,…
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236 East 9th Street off St. Mark’s Place and Second Avenue212/353.8503$5 for one, cash only More like a shack than a restaurant, Otafuku has been a mainstay of this small block of Japanese stores. They have Japanese pancakes, okonomiyaki, but going to Otafuku means ordering the 6-piece takoyaki, octopus meat rolled into balls and mixed…
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105 Sullivan Street off Spring212/334.5179about $25 for two, without drinks, without tip Known as the Sandwich Nazi to those of us who worked during the dot-com days around SoHo, Alidoro is now bright and airy with its yellow washed walls and friendly successor. I was once shushed by the temperamental sandwich maker while I stood…
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179 Prince Street between Thompson and Sullivan Streets212/387.8230about $80 for two, with two drinks, without tip The space that Nagomi now occupies has seen different tenants throughout the years. When I’m at The Room, I always end up craving for sushi for dinner which can only mean Blue Ribbon down the block. With Nagomi closer…