Well, in a sense. Chavella’s a tiny little restaurant opened up a little over a year ago half a block from where I was living in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (now I live all of about a block away). I would pass by and take a look at the menu which offers a selection of somewhat standard Mexican fare including tacos, tortas, quesadillas and bigger plates of enchiladas, tamales and chicken mole…
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This past Saturday after Cantonese class, Waine and I made our ritual pilgrimage for some food. We’d had pho the week before and Northern style Chinese hand pulled noodles the week before that, so I wasn’t really feeling the noodles. One word: dumplings. So we headed to the logical stop a couple blocks from our class, the aptly named Dumpling House a well known haunt of Chinatown locals and hipsters alike. It was by no means the first time we’d been to this place but I thought I would take the opportunity to make it the first stop on the newly inaugurated Dumpling Review Page. Check out the full review.
What do you get when an engineer trades in his slide rule for a slicing knife? A fourth-generation fish monger, of course!
OK, maybe that wasn’t SO obvious, but once you take a bite of the succulent sturgeon or luscious lox at our friend Josh’s appetizing store on the Lower East Side, you’ll forget all about my senseless riddles and annoying aliteration. For the full Russ and Daughters spiel (look, I used Yiddish!) and to see what Martha Stewart’s raving about, read (and watch) on … -Bret
Ever the martyrs, JG and I have taken it upon ourselves to research for all of you some of the best burgers in NYC. Welcome to the first installment of the of the Burger Reviews. We’re using the TONY Top Ten List of burgers as our guide, but we’re not bound to it. If you all have any suggestions send them our way. Better yet, submit your own burger review. Check out the full review of our first three burgers. Come on. Take a bite.
So what do you get when Bret (aka The Meatball Maestro) and his brother Brian have a little bit of spare time on their hands? Well, the Brooklyn Pizza Tour, of course. Check out the highs and the lows of this epic odyssey as they and their faithful friends search for pizza greatness. Click on the pie to embark.
