Sonntag, 31. Oktober 2010
Montag, 29. Dezember 2008
Best Chinese (from Timeout)
Midtown
Szechuan Gourmet
“The best Szechuan food in Manhattan. I’m still working my way through the giant menu, but I almost always get razor clams with ‘scallion pesto’ and fish fillets with napa cabbage, which comes in an amazing oily chili sauce.” 21 W 39th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-921-0233)
Brooklyn
Grand Sichuan House
“This is my current favorite Szechuan in the five boroughs. The lamb with cumin flavor is awesome, and so is the ‘sautéed fresh sliced pork,’ as long as you demand fatty meat.” 8701 Fifth Ave between at 87th St, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn (718-680-8887)
Uptown
Empire Szechuan
“I grew up eating here, and it still serves the egg rolls, cold noodles with sesame sauce, and egg foo yong against which I measure all other American Chinese food.” 193 Columbus Ave between 68th and 69th Sts (212-496-8778)
Downtown
Chinatown Brasserie
“It’s not a cacophonous, chaotic cart place. But the chef, Joe Ng, is amazing. Everything from the dim sum menu is good, especially the shrimp-and-snow-pea-leaf dumplings and the lamb dumplings with spicy vegetables.” 380 Lafayette St between Great Jones Pl and W 4th St (212-533-7000)
Vanessa’s Dumpling House
“A couple of benefits to the recent expansion of Dumpling House: There are chairs and tables, plus they no longer run out of half the things on their menu. This is where I go to get absolutely stuffed on pork dumplings and puffy sesame bread filled with beef and pickled carrots for $5.” 118 Eldridge St between Broome and Grand Sts (212-625-8008)
Szechuan Gourmet
“The best Szechuan food in Manhattan. I’m still working my way through the giant menu, but I almost always get razor clams with ‘scallion pesto’ and fish fillets with napa cabbage, which comes in an amazing oily chili sauce.” 21 W 39th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-921-0233)
Brooklyn
Grand Sichuan House
“This is my current favorite Szechuan in the five boroughs. The lamb with cumin flavor is awesome, and so is the ‘sautéed fresh sliced pork,’ as long as you demand fatty meat.” 8701 Fifth Ave between at 87th St, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn (718-680-8887)
Uptown
Empire Szechuan
“I grew up eating here, and it still serves the egg rolls, cold noodles with sesame sauce, and egg foo yong against which I measure all other American Chinese food.” 193 Columbus Ave between 68th and 69th Sts (212-496-8778)
Downtown
Chinatown Brasserie
“It’s not a cacophonous, chaotic cart place. But the chef, Joe Ng, is amazing. Everything from the dim sum menu is good, especially the shrimp-and-snow-pea-leaf dumplings and the lamb dumplings with spicy vegetables.” 380 Lafayette St between Great Jones Pl and W 4th St (212-533-7000)
Vanessa’s Dumpling House
“A couple of benefits to the recent expansion of Dumpling House: There are chairs and tables, plus they no longer run out of half the things on their menu. This is where I go to get absolutely stuffed on pork dumplings and puffy sesame bread filled with beef and pickled carrots for $5.” 118 Eldridge St between Broome and Grand Sts (212-625-8008)
Best Thai ever / Sripraphai in Queens
We had whole fish with green peppers, penang curry with beef, green papaya salad, green curry with chicken, fried rice with shrimp
was all delicious!!!!
64-13 39th Ave., Queens, NY 11377
nr. 64th St.
718-899-9599
other outer borough restaurants to check soon:
BEST INDIAN FOOD
Rajdani in Woodside or Kababish in Jackson Heights
Bar Pitti
My fav italian restaurant in Manhattan at the moment...
Try the burrata (on Wednesday) a wonderful creamy fresh mozzarella.
Also spinach and rape just with a little butter / garlic delicious.
Also top of the pops, their veal Schnitzel, big as a whale!
People come clearly for the food and not for Beyonce or jayZ...
268 Avenue of the Americas / at Bleecker
New York, NY 10014
(212) 982-3300
Tsukishi
The best Japanese restaurants are definetely in midtown. Tsukishi is great value, it feels like being in Japan. They ask you about allergies and what follows is an inspiring suite of wonderful small dishes Japanese country style (no menu). Soba with roe, cabbage with beef, wonderful sashimi.
300 E 41st St.
(between 2nd Ave & Tudor City Pl)
New York, NY 10017
(212) 599-8888
300 E 41st St.
(between 2nd Ave & Tudor City Pl)
New York, NY 10017
(212) 599-8888
Sonntag, 13. Juli 2008
Cheap Eats No. 1
East Village
The Bourgeois Pig
11 E 7th bet 1st and Ave A
thepigny.com
Jimmy No.s 43
43 E 7th
bet First and Second
jimmysno43.com
West Village
Westville
210 West 10th Street
betw Bleecker and W4th
Grand Sichuian
15 Seventh Ave betw Carmine and Leroy
Try Orange Beef
P*ong
150@ 10th Street
bet Grenwich and Waverly Pl
Cafe Asean
117 W 10th STreet
bet Grenwich and Sixth Ave
Midtown
Wondee Siam / Best pad Thai
792 Ninth Ave betw 52nd and 53rd
The Bourgeois Pig
11 E 7th bet 1st and Ave A
thepigny.com
Jimmy No.s 43
43 E 7th
bet First and Second
jimmysno43.com
West Village
Westville
210 West 10th Street
betw Bleecker and W4th
Grand Sichuian
15 Seventh Ave betw Carmine and Leroy
Try Orange Beef
P*ong
150@ 10th Street
bet Grenwich and Waverly Pl
Cafe Asean
117 W 10th STreet
bet Grenwich and Sixth Ave
Midtown
Wondee Siam / Best pad Thai
792 Ninth Ave betw 52nd and 53rd
Samstag, 3. Mai 2008
New Places to check out
dell’anima
38 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10014
at Jane St.
This is what happens when a former Babbo sommelier and an ex–Del Posto kitchen whiz get together and open an unassuming little trattoria: mobs of salivating foodies and goggle-eyed scenesters clamoring to get in. The joint’s not really set up for group dining, but they’ll gladly convert three banquette tables into a cozy nook near the open kitchen for parties of ten. It’s a tight squeeze, but the bruschette, antipasti, primi, and secondi are so good, no one’s going to complain, and it’s easier to book a party here than at Lupa. For now, at least.
Duane Park marks the return of Shawn Knight, last seen making delectable Southern fare at Natchez in the East Village. The restaurant was last known as the Duane Park Café. Duane Park 157 Duane St., 212-732-5555.
You can eat just like Gwyneth Paltrow at Broadway East, where her former personal chef mans the kitchen. This vegetarian-friendly spot boasts meatless dishes like coconut-crisped tempeh and Portobello confit. Broadway East, 171 East Broadway, 212-228-3100.
Akhtar Nawab’s Elettaria is open. On a stretch of Eighth Street better known for swarms of NYU students than for haute cuisine, his restaurant serves Southeast Asian-inflected fare like saag paneer spinach gnocchi and capon with sweet and sour tomato ravioli. Eletteria, 33 West Eighth St., 212-677-3833.
Sakae Sushi, a popular sushi chain based in Singapore that's already 65-locations-strong have opened their first U.S. location, in Midtown. The fresh fish here is ordered by computers at the table and delivered via a conveyor belt. Sakae Sushi, 405 Lexington Ave., New York, 877-725-2387.
Cupcake fans, rejoice: Magnolia Bakery's Upper West Side branch is open for business. Look for the same Sex and the City-approved sweets that are available downtown, in a homey black-and-white space with checkerboard floors. Magnolia Bakery, 20 Columbus Ave., New York, 212-724-8101.
Ushiwakamaru, the singularly named sushi spot, has opened in a below ground spot on Houston street after a long remodeling process. With blond wood and a long bar, it’s austere on the inside. The fish selection is extensive, and includes rarities like fluke, abalone, and giant clam. Ushiwakamaru, 136 Houston St., New York, 212-228-2141.
Legendary eatery Second Avenue Kosher Deli is back open after it was forced to shut its doors in 2007. But don’t mistake the new location–curiously, near Third Avenue–for a change in the menu. Second Avenue Kosher Deli, 162 E. 33rd St., New York, 212-689-9000.
Bar Blanc, a Greenwich Village bistro run by a trio of Bouley vets, lives up to its name with white banquettes and walls. Luckily the food branches out into other parts of the spectrum: look for elegant dishes like Japanese rice risotto with shrimp and oxtail consommé. Bar Blanc, 142 West 10th St., New York, 212-255-2330.
Philippe Massoud, the chef and owner of Ilili, is helming the city’s first high-profile Lebanese restaurant in a long while. Leather and cedar are the predominant decorating cues on the inside while the menu boasts both traditional meze like hummus and baba ghanouj and high-end items like Wagyu beef kebabs and charcoal roasted lamb chops with cardamom and garlic. Ilili, 236 Fifth Ave., New York, 212-683-2929.
38 Eighth Ave., New York, NY 10014
at Jane St.
This is what happens when a former Babbo sommelier and an ex–Del Posto kitchen whiz get together and open an unassuming little trattoria: mobs of salivating foodies and goggle-eyed scenesters clamoring to get in. The joint’s not really set up for group dining, but they’ll gladly convert three banquette tables into a cozy nook near the open kitchen for parties of ten. It’s a tight squeeze, but the bruschette, antipasti, primi, and secondi are so good, no one’s going to complain, and it’s easier to book a party here than at Lupa. For now, at least.
Duane Park marks the return of Shawn Knight, last seen making delectable Southern fare at Natchez in the East Village. The restaurant was last known as the Duane Park Café. Duane Park 157 Duane St., 212-732-5555.
You can eat just like Gwyneth Paltrow at Broadway East, where her former personal chef mans the kitchen. This vegetarian-friendly spot boasts meatless dishes like coconut-crisped tempeh and Portobello confit. Broadway East, 171 East Broadway, 212-228-3100.
Akhtar Nawab’s Elettaria is open. On a stretch of Eighth Street better known for swarms of NYU students than for haute cuisine, his restaurant serves Southeast Asian-inflected fare like saag paneer spinach gnocchi and capon with sweet and sour tomato ravioli. Eletteria, 33 West Eighth St., 212-677-3833.
Sakae Sushi, a popular sushi chain based in Singapore that's already 65-locations-strong have opened their first U.S. location, in Midtown. The fresh fish here is ordered by computers at the table and delivered via a conveyor belt. Sakae Sushi, 405 Lexington Ave., New York, 877-725-2387.
Cupcake fans, rejoice: Magnolia Bakery's Upper West Side branch is open for business. Look for the same Sex and the City-approved sweets that are available downtown, in a homey black-and-white space with checkerboard floors. Magnolia Bakery, 20 Columbus Ave., New York, 212-724-8101.
Ushiwakamaru, the singularly named sushi spot, has opened in a below ground spot on Houston street after a long remodeling process. With blond wood and a long bar, it’s austere on the inside. The fish selection is extensive, and includes rarities like fluke, abalone, and giant clam. Ushiwakamaru, 136 Houston St., New York, 212-228-2141.
Legendary eatery Second Avenue Kosher Deli is back open after it was forced to shut its doors in 2007. But don’t mistake the new location–curiously, near Third Avenue–for a change in the menu. Second Avenue Kosher Deli, 162 E. 33rd St., New York, 212-689-9000.
Bar Blanc, a Greenwich Village bistro run by a trio of Bouley vets, lives up to its name with white banquettes and walls. Luckily the food branches out into other parts of the spectrum: look for elegant dishes like Japanese rice risotto with shrimp and oxtail consommé. Bar Blanc, 142 West 10th St., New York, 212-255-2330.
Philippe Massoud, the chef and owner of Ilili, is helming the city’s first high-profile Lebanese restaurant in a long while. Leather and cedar are the predominant decorating cues on the inside while the menu boasts both traditional meze like hummus and baba ghanouj and high-end items like Wagyu beef kebabs and charcoal roasted lamb chops with cardamom and garlic. Ilili, 236 Fifth Ave., New York, 212-683-2929.
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