12 Monday Nov 2012
Posted in American, Asian, bakeries, bucket list, celebrations, meat, New York, snacks
The mouthwatering Thanksgiving croissant at Momofuku Milk Bar is filled with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and gravy.
Momofuku Milk Bar
251 W 13th Street
New York NY 10003
03 Saturday Nov 2012
Pajunia in Elmhurst doesn’t serve savory jeon pancakes but it does have extremely delicious hotteok! This Korean winter treat is filled with cinnamon, honey, walnuts, sesame seeds, brown sugar and crushed peanuts. You can get 4 of these sweet, buttery filled “nut cakes” for $5.
Pajunia
74-24 Broadway
Elmhurst NY 11373
(718) 651-2879
31 Wednesday Oct 2012
Posted in Brooklyn, bucket list, celebrations, Mexican, Queens, snacks, spicy, sweets
These tamarind-filled candy tubes are covered in spicy, salty, tangy powder (salsa en polvo). I bought this pack of Skwinkles at an Associated in Sunnyside, Queens but MexGrocer.com is offering free shipping on orders for the next two days if you use the code “FREESHIP12” at check out.
23 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in allium, American, bucket list, celebrations, foraging, macarons, New York, seafood
lobster roll (on a toasted marshmallow)
I recently had the most amazing dinner of my life at Atera. The $165 tasting menu included almost 30 different items. Here are some photos of my favorites.
“razor clams” – mini air baguette painted with squid ink and filled with clam ice cream and sorrel
tomato ice with sea urchin
lichen chip
lichen chip with aioli and malt sauce
beer macaron with sturgeon roe
sprouted grain ice cream
peekytoe crab with artichokes petals in herb broth
young vegetables with pastrami cured seared duck hearts
tomato with milk ice cream
rosewater ice rose
open kitchen with chef Lightner
edible black walnut shell
lamb tartare with burnt crisp
“ramen” – squid strip noodles and dissolvable seasoning packet
pine nut wafers
salsify “churro”
beet ember
barbeque sweetbreads
02 Tuesday Oct 2012
Blue crabs have been bigger and more plentiful this year because of warmer ocean temperatures last winter. I bought a dozen of some very frisky live blue crabs at N.Y. Supermarket in Elmhurst, Queens for $6.00
I boiled them for about one minute before removing them and placing them in the vaporera I use for steaming tamales. Each crab was positioned upside down and covered in Old Bay seasoning before being steamed for 12 minutes.
After steaming for 12 minutes, the crabs were ready to eat!
N.Y. Supermarket
82-66 Broadway
Elmhurst NY 11373
(718) 803-1233
28 Friday Sep 2012
Sarah Obraitis told me today that horse on the menu was a “figment” of someone’s imagination and that they served it once, like, “weeks ago”.
We ordered clam chowder (amazing), beef tartare sandwich (SO good and reminded me of a fatty tuna sushi roll), the frisée with lardons (just OK and came with a little green caterpillar in the greens), and the rabbit terrine (also amazing).
M. Wells Dinette was great but I totally miss the old M. Wells and their maple pie… snail and marrow… green salad… soft shell crab BLT…
02 Sunday Sep 2012
I was a contestant in Maharlika’s first annual Balut Contest last weekend. The embryos seemed to be a little more developed than the ones I have had at Maharlika.
Originally I entered the contest just to eat free balut — I have never been a very fast eater. But when el momento de la verdad arrived, something came over me and I really wanted to win!
In five minutes I was able to shove 11 baluts down my throat. I almost choked a couple of times. It seemed like the guy next to me, Wayne Algenio, (the guy who won) wasn’t even chewing them! He ate 18!
Here’s me with the champion!
02 Sunday Sep 2012
This brothless ramen bowl (mazemen) was topped with crab and miso at Yuji Ramen at Smorgasburg this weekend.
The best thing I ate were the “Jersey style” (head on) fried anchovies with smoked paprika mayonnaise at Bon Chovie.
There was a special combo that included an order of anchovies and any side for $10. I got the Caesar salad on a stick.
When I realized that Caesar salad on a stick was a whole head of romaine lettuce with their own Caesar dressing, croutons, and Parmesan cheese shoved into all the nooks an crannies of the lettuce, my jaw dropped to the floor. Isn’t it amazing?!?! The “stick” was a skewer that held the paper in place around the salad. I liked eating it even more than the original salad on-the-go, the McDonald’s Salad Shaker!
23 Thursday Aug 2012
Here is a sneak peek at what M. Wells Dinette could be serving when it opens at MoMA PS1 next month. Whipped butter on bread with caviar and flowers remind me of the бутерброд I ate in Ukraine. I like how it’s plated on a cafeteria tray.
26 Thursday Jul 2012
Posted in Asian, bucket list, Japanese, meat
Tags
canned whale, contraband, 築地市場, Japanese, Nissin foods, Tsukiji, Whale
This can of stewed whale meat that I bought at Tsukiji Market in Tokyo has been sitting in my cupboard for almost four months. So often I buy special things and don’t use them because I want to wait for a “special occasion”. I don’t know what came over me yesterday but, even though it was just a regular old Wednesday afternoon, I decided to open the can of whale!
I am very happy to report that there was also a little bit of blubber mixed in with the meat. I wish I had another can because it was delicious! Reminded me of Бефстроганов, beef Stroganoff.
Chinook Olive 