Gấc

12 Monday Nov 2012

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baby jackfruit, gac fruit, gấc, mùbiēguǒ, xôi gấc

Tan Tin-Hung sells frozen gấc fruit for $1.95

I’m going to make xôi gấc tomorrow.

Tan Tin-Hung
121 Bowery
New York NY 10002
(212) 274-8811

Chimney Cakes

12 Monday Nov 2012

Posted by dark locks in bakeries, Brooklyn, Hungarian, New York, Queens, snacks, sweets

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bakery, chimney cakes, Hungarian, LIC, Long Island City, queens

Hungarian chimney cakes (kürtőskalácsok) are pastries baked on a cylindrical spit over a fire. Chimney Cake in Long Island City sells them for $4

Chimney Cake
10-50 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City NY 11101
(718) 786-1818

Puro Chile

12 Monday Nov 2012

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Chilean, murta, new york, NYC, Puro Chile

I found murta berry sauce at Puro Chile today. In addition to gourmet Chilean food products, they sell hundreds of varieties of Chilean wines and beautiful jewelry and accessories.

Puro Chile
221 Centre Street
New York NY 10013
(212) 925-7871

Panya’s wasabi macarons

12 Monday Nov 2012

Posted by dark locks in French, Japanese, macarons, New York, spicy, sweets, wagashi

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East Village, Japanese, macarons, Manhattan, NYC, Panya, wasabi

The macarons at Panya can be a little dry and are often gummy, but the wasabi macaron I had today was surprisingly palatable. They are $1.50 per piece and should be brought to room temperature before consumption.

Panya
8 Stuyvesant Street
New York NY 10003
(212) 777-1930

Beard Papa’s pumpkin puff

06 Tuesday Nov 2012

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choux pastry, cream puffs, French, Japanese, Mugino, new york, NYC

Beard Papa’s is selling mouthwatering autumnal pumpkin cream puffs. They are filled with their signature cream custard but are topped with a fragrant pumpkin purée/Belgian white chocolate paste and a few pumpkin seeds. This special treat reminds me of a mont-blanc aux marrons.

Beard Papa’s (Upper West Side)
2167 Broadway
New York NY 10024

Pajunia

03 Saturday Nov 2012

Posted by dark locks in Asian, bucket list, Korean, New York, Queens, snacks, sweets, vegan

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Chowhound, hotteok, 호떡, Korean, Pajunia, queens, winter

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

Atera NYC

23 Tuesday Oct 2012

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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

Maryland Style Crab Feast

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Blue crabs, Brooklyn, crab boil, Maryland, NYC, queens

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

M. Wells Dinette at PS1 is Open!

28 Friday Sep 2012

Posted by dark locks in American, bucket list, Japanese, meat, New York, Québécois, Queens, snacks

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Brooklyn, Dinette, M. Wells, MoMA, new york, NYC, queens

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…