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Kiwigen

29 Monday Oct 2012

Posted by dark locks in American, autochthonous, Peruvian, Queens, snacks

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amaranth, Brooklyn, cereal, Kiwigen, NYC, Peru, queens, quinoa, quinua

Amaranth and quinoa (quinua/kinwa) cereal called Kiwigen was spotted at the Associated in Sunnyside this week. The Peruvian IncaSur cereal tastes like a chocolatey glazed Kix.

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Maryland Style Crab Feast

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

Posted by dark locks in American, bucket list, New York, Queens, seafood, snacks, spicy

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

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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

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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.

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After steaming for 12 minutes, the crabs were ready to eat!

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82-66 Broadway
Elmhurst NY 11373
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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…

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M. Wells Dinette at MoMA PS1

Bon Chovie Discontinues Salad on a Stick

09 Sunday Sep 2012

Posted by dark locks in American, Brooklyn, New York

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Anchovies, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Flea, salad, Smorgasburg

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OMG Bon Chovie was not offering their Caesar Salad on a Stick today! My jaw dropped to the floor.

Balut Eating Contest

02 Sunday Sep 2012

Posted by dark locks in American, Brooklyn, bucket list, Filipino, meat, New York, snacks

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Balut, Brooklyn, contest, Dekalb Market, Maharlika, new york

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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.

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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!

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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!

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Here’s me with the champion!

Smorgasburg

02 Sunday Sep 2012

Posted by dark locks in American, Asian, Brooklyn, bucket list, Japanese, New York, seafood, snacks, urban

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Anchovies, Bon Chovie, Brooklyn, mazemen, ramen, salad on a stick, Williamsburg

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This brothless ramen bowl (mazemen) was topped with crab and miso at Yuji Ramen at Smorgasburg this weekend.

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The best thing I ate were the “Jersey style” (head on) fried anchovies with smoked paprika mayonnaise at Bon Chovie.

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There was a special combo that included an order of anchovies and any side for $10. I got the Caesar salad on a stick.

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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!

Pok Pok Ny

12 Thursday Jul 2012

Posted by dark locks in allium, Brooklyn, bucket list, meat, New York, seafood, snacks, spicy, Thai

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Brooklyn, Pok Pok, Thai

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Roses and thorns about Pok Pok Ny? I like to start with the thorns. There is only one tiny toilet for the entire restaurant and the wait is typically 7-8 people long. The part that bothered me is that when the employees at Pok Pok have to use the bathroom they cut in line and say to everyone, “I just need to check to make sure the bathroom is clean for you!” In line last night one employee did this and as he was walking out he was adjusting his fly, clearly having just urinated. Moments later another employee cut in front of everyone again saying, “I just need to check to make sure the bathroom is clean for you!” My friend told her, “Somebody just did that 30 seconds ago.” The employee looked embarrassed, as it was apparent that we had caught on to their system. Pok Pok: rent some Porta-Johns.

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The food was good but nothing was so memorable that I would actually go to Redhook again for it. In fact there was one “Vietnamese” style catfish over vermicelli dish that was covered in dill (I wonder if it was really pak chee lao) and it reminded me of a foul Slavic dish of carp with dill.

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The papaya salad with salted black crab could have been a little spicier.

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I felt kind of swindled after my Singha slushy arrived. The server omitted the part about it basically being a bottle of beer that was left in a freezer for too long. She pointed to a fanciful battery-operated wooden barrel that twists back and forth, mixing ice and salt around the bottles to lower the temperature and turn the beer into slush.

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The wings and the papaya salad with salted black crab are also available at Pok Pok Wing in the Lower East Side — so you won’t have to go all the way to Redhook to try those menu items.

Did I forget the roses? I think I’m just focusing on the thorns because I’m so sad I live in Queens, so far away from this amazing restaurant. It really is a special place with herbs and ingredients hard (impossible?) to find elsewhere in the city. I suppose it’s a case of sour grapes because I know I won’t be able to return for a while and taste their awesome food! PS: the staff is super friendly even though they tend to exude a certain Portlandia vibe.

Pok Pok Ny
127 Columbia St
Brooklyn NY

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