L’Annam 28 Vietnamese Pho
I've walked by this place a few times and it's always been packed with business people. The dining room is pretty big and a few customers always seem to give me a weird look when I stare at their food through t...
Ramen and Friends: Cafe Sim-Sim
A Ramen and Friends event in Kensington, Brooklyn at Cafe Sim-Sim (Azerbaijani food). Yoshie set up a set menu with the owner/chef at $30 a head. It was originally $50/pp, but she got it knocked down for a smal...
Hummus Place
Got to be Jeff's +1 to a taping of John Oliver's new Comedy Central stand-up series, so we stopped off for a pre-bite at Hummus Place. My first time at one of these restaurants. Tasty hummus. The pita was warm ...
New Malaysia
Dinner at New Malaysia with Rob and Yoshie. Always start out with roti canai. I love that chicken curry sauce. Then happened to get more of it in my Nasi Lemak (coconut flavored rice with belacan anchovy, chick...
Brad Paisley at Madison Square Garden & Mooncake Foods
Not a CMJ show, but got to see Brad Paisley with special guests Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne at MSG ...all last minute thanks to Jeff and the powers that be. I'm really not familiar with their music, but I wa...
Waterfront Crabhouse
Met up with the bros at the Long Island City piers for some fishing. It was cold and windy, so I took cover at the nearby Waterfront Crabhouse (right across the street from Water Taxi Beach). Had a Blue Moon an...
Sel de Mer (Brooklyn)
Susan recommended the new seafood restaurant, Sel de Mer, in our hood with high praise. This place has been opened for a couple months now, located on Graham Ave where the falafel place used to be. I liked that...
Tacos Nuevo Mexico’s Veal Brain Taco
My friends Liz and Will (who painted this amazing Dexter mosaic on blood slides) suggested I check out Tacos Nuevo Mexico down in Park Slope. I remember this florescent-lit place when I used to live down there....