Bamiyan Afghan Restaurant
I ordered the lunch special Mantoo (steamed beef dumplings; topped with yogurt and meat sauce) $9.95 and a Doogh (salty yogurt drink) $2.50. It came with a small side salad. The dumplings were definitely comfor...
Ramen Setagaya St. Marks & Dennis Hopper Photo Exhibition
Jasper and his team painted some awesome photo-realistic billboard copies of some of Dennis Hopper's iconic photographs, now showing at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery. I was walking around exhibition trying to find ...
Pongsri Thai’s Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles)
Thai at Pongsri was common with my lunch crew at work a few years back. We'd get some Thai Ice Teas and wonder about Thai Todd the waiter (I don't think that was his real name). My usual was the Massaman curry ...
Udon West’s Cold Udon Bukkake
Khary set up a nice little "Drink & Draw" at the Village Pourhouse in the East Village among many of his artist friends. I do know how to draw a mean Mickey Mouse, but that's about all. Was planning to show...
Szechuan Chef & Bluebird Ice Cream
My sister's good friend Hillel of Tastingmenu.com took me out to Szechuan Chef to taste their Chong Qing Chicken --fried pieces of chicken cooked with spicy Szechuan peppercorns that are supposed to make your m...
Grand Golden Lion – aka Nuevo Leon
I've seen this restaurant down in the heart of the Latino section of Bushwick with it's dilapidated "Nuevo Leon Restaurant" sign on the front of the building and a decent number of families inside. I tried sear...
Paru’s Indian Vegetarian Restaurant
Zzalgern0n took me to his new found favorite restaurant --Paru's, specializing in South Indian cuisine. The outside looks like a real hole. But once you ring the buzzer to be let in from the gates (that make yo...
Irving Mill’s Burger and Salt & Pepper Ribs
Maybe after you have your free waffle on National Waffle Day for lunch, you can have dinner after work at Irving Mill for their Monday burger and beer $15 special. Ddrek's suggestion last week. We started off w...