El Brillante Restaurant’s Chicken Soup
Exploring down the Avenue of Puerto Rico in Brooklyn. There's a colorful little Dominican restaurant with blaring mariachi/polka music. I tried the chicken soup. Thick & chunky. Really tasty. $4 with rice. ...
Charlie Mom Chinese Cuisine
Tim told me about a Chinese restaurant called Charlie Mom. Is that racist? Well we wanted to check it out. I was curious about the Chinese Spaghetti. Could it be like the spaghetti my dad used to make for me at...
Grand Morelos’ Chilaquiles
I came across this Time Out article where they asked Latino line cooks where they go for authentic native cuisine. I noticed one of my fav 24-hours spots, Grand Morelos, was mentioned and have always been curio...
Ramen and Friends – Cho Cho San
It's the 1 year anniversary of Ramen and Friends at Cho Cho San. Sam and I split the Wall St. Roll which was at market price of $15. It had gold flakes. I don't know if it had a flavor. Bonnie's Dragon Roll wit...
Caracas Arepas in Williamsburg
Justice of the Unicorns at Caracas for pre-show arepas. I thought I'd prefer the original Caracas in the East Village, but was glad to see the two girls (owners/chefs) that were featured on the Bobby Flay Throw...
Yogee Restaurant – Congee
I don't know if I'm turning into a wuss or my stomach's taken its toll, but I'm having a harder time trying sketchy hole in the walls. So after an hour of walking around Chinatown, I settled on Yogee Restaurant...
Erb Thai
Taking a suggestion from my chowder surfer friend Ben, tried out Erb Thai in Greenpoint with Jody and Christa. I really liked the food. The curry duck had grapes in it and was tasty. I love Thom Kha soup. I gue...
S’MAC Mac & Cheese
Dave and I took a detour from S'MAC to check out Kate's SVA studio art opening. Had a lot of fun with friends and Cutty Sark. Off to S'MAC where we got the mac n cheese sampler. I'm not sure if I was too tipsy ...