Tag: chicken

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latino

Mom’s Kitchen Too – Pollo a la Brasa

$3.50 (plus tax) for this half rotisserie Chicken (Pollo a la Brasa) from Mom’s Kitchen Too …where I got the Oxtail Stew. The chicken was moist and tender. A really good deal. They also gave me the spine.

I did come back to try the Roast Pork. It was way too salty. Probably just a bad day.

I think the dealers from the Google Maps drug bust might have moved in front of this restaurant. Or maybe I’m just profiling? They dressed like thugs and it is only twenty feet away. They got real quiet when I walked up, like I was a narc. But I just wanted some chicken.

Mom’s Kitchen Too (or Mama’s Kitchen Too or La Cocina De Mama Too) - 251 Jackson St. Brooklyn, NY

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latino

Aaron Sanchez / Sierra Mist lunch @ Centrico

Sierra Mist had a lunch event with TV Celebrity Chef Aaron Sanchez at his NY restaurant, Centrico. It was to promote Comer Juntos, “a recipe web series he’s partnered with Sierra Mist Natural to create, that provides fresh, and unexpected, recipe ideas to bring families around the table any day.”  He mentioned how research has shown that families that eat together, tend to have kids that grow up with better social skills. I believe he’s absolutely right. I hardly ate with my family growing up…

Aaron also did a cooking demo using Sierra Mist. I don’t remember the last time I had a Sierra Mist, but dang …you ever had a Diet Sierra Mist? I just had it. That’s the best tasting diet soda I’ve ever had …and I think better tasting than regular Sierra Mist. It’s too bad I don’t drink soda anymore.

It’s hard to imagine cooking with soda pop, but I think the citric acid helps tenderize the meat. I tried root beer with something along time ago. I forget. A steak? That sounds stupid.

Alright, onto the food made with Sierra Mist:

Ceviche del Día with Plantain Chips – This was awesome. Squid tentacles. Great tangy flavors that went really well with the Plantain Chips.

Raspberry Rumba (cocktail drink) – Too sweet for me. It was a downer when I learned there was no alcohol in it.

Salad – I’m not sure if there was Sierra Mist in it.

Slow Cooker Chipotle Chicken – Very tender chicken. Good flavor. How do you get a boneless piece of thigh? I wasn’t paying attention

Mexican Chocolate Pudding Cake – I missed it! The blogger next to me tricked me into leaving. Oh well, I don’t think it had Sierra Mist in it.

The recipes and cooking videos with Chef Aaron Sanchez are at http://www.facebook.com/sierramist …look for the “Eating Together” link/photo.

 

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bar/drinking

Williams & Bailey’s Chicken & Waffle

Sam and I went to this bar nearby, Williams & Bailey, to watch Jeremy Lin and the Knicks on Valentine’s Day the other night. A couple of HDTV screens, happy hour and bar food. Right on.

I got the Buttermilk Fried Chicken and Waffles ($10). Pretty good. The onion gravy was like homemade style using grease and flour. It went really nice when mixing it all up with the syrup.

Sam got the Spinach Artichoke Dip. Cheesy and stringy. We both got caught on the same piece of stringy cheese. It was almost like Lady & the Tramp with the spaghetti noodle.

They also had a 3 Tacos for $5 during happy hour deal. Maybe Taco Tuesdays. Looked like a good deal. The happy hour was also $3 drafts and wells until 8. There’s also a $3 cheap beer draft all the time.

When I came back from the restroom, Sam had already paid. The bartender probably thought we were on a Valentine’s date.

Williams & Bailey – 507 Grand St (btwn Union Ave & Lorimer) Brooklyn, NY 11211

Exciting basketball game. Jeremy Lin blew it up at the end. Sam and I knew it was Tebow time when it got down to it. I feel like I’m in Linbow. Me So Hungry, time for Linner. Shaqueef O’Neil. I told the bartender that we were rooting for the Asian guy. She probably already knew that.

On another note, I think I created Jeremy Lin in NBA 2K1 over 10 years ago. I plugged in my old Sega Dreamcast to check. I think he came out of the video game like Mannequin. I’m like a young Anthony Michael Hall.

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chinese

Great NY Noodletown

2nd night of hanging out with my family in NYC. We end up going to Great NY Noodletown. My older sister had a hankering for Soy Sauce Chicken. I remember that they have really good Baby Pig, so let’s try here.

Shit. All the customers are white. What will my family think of my choice? Well, whatever. We’re seated …and I know about the Baby Pig.

We’re not sure if my sister really wanted the Soy Sauce Chicken or the Poached Chicken in Ginger Scallion Sauce. So we ordered both. I think we were all looking for the Ginger Scallion sauce. But the way they had it here, the Soy Sauce Chicken had the real Ginger Scallion dipping sauce and the the Poached Chicken in Ginger Scallion sauce had some weird gravy …the opposite of what it should be. Or maybe they cooked it this way because they thought we seemed white.

Soy Sauce Chicken was awesome because the Ginger Scallion dipping sauce rules. I don’t understand why they made the Poached Chicken in Ginger Scallion sauce/gravy that way …what up?

Baby Pig was crispy on the outside. Fatty and juicy on the inside.

My other sister looked up what the NY Times recommended at this place –Noodles with Ginger Scallion sauce. It ended up being the least favorite dish. Noodles with Oyster Sauce drizzled over it.

On a separate thought: I’m not sure if it’s because I write about food, people like to tell me what food sucks. I guess people also go out of their way to tell me what rules. I guess I rather hear about what rules …mmm Baby Pig.

Great NY Noodletown - 28 Bowery (@ Bayard) New York, NY 10013

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concert/event

Chicken Soup @ The Commodore

Today I got the Chicken Soup with hominy at The Commodore. Spicy and comforting for the chilly day.

The Commodore – 366 Metropolitan Ave (@ Havemeyer) Brooklyn NY 11211

Across the street, I caught this band Memoryhouse from Toronto. Pretty cool. Kinda inspired me to want to write music again.

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homemade

Chicken Log

Jon made this amazing Chicken Log for Jody’s birthday. I’ve never seen anything like it. He cooked chicken thighs, pounded the meat down and then rolled it up with chanterelle mushrooms and broccoli rabe. Wrapped the whole log up with the chicken skin. It’s all cooked, but threw it on the grill to crisp it up. Awesome.

Rusty brought his rat for more good pranks.

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lunch sandwich

Chicken House’s Banh Mi Sandwich

The Banh Mi Vietnamese sandwich is huge ass at Chicken House. It takes a long time to make though. The guy gave me a menu and told me to call ahead next time.

I got the Pork Roll and Pate sandwich ($5). Those white steamed slices that look like tofu are the Vietnamese pork roll. They also put thick cuts of fatty ham. Not much in terms of pate richness or pickle tangy-ness. But the biggest Banh Mi I’ve ever seen. The bread scratched up the roof of my mouth. Bah Me!

The Chicken House is small and cramped. Everyone seemed to get their fried chicken and fish pretty quickly. The guy hanging in front asked if I was going to put his picture on Facebook.

Chicken House – 270 W 36th St (btwn 7th & 8th Ave) New York 10018
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fast food

White Castle’s Chicken Breast Sliders

We got a flier for a party in our building’s shared backyard. I think that’s so we don’t get mad when DJ Christopher kicks out the jams past 3am outdoors among the 30 apartments. Todd and I went to check it out. I figured I’d be neighborly and introduce myself to the host. I told her I lived at the other end of the building. The first thing she said was how disgusting my side of the backyard was. I was taken aback. All I could see was one big shared slab of concrete that I walk out onto about five times a year. I didn’t understand. She asked me to sit down so she could explain why I live in filth. The guy that was trying to get her in the sack rolled his eyes and she caught him. I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one that thought she was a bitch.

So as DJ Christopher was winding down a little before 4am, Todd got the craving for White Castle. They’ve been advertising Online Ordering. We couldn’t figure out how to order through his smart phone (which now I see you need to install Microsoft Silverlight on your web browser), so we just called them to order. I was surprised they took phone orders so late. How do they know if you’re going to really show up? …I don’t think actually made our order until we got there.

We got some delicious Chicken Breast Sliders that Dave Dondero brought to my attention. They are really good. Much different tasting than Chicken Ring sandwiches. These are real white meat chicken breasts with cheese. It’s a mini moist chicken breast sandwich. Surprisingly one of the best items on the menu, next to Jalapeño cheese sliders and mozzarella sticks.

http://www.whitecastle.com/

The best thing about having a food blog is that it gives me the opportunity to be passive-aggressive.