New York is hurting bad. Only a few months ago, I had trouble getting restaurant reservations and walk-ins were impossible. Even my local neighborhood restaurants were packed. Fast-forward to present day and reservations are almost guaranteed and lines are non-existent. In fact, some nice restaurants are eerily empty on Friday/Sat nights.
It’s no surpise that places [...]
First of all, Asian restaurant and amazing service almost never belong in the same sentence. However, Home on 8th treats service like those Asian parents who would ground and beat you for getting a 95% on your math test. It had to be perfect, and perfect it was. I accidentally dropped a [...]
Café Boulud: the definition of a 5 star dining experience. Beautiful space, seamless service, enticing atmosphere, impeccable attention to detail, and delectable food.
House Cured Salmon
Take all your pre-existing memories of cured salmon and flush it down the toilet. Cured salmon / lox dishes have a tendency to be stringy and really salty. These [...]
I’m not the biggest fan of boba drinks, but it seems like the rest of the world is. So when friends want boba, this is the one and only place I’ll take them. Like pasta, boba should be cooked al dente; a little resistance to the bite, firm but not hard, chewy but not sticky. [...]
There aren’t very many reasons to leave Manhattan and visit the other NY boroughs….except for food. So when that food comes to you, consider your karma repaid! Anyone want to join me on my bday for this event? Click the banner.
Known to be at the bottom of the boba food chain in California, Quickly is actually pretty darn good in NY. What makes the one in Chinatown even better is that it offers Shabu Shabu too!! Thats like…having a steakhouse in a stripclub! Wait…apparently one of the best steakhouses in New York IS in a [...]
