Posts Tagged as ‘andrea strong’

August 6, 2008

Wednesday Reviews

nothing wrong with RDJ eye candy to get us through the day.
- The Bruni visits Persimmon, a “neo” Korean, Momofuku-ish East Village restaurant. It’s also BYOB. TO-DO: Persimmon.
- Sietsema visits Keur Mame Diarra in Harlem for Senegalese cuisine. This sounds on point and incredible interesting. Cheebu jen anyone?
- Andrea Strong eats…well…a burger at 5 Napkin [...]

July 30, 2008

Wednesday Reviews

Pasta @ Scarpetta
- Frank Bruni waxes poetic on Scott Connant, the tomato and Scarpetta, giving the new Italian three stars. Yes, that’s right, three.
- Julia Moskin takes on Flushing, Queens and my fave: Chinese food. Check out the list of 20 places to eat. Food tour anyone?
- Restaurant Girl goes haute barnyard at Forge and [...]

July 28, 2008

Article Wrap Down

Elettaria
As per usual, below is a list of the most interesting GastroGirlie relevant articles:
Frank Bruni takes a trip to Scotland and finds it is quite the culinary odyssey, even calling one restaurant “The French Laundry of Scotland”. [NYT]
How did Eric Ripert scientifically research the build of a perfect burger? By looking at the Big Mac [...]

July 23, 2008

Wednesday Reviews

emiliano granado, photog
- Frank Bruni breaks the mold a little and reviews the midtown outpost of Flushing bestie Szechuan Gourmet …he knows it’s no Spicy & Tasty but Szechuan Gourmet is still a spicy party in his mouth.
- Sietsema bows down to the Pharoh Cafe in Queens. Check out the description of the bashamel dish [...]

July 9, 2008

Mid-week reviews

This week, we bring you: dueling reviews…
- Adam Platt hates Alan Ducasse’s ode to a French bistro Benoit [NYM]. For the record, I do not like Platt, I do not like his writing and I hardly ever agree with him.
- Meanwhile, Frank Bruni doesn’t mind Benoit. [NYT]
- Andrea Strong is pleased with Hundred Acres [The [...]

July 2, 2008

Article Wrap Down: Wednesday reviews

I was her for Halloween once.
Alas, ’tis another mid-week day where we flip through the well inked pages of several newspapers to find what scathing or divine words our favorite restaurant reviewers have for us:
Bruni wants more out of the pasta at Bar Milano [NYT]

Strong loves the microscopic Indian restaurant Graffiti (she’s right, it’s great) [...]