A Tale of 12 dishes//Boqueria Soho

One fine and cold night last week I was planning a dinner for four. Hmph, I thought. Where to? What would be a fun and new place to drink wine and eat lots of food? What would be a great object-of-my-obsession-Spain-centric spot? Hmph! Boqueria Soho. 
As per my usual no reservations game-plan, I sat with a [...]

Felice Wine Bar//quel surprise

It has been a long time since I have been surprised by the food or wine being  event good at an unexpected restaurant. Most of the time, when I dine out, I have a general idea of whether a meal will be successful or not via reviews I’ve read, opinions of close friends or my [...]

Shang it to me

GUYYYYS. Guess what. I am totes curious about Suser Lee’s new resto Shang opening up right here in NYC. wooo weeeee. Glad I didn’t have to trek to Toronto for his food. Not that I don’t like Canada but I needn’t travel that far for some homegrown global Chinese food homies.

Yummy, thank you

Another summer night in NYC brings me another last minute ressie, this time at Scarpetta, Scott Conant’s uptown-goes-downtown Italian eatery. As the former chef/owner of L’Impero and Alto, Conant mastered the art of the high end Midtown Italian resto and after taking a self-imposed hiatus for about a year, he opened Scarpetta in May. Here, [...]