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 [...]

Ahhh//Amaranth

Due to a certain Mr. A and his local neighborhood haunts where he pleasantly gets greeted by name, I’ve been to Amaranth quite a few times in the past few months and it’s quickly come to be on my lurve list. 
Located a dangerous block away from Barney’s on 62nd b/t 5th and Madison, Amaranth is a warm, sexy and [...]

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 [...]

Mid-week review spectacular

Babies! We finally have some movement from the stodgy grounds of mid-week restaurant reviews. Seems like these elders do have some life in them. There is a pulse. We have a heartbeat doctor.
- My lord! Bruni re-reviews Ssam Bar (after only a year but whateves) and drops 3 stars on my latest obsession. Don’t hate [...]

Pre-Turkey Reviews

(happy dance)
Tomorrow is my favorite day of the year next to my birthday and the day CDG was released at H&M.
Here are our top reviews for the week:
- Bruni titles his review of Double Crown “The Empire Strikes Back“. I love him for it. He notes Double Crown “ponders the glories of culinary cross-pollination, making [...]

Oops…

I somehow ended up at Ssam Bar again for a pig-fest. Sue me, hate me, love me. Either way, the pork buns were fabbie, the apple kimchi was refreshing and weird and we had a really nice dish of brussel sprouts with mint, scallion and finished with a fish sauce vinaigrette – something you can [...]

Bar Blanc, Bar Bland

I went to Bar Blanc the other week and felt it necessary to share with you the blandness and utter lack of excitement the meal presented us with. Although the stark white decor is wishing it was reminiscent of Philippe Stark’s Delano Hotel it certainly lacked the thrill of a mojito by the pool-side cabanas. [...]

Hump Day Reviews: hmph. snooze.

Another Wednesday brings us another round of terribly snooze inducing reviews. Can someone inject some speed into the veins of these guys so we can get something interesting going on? I’ll pay you.

- Frank Bruni finds West Village hot spot Bobo predictable and assuming. Calls the gnocchi “arrestingly bland in taste”. Must use that line [...]

Dining and Imbibing with: Pet and Snoel, Part Deux

 
Into a cab we went and headed from the West Village to the East and were ushered into Ssam Bar and to a table for 3 rather swiftly. I do believe it was a small miracle (read: recessionista) that we were able to avoid any wait at all. As we sat down, I noticed the [...]

The only 5 guys in my life…

There is an expression in French, “Après la pluie le beau temps” (after the rain, there is nice weather) which I have always believed to be true. Always. So, it comes as no surprise that after my disastrous encounter with Fatburger (detailed below), I stumbled upon what may be the best fast food burger in [...]