May 2008
12 posts
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Bobo Residence
I’ve been spoiled lately on the likes of Brazilian festivities, a private townhouse dinner, …lovely Minneapolis. Ok, ok; I haven’t actually been to Brazil or gone to any friend of mine’s townhouse this week, but my dining experiences have been such that I’ve really been delving into truly immersive experiences. On a whim last week, I went to BoBo, a restaurant situated in a townhouse in the heart...
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Twinspirations
I spent last week in Minneapolis on some business and was pleasantly inspired by a delectable steakhouse treat when I arrived and was taken to the legendary Manny’s. What caught me off guard were not the carts of huge slabs of meat so garishly wheeled from table to table from which diners could make their Lipitor-inducing dinner selections, but the portabella fries special appetizer. Enormous...
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Miss Favela
When Miss Favela, a new Brazilian restaurant located practically beneath the Williamsburg bridge, popped up out of no where on a running route recently, I knew that I had to try out the brightly painted spot. Every thing about this place is saturated in Brazil from the hanging flag to the colorful flower-pattern cinder block, to the blaring music, to the açai cocktails. The food is fantastic and...
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Little Giant
With a little time to kill on Saturday night, I popped in to Little Giant to say hello to Tasha and Julie, LG’s chef-owners and all around babes of the restaurant industry. Having worked there as an original waitress, I feel a special kinship to the place, and everytime I stop in, I am never disappointed. This time, it was a recommendation from the bartender about a certain Belgian beer called...
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Welcome Commerce
I finally ate at Commerce with a great buddy last week. When we arrived, the place was hopping and we instantly fell into the good spirits. Having not seen him in a while, my friend and I spent a long time after being seated to catch up—chatting and laughing—without a single glance at the menu. Instead of our waiter getting frustrating or giving up on us, he remained patient until we ordered and...
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An Egg to Perk Things Up
Asparagus has been at the Greenmarket for a while so when I made it for dinner of Sunday, I decided to perk things up a little. The addition of an egg to the tall, skinny trees isn’t anything new, but I’d read somewhere that Dan Barber was frying a soft-boiled one in panko as a new rendition. I gave it a try to spectacular results. **Grill one bunch of asparagus, then follow directions below....
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(k)Not Rusty Food
What was supposed to be a drink with a best buddy of mine quickly became a full-on feeding frenzy by the time we’d finished reading the menu at Rusty Knot, the newest venture to be churned out by veterans of The Spotted Pig. This new, yet designed-to-be-a-dive bar is located along the West Side Highway on the corner of West Eleventh. It instantly feels tacky and out-of-touch upon walking in… but...
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Weelicious
A friend of mine told me about Weelicious; and, though I don’t have a baby of my own, I cannot help but visit this website at least once a week. A new mother who lives in LA and is devoted to coming up with new and exciting purees for her fourteenth-month-old baby boy posts the content. This ambitious mommy whips up little dishes like avocado and cherimoya mousse and Hawaiian Snapper. Her recipes...
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Napa Style Shrimp Pizza
In Napa, known for its vineyards and what imbibing comes with those expansive fields of grape vines, I was caught off guard when I found myself inhaling a seafood pizza instead of the aromas of a cabernet. Said pizza was an interesting combination of toppings that included sweet shrimp, red onions, cilantro, chives, and mozzarella cheese. The shrimp-cheese combo was what threw me off; however,...
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Resounding Flavors at Elettaria
First impressions and last impressions at Aktar Nawab’s Elettaria are what are most memorable although the entire dinner certainly gets a standing ovation for its theatre-spectacle like qualities that truly shaped our evening. Running late for a 9:45 reservation on Friday night, our 10:10 arrival didn’t miff the hostess one bit. We were received with a warmth and friendliness that don’t surface...
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27th St Rec
I highly recommend the sweet potato fries at Blue Smoke on 27th Street. Holy Cow! The side dish is a basket of very thick-cut wedges of steak fries. They get some sort of maple syrup treatment before slow roasting to gooey perfection on the inside-crispy crunch on the outside. They also come with a maple dipping sauce, which works as a cooling counterpart to the piping hot orange batons. We...
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Aktareference Glossaria
The menu at Elettaria is sure tasty. However, I can’t shake the feeling that chef Aktar might be trying to snub us. I give his restaurant kudos for being exploratory and delicious, but a glossary of terms and ingredients would certainly be helpful. Here are a few things I wish I’d known before I’d dined (and, for the record, it was too noisy to ask the waitress about any of this): Resala:A mild...
