Wednesday, June 08, 2011

New York

Anissa Restaurant - Anita Lo

Feed Your Hole - Burger truck

Top Burgers in NY -
Burger Joint, Le Parker Meridien Hotel
Peter Luger
Big Nick’s Burger & Pizza Joint
Blue Smoke

Grand Central Oyster Bar - Poboy and Oyster saute
Clinton St Baking Co - Gourmet Pancakes
Artisanal Fromagerie - Best Grilled Cheese in US

Brooklyn Bowl - Eat St. recommendation - Everything on the menu LL craving

Eating Small in New York by Alan Richman - Dinners
Usual suspects - Craft, Del Posto, Buddakan, Momofuku Ko (chef David Chang)
Persimmon Kimchi House - chef Youngsun Lee from Momofuku - try Kalbi, soft shell crab+kimchi ($95)
La Pizza Fresca Ristorante - artisanal pizza ($70)


Babuto's - Chef Jonathan Waxman - Godfather of California Cuisine - Rustic Italian cuisine

Kuma Inn - Asian fusion tapas, try Chinese sausage with caramelized onions, Papaya salad ($50)
Tia Pol - co-owner Mani Dawes, try tortilla (omelet), salty lamb skewers ($50)
Terrior - chef Marco Canora - try bruschetta of celery laced tonnato or baccala, Veal ricotta meatballs, fried beet risotto balls with Gorgonzola ($90)
Sandro's - chef Sandro Fioriti - spaghetti with lemon sauce, breadsticks, branzino arrosto ($125)
Soto - uni dishes, tempura ($180)
15 East - chef Masato Shimizu - lunch special miso soup + 7 Edo style sushi + 1 cut roll ($160)
Waverly Inn - chef John DeLucie ($100) - stop by any afternoon to get a reservation, may be seated in back room

Famous Ones

WD50- Wylie Dufresne
Jean Georges - Johnny Iuzzini


Best Thing I ever Ate
Toasted Marshmallow Shake - Stand
  • BLT - Choice Market

    #318 Lafayette Ave
    Brooklyn, NY 11238
    718-230-5234
  • Spicy Broccoli - Olives, W Hotel

    201 Park Ave. South
    New York, NY 10003
    www.toddenglish.com
  • Orecchiette - I Trulli
    122 E 27th St.
    New York, NY 10016
    (212) 481-7372
    www.itrulli.com
Mile End Deli - Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich, Ruth Wilensky, Poutine - Meat&Potatoes
Sylvia's - Fried Chicken and Waffles - Man v Food
Brick Lane Curry?? - Man v Food

Best Pizza in NYC - About.com - Grimaldi's, L&B Spumoni Gardens, DiFara's Pizzeria, Nick's Pizza, John's Pizzeria, Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitano, Patsy's Pizzeria

Kelvin Natural Slush Co. -New York, New York- These natural slushies keep impatient New Yorkers in love-you-long-time lines. Founder, Alex Rein, says the slushies work like this: "You choose from one of 3 base slush flavors (citrus, tea or ginger), and then you customize it by adding 'mix-ins' of real fruit puree or fresh herbs like chopped mint and basil." The beckoning drink here has a base of citrus slush with mango puree mix-in. Visit them here.

Alan Richman GQ Food Blog

Le Benardin - Eric Ripert - EXCELLENT! Bucket list to do done!
Felidia - classic Italian dishes, nice restaurant, good food
Motorino Pizza - Excellent Pizza!
MeatBall Shop - Billy Balls - Goat meat + Goat Cheese balls - meatballs ok, didn't have Billy balls
Momofuku Milk Bar - good cookies, ice cream ok
Norma's at Le Parker Meridien - Waza - Good Breakfast!
Shake Shack - Excellent Shakes, burger pretty good
Papaya King - Tropical fruit juices and hotdogs - Good Hotdog and Papaya drink
Momofuku Ssam Bar - Food was good but overpriced for Asian Fusion
Spotted Pig - chef April Bloomfield - Good burger with Roquefort cheese, didn't try gnudi with pesto
Lombardi's Pizzeria - Best NY Pizza Crust
Katz's Deli - Excellent pastrami! Didn't get to try corned beef, knishes

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