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• Spicy Road (四海居), Pt. 3

  

  Good things are still happening at Spicy Road. They continue to tweak their menu, and a new version was unveiled just this past week, with some new dishes. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Top Taste Restaurant - 桂林米粉

  

  In recent months, a small restaurant claiming – and I don't dispute it - to serve "the only authentic Guilinese cuisine in NY" opened at the new Brooklyn... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Portuguese Snacks

  

  On the way back from yet another great meal at Restaurante Cabrita this evening, I was delighted to notice a fartura stand open. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Restaurante Barbantes

  

  I've become rather fond of Vigo in recent years. It's a somewhat quirky city in a stunning setting on the Ría de Vigo where ones euro buys one a bit more hotel... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Casa Gervasio Revisited

  

  It was my last night in Asturias, and since a visit to Oviedo is not complete without a cena at Casa Gervasio, no other destination was even an option. And now... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• La Venta Del Jamón

  

  On the old highway between Oviedo and Gijón, there's a restaurant that's been around for over 100 years - La Venta del Jamón. And there's a reason it's been... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Bar Lito

  

  Something incredible happened this evening: I was able to show my Asturian food guru (and longtime friend) José Angel a place in Oviedo with good food that he... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Regreso a Pendones

  

  Today was the much-anticipated yearly pilgrimage to Casa Isabel (aka Casa Juanín) in Pendones (Caso), Asturias. To use the old saying "the anticipation... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Tino El Roxu

  

  Restaurante Sidrería Tino El Roxu is an excellent place to know about if you're in Gijón. The place has a good feel - usually just crowded enough to be convivia... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Boñar De León

  

  During a 9-hour layover in Madrid this week, en route to Berlin, I had time to go into town and have a nice, leisurely comida (midday meal, “midday” meaning 2 o... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Spicy Road (四海居), Pt. 2

  

  Since my first post about Spicy Road (in which time they have changed their Chinese name to 四海居 - sì hǎi jū), I've enjoyed quite a few excellent meals there. ... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• BZ Grill

  

  I had been reading about BZ Grill for a while and finally decided I needed to try it. Happily, the hype is correct - they do make the best gyros in town!At... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• A Note on Tertulia

  The attentive reader of this blog may have noticed my borderline obsession with Asturias in northern Spain (okay, there’s probably nothing "borderline" about... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Jiang Li Restaurant (鴻意順) Revisited

  

  All the favorable qualities I wrote about in my previous post about Jiang Li (鴻意順 - hóng yì shun) I feel even more strongly about now. It has become my go-to... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Manhattan

  From time to time, I get asked (mostly by people that don't know me all that well), "Don't you like any places in Manhattan?" Short answer: not really. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Uncle George's Greek Taverna

  I really should make an effort to get to Astoria more. Most of the time, though, I head that direction and...keep going to Flushing. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Ala Shanghai 上海館子

  While in Schenectady, performing a couple of recitals, my delightful soprano Jennifer took me to what she said was the best Chinese restaurant in the area, Ala... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• White Manna

  

  Hamburgers are not a foodstuff I will be writing about often on this blog. They certainly are the rage these days all over New York City, though. But why an... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Hahm Ji Bach (함지박)

  This evening I joined Pete and a Korean friend of his for a meal at Hahm Ji Bach (함지박), just a stone's throw from the Murray Hill LIRR station in Flushing. ... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2012 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK

• Burma Restaurant

  When Jose (my formerly frequent eating companion who has been out of town entirely too much of late) told me there was a Burmese restaurant in Washington,... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2011 DINING OUT, FOOD & DRINK