therealpotato

Best meal I ever ate:

A 'grill-it-yourself' meal in a small town in Japan. The restaurant was in the basement of a much fancier restaurants, the grill/tables were hollowed-out logs, and the fish were from the pond out back.

My current drink of choice:

Rooibos chai

I really wish I could:

Write about food for a living.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Grilled lamb chops marinated in tamarind sauce

My favorite comfort food:

Grammy's fried chicken, followed by chocolate pie

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

NYC (Jackson Heights): Kabob King. Philadelphia (Chinatown): Chung King Garden. NYC (East Village): Flor's Kitchen. Philadelphia (Northern Liberties): Tiffin Store. NYC (Williamsburg): Peter Luger.

My most tattered cookbooks:

Madhur Jaffrey's 'An Invitation to Indian Cooking', Alton Brown's 'I'm Just Here for the Food'