Ali B

Real Name:

Ali B

Location:

New York, NY - back after a 3 year hiatus

Best meal I ever ate:

Skyline Chili after running the Cincinnati Marathon.... I know it was not even close to the best food I have ever eaten, but it was definitely the most satisfying meal I have ever had.

My current drink of choice:

Non-alcoholic: Seltzer & cranberry juice; Alcoholic: Knob Creek

I really wish I could:

Pick all of my favorite restaurants from all over the world and put them in walking distance from my apartment.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

A bottle of wine :-)

My favorite comfort food:

1) PB and J with Cinnamon Raisin Swirl peanut butter from Peanut Butter and Co. on Sullivan Street and preserves from Eli's; 2) Bahn Mi; 3) Matzo Ball Soup; 4) Singaporean style carrot cake

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Sette Mezzo (NYC), Kanoyama (NYC), The Woodlands (Lakeville, CT), Ban Klang Nam (Bangkok, Thailand), AOC (Los Angeles), Tandoor Indian Restaurant (at the Holiday Inn Park View in Singapore)...oops, I think that's Six.

My most tattered cookbooks:

My mom's old recipe book that she put together