jptcu's Profile
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ISO West Village Bar with Outdoor Garden/Smoking My office is moving to Hudson and Houston. We're looking for a nice, down home bar. Quiet enough for conversation. And with an outdoor smoking area. Any ideas. |
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Best Pan Fried Bun (Sheng Jian Bao ) and other Shanghai dish Not the best, but handy if you have a craving and are in the East Village: Marco Polo Fusion Café http://www.eatingintranslation.com/20... ----- |
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Rockmeisha at 11 Barrow Street. It's Kyushu style (thin noodles) and some complain that the servings are small. But it's pretty good and the place is very hospitable and fairly quiet. ----- |
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Casa Adela at 66 Avenue C for some of the best arroz amarillo and colorados around. Their rotisserie chicken and pernil are pretty good too. ----- |
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I'm pretty sure both Buon Italia (in the Chelsea Market) and Murray's Cheese on Bleeker have it. ----- Buon Italia |
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Who has the best JAR kimchee (not restaurant kimchee) in NYC? Have you tried "Mother In Law's Kimchi" http://www.milkimchi.com/wheretofindu... They also have it at Northern Spy |
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Korean food with atmosphere? Or nice place near Union Square? How about Do Hwa on Carmine Street? Owned by the same folks a Dok Suni http://www.dohwanyc.com/index2.htm ----- Dok Suni |
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"El Gazpacho de Miguel" at Cafe Panino Mucho Giusto. It's not in Chelsea (Hudson and 11th), but - if you light a tangy, garlicky gazpacho - this is it. I call it "macho gazpacho" because it's not for the faint at heart. |
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such thing as hashbrowns in NYC? Shopsin's has several variations all of 'em pretty good |
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Just about any other restaurant |
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In India "mutton" generally means goat |
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Looking for "neighborhoody" old-fashioned Italian restaurant It's not very good. |
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Kokoretsi at 9th Avenue Food Festival? The Turks call it kokorec. Tried it my first trip to Istanbul. It's been a while, as I recall, it's pretty greasy and gamey, |
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By all means Laut (Malaysian/Thai) at 15 E 17th St (Btwn 5th Ave & Broadway) |
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DIVE BARS AND CHEAP GREAT FOOD Oh yeah, check this out from the most excellent eating in translation: http://www.eatingintranslation.com/20... |
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DIVE BARS AND CHEAP GREAT FOOD One word: Dive Bar. Haven't tried anything else there, but I like the vibe (it's, sure 'nuff, funkier than Delta) and the muffalettas are outstanding. I think Sietsema really hits the nail on the head here: |
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I've worked in this neighborhood for over 30 years. I haven't been able to find a good slice since they closed the old Angelo's on 9th and 56th many moons ago. Sacco's is, at least, edible. Mariella's is terrible and (the new) Angelo's is merely poor. I'm desperate, if anyone knows of better options, please chime in. |
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Best olive oil to buy in Manhattan? Despana has a nice selection of Spanish oils and always has a few available for tasting. They describe their "IO" extra virgin like this: "Fruity, fluid, green and bitter, slightly moderately sharp and something sweet, with aromas to green apple, grass just cut and memories to banana, almond and tomato". Guess something was lost in translation. |
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Pam's oxtail soup from Real Pam Thai. It's a hearty, sour and spicy soup served with rice. Pam tells me she starts stewing the oxtails early in the morning, so by lunch time they are falling off the bone tender. |
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Casa Adela at 66 Avenue C (Btwn 4th & 5th St). Adela makes black, red and pink beans, they're, all of them, scrumptious. I live right near Taza el Oro and am a semi-regular, but I'll take the hike to Loisaida for Adela's rice and beans. |
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Don't know if Kenney's still making it, but Shopsin's Brazilian, garlic, chicken, rice soup ranks near the top of my list (be prepared to smell like garlic for the next couple of days, though). Also, in a silmiar vein, there's Pam's (of Real Pam Thai fame) oxtail soup |
