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Real Name:

Salem Pasha

Location:

New York, NY

Blog:

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Best meal I ever ate:

Hmm, this is really hard. I'd have to say, a goat biryani with potatoes that my mom makes. Restaurant-wise? Way too many to even start... I mean, what do you expect, we live in NYC!!!

My current drink of choice:

My mom's Pina Colada (see a theme here?) or a fruit cocktail from a shawarma stand in the UAE.

I really wish I could:

Open my own restaurant with easy to cook, fresh and delicious meals inspired by the Farmer's Market.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

My signature Mac 'N' Cheese. I've made it with up to 9 cheese and beef bacon (sorry, no pork). Needless to say, there's never any left...

My favorite comfort food:

Hmm, sorry, but it'd have to be biryani, even though good restaurant biryani is hard to find and it's a bit labor intensive to make at home. A good goat biryani with spicy green raita has to be it...

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Hmm, again, this is hard because of NYC. Well, so far: Kabab King (Jackson Heights), Golden Unicorn (Chinatown Dim Sum), Bar Americain/Mesa Grill (R.I.P. BoLo), Otto (am trying Babbo soon so I might revise) and finally Del Frisco's (am trying Peter Luger's soon so will revise, haha).

My most tattered cookbooks:

The one where I wrote down the recipes my mom gives me. allrecipes.com or foodnetwork.com.