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Suggestions for Penn St OR Chelsea-Early Dinner?
Del Posto opens at 4:30 on weekends and 5:00 on weekdays.
It's out of your price range if you go the tasting menu route, but you can keep it around 45 a person if you order a la carte.
According to YH, Del Posto has the best steak tartare in the city.
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Del Posto
85 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Chili Cheese Fritos
ha ha, funny question.
I've been noticing how hard it is to get Frito Lay products in my Brooklyn nabe, unless I go to Duane Reade or Subway or something. All the corner bodegas have inedible Utz products or Herrs and nary a Frito or Dorito to be found
I think those Utz people run a protection racket, and I never see anyone buying them.
I just wish I could get a big bag of plain tortilla chips without schlepping to Park Slope.
where is Katy sparks now?
Can't that chick stick with 1 restaurant for more than a week?
Wasn't she at Compass for a very short time (a few years after Quilty's closed), then 10 Downing, then Bussaco?
Reminds me of Larry Brown of the NBA, but I do love her food.
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Bussaco
833 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
It's soft-shell crab season!
My favorite time of year.
Looking for restaurants in NYC that serve high quality soft-shell crab, simply fried (no fancy preparations).
Bonus points for recommending reasonably priced crustaceans; last night I dined at Elio's on the Upper East Side and ordered the soft-shell crab special. It was heavenly until I saw the check--something like $39 for the entree. Yikes!
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Elio's
1621 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10028
Recipe for oxtail marmalade?
Coakleytsean, thanks for the tip!!! I'm going to make that next time I have guests.
Recommendations for lunch with mom after spa?
Eleven Madison Park will continue to pamper you after your spa visit is over. Exquisite service, great food.
Their lunch is an amazing deal for a four-star restaurant.
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Eleven Madison Park
11 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010
"Dinner and a Show" Question
I would advise against any package deal. My gut tells me that any restaurant that markets itself as part of a dinner-and-show package (if there even is such a thing) is desperate for customers.
Read the reviews, and go see a *great* Broadway show, and go to a great restaurant. Many of the good restaurants within walking distance of the Theater District have a specially priced pre-theater menu. Let us know what kind of food you like and what your price range is, and the hounds can point you in the right direction (for dinner, anyway).
Special occasion Italian
any particular reason? that wasn't on our list anyway. isn't that owned by the alto/marea people?
Special occasion Italian
is bumping a thread with no replies (once) uncouth? I know a few of you have to have some opinion on this matter.
a side note: I just did Babbo again last night. The food was predictably sublime, but I think I've forgotten how reasonably priced their food and wine are compared to many of its competitors.
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Babbo
110 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011
Any other lunch deal like Jean George??
I concur with the RGR (as I often do). The $28 dollar lunch at Eleven Madison Park is a ridiculously good deal.... which can easily be negated by an $80 riesling and a slice of marshmallowy lemon meringue tart... but that's another story.
Was just there a couple weeks ago and was very happy I went.
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Eleven Madison Park
11 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010
Special occasion Italian
I'm a Brooklyn sort of fellow, so whenever I crave serious Italian I go to Al Di La or Franny's. A lot.
As a result, I am unfamiliar with the vast majority of fancy Italian venues in Manhattan. The only serious Italian restaurants I've tried in the "city" are Batali's Babbo and Del Posto (both of which I am rather fond). I also like Crispo for a more moderately priced evening.
I have to take a companion to a birthday dinner... somewhere where we haven't been before. I was provided the following list:
alto
da umberto
hearth
il mulino
il giglio
lavagna
pepolino
piano due
scalinatella
scalini fedeli
scarpetta
spigolo
Any thoughts on which one of these would offer the most memorable dinner, which places we should avoid. Specifics, like what to order would be cool.
Also feel free to recommend places not on my list. Also, feel free to poke fun at my companion for pulling these names straight from the Zagat guide. We just don't "do" Manhattan Italian places all that often.
Cheers,
YH
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Babbo
110 Waverly Pl, New York, NY 10011
Del Posto
85 10th Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Crispo
240 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011
Hot winter beverages?
I had an excellent Hot Toddy at Prune before my meal there on Monday. Very sweet, but big-flavored, lemon-y, comforting, with a nice kick.
And they serve them Ball canning jars. How cute.
Russ & Daughters - excellent
I kind of agree with you. But I do get excited about their smoked trout.
Lunch at Wu Liang Ye (on 48th) or Szechuan Gourmet (on 56th)
I haven't eaten at WLY in years, but I'm *constantly* eating at the 56th street Szechuan gourmet for lunch and dinner (primarily because I work around the corner).
As far as I'm concerned, Szechuan Gourmet is a passable and reliable alternative to a righteous trek to Flushing.
Their double-cooked pork and braised fish filets in spicy red stuff and their spicy Sichuan dumplings are all delightful, if a bit pricy.
Their versions of safer American fare (which helps when I'm ordering with co-workers) such as tangerine chicken, kung po prawns and the best version of Beef chow fun you are likely to find in the midtown lunch game are exceptionally good. I also dig their spicy peanuts and sesame oil-soaked edamame and peppers they give you as complimentary snacks.
Best bowl of noodles in Park Slope
Thanks for the tip! I'll try that next time.
Today, I decided to go all the way to Sunset Park and ate at Yun Nan Flavour Snack for the first time. I had the dumplings in spicy broth and got cold noodles to go. YUMMY (but soooo out of the way)! Would love to know if there any good noodles closer to the Park.
Best bowl of noodles in Park Slope
The weather is lovely today, and YH is craving noodles and walk in Prospect Park.
Where can I find a competently prepared bowl of noodles in the Slope or elsewhere near the Park? Any type of Asian cuisine is fine.
Favorite dishes at the Modern Bar Room
the beignets are a revelation; I'm glad you had a chance to try them.
I loved the lobster sliders from the "cocktail napkin menu". The scallops with three types of corn are new on the menu and awesome. Duck confit was nice.
I didn't like the tarte flambe.
late dessert in Long Island City?
friend and I are seeing a movie at the UA 14 theatres in LIC.
This is a long shot, but is there anywhere in walking distance we could sit and have a nice dessert/coffee at approx 10:30-11:00 tonight?
If not, my friend has a car, so I suppose we could drive a bit to find our dessert....
suggestions?
looking for this thing which shields from saute-splatter
thanks! a splatter screen is indeed what I'm looking for. What are they made out of? metal? are they very hard to clean?
looking for this thing which shields from saute-splatter
I love to fry and saute things but I make a mess, and there's always grease flying everywhere (on the walls and on my clothes, etc.). One recent night I was sauteing chicken livers, and the results were particularly gruesome.
I was thinking how nice it would be if there were some kind of shield or hood you could put around your pan to decrease or eliminate splatter but not fully cover the pan like a lid would. I'm not sure if such a thing exists, what it would look like or how it would work. Please advise.
Sunday lunch or brunch in the east 90s
Thanks for the lunch suggestions. There was a last minut change of plans, and we ended up going out for a late Friday dinner rather than Sunday lunch.
We, somewhat randomly, wandered over to York Ave and ate at York Grill which, though not exactly a chow destination (the waiter felt it necessary to explain to us what frisee and gnocchi mean), was delicious, charmingly unfashionable and reasonable (their lobster clambake is 30 bucks).
We almost went to Pampa instead, which appeared to offer authentic-looking Porteño fare. Is that place any good?
When we do go for lunch in the area I want to try the burger at Ottomanelli (thanks for the tip!), and we intend to make our way down to Beyoglu another time.
Sunday lunch or brunch in the east 90s
My best friend just moved to Lexington and 96-ish and we want to check out what's good to eat in the nabe.
Any recommendations for this Sunday? All price points and cuisines will be considered, as long as the chow is good.
So far I was thinking about trying Square Meal or Itzocan but would like to hear if you have any more inspired suggestions.
Cheers,
YH
Blue Ribbon Restaurant Empire
yet I've never gone wrong with their mushroomy, fried-oniony strip steak at the Soho or Brooklyn locations
Blue Ribbon Restaurant Empire
I heartily recommend the original Brasserie in Soho, which has a unique atmosphere and energy and is open until 4am.
Their fried chicken and fried oysters are favorites of mine, and they have a lovely raw bar as well. The bone marrow with oxtail marmalade is the best appetizer anywhere.
repulsive texture; heavenly taste?
Thanks. A Google images search confirms that you are correct. As a side note, I *did* ask the waitress if was considered polite/impolite to just down the thing like an oyster or a shot of booze. In broken English she explained that she likes to drink the stuff when no one is watching but would not recommend doing so in public. I resigned to continuing battling the gloppy ooze with my chopsticks.
repulsive texture; heavenly taste?
I've been privy to much discussion about foul-smelling foods that taste much better than their rank odor would suggest, but today I would like to examine yummy foods that have a nauseating texture.
On a recent visit to my favorite yakkitori place in NYC, I naively ordered a marinated or pickled seaweed appetizer billed as "Okinawa Umare". I eat as adventurously as most chowhounds, but when presented a small shotglass-like pool of cool, slimy and clingy dark green glop, I couldn't help but recoil. The way it ickily adhered to my chopsticks was not characteristic of a substance I'd willingly put into my mouth.
Fortunately, as the title of my thread suggests, the seaweed was delicious once I got over its slippery standoffishness--a nice balance of brine, sweetness and pungent vinegar.
I might even order it again.
So.... are there any tasty foods that *you* have found to have a vile consistency?
Food/Burgundy wine pairing on steak tartare night
that's what I was thinking too! I was also mulling over bacon-y ideas and things involving heavily caramelized vegetables.
