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Prune's Brunch
Went to Prune on Sunday and waited 1 1/2 hours for brunch. This place is not worth the wait and it is overpriced. We ordered the lamb sausage and oysters, spaghetti carbonara, spicy chick peas and the steak and eggs. Still hungry afterwards so we split an order of pancakes. Total bill for 4 adults with 5 brunch specials, 4 bloody marys, 1 side of lamb sausage ($5 and small) and 4 coffees was $136.
I would not go back.
Aunt Bella's - Queens - I wanted to like it.
I find it funny that a note above mine indicates this place has been around 20 years: incredible. i confess i am fussy, even critical, but i can honestly say that Aunt Bella's is the most DISGUSTING excuse for a NY restaurant i have been in, seriously. i would prefer Mcdonalds happy food than endure even a mouthful of the dull scrappings that they fed us.
From the overcooked tilapia, the rancid lasagne and the "saw dust" meatballs to the mildly smelly aroma coming either from the carpet or drapes or wallpaper or even the rotting corpse of poor Aunt Bella turning over, this place should be reported to the NY health dept and be closed down: the whole place is off!
please give your money to charity or throw it in a wishing well but don't spend a single dime on this hole, you will be doing an injustice to the owners by encouraging them to be restauranteurs!!!
Jade Eatery and Lounge - Forest Hills
jade has decent decor (for forest hills) but the food is less than stellar. went there about a month or 2 ago and even though i am usually leery about restaurants that serve multiple styles of asian cuisine (japanese and thai? c'mon please), we decided to take a chance and try it out. it was boring!
what's up with the moroccan lounge in the back that is bottle service or private party only?
we drove by the other night and stopped to get our friend's opinion on the place. the entire restaurant smelled like toxic fumes and they were still open for business. how can people dine in those conditions?
Sripraphai
I've been to Thailand and Sri is the closest you'll come across to the real stuff in NYC. Also, I've been going to Sri for 10 years, before they expanded and became popular. 10 years ago you hardly saw any white people there, only Asians. Fortunately the food is still comparable but the service has really gone downhill. Its best to go off peak hours.
New "Burmese Cafe" in Jackson Heights
I don't remeber if they have thousand layer bread on the menu or not. Actually don't know if I've ever even tried thousand layer bread. Typical Burmese curries don't have coconut in them. If you want coconut curry, try Thai food. There is a chicken coconut noodle soup that is a popular Burmese dish but the Burmese Cafe has a poor version of it. The best place that I've had coconut noodle soup is at Jaiya in Chinatown. It is the Malaysian version but boy is it good, and hot.
New "Burmese Cafe" in Jackson Heights
Don't know if there is a Mingala in the West village. I went to the one in the East village and have never returned.
Regarding whether Burmese Cafe merits a trip or not, sure if you want to try something that is different from other Asian cuisines out there. The Roosevelt Avenue area is worth visiting alone for the mulititude of ethnic restaurants in the area. I'm going back.
New "Burmese Cafe" in Jackson Heights
i'm burmese and just tried this restaurant tonight. i found it to be a little better than village mingala in manhattan. enjoyed the lephet thoat and the fish curry (although the waitress said it was butterfish but i think it was catfish or bullhead). would not recommend the Mo-hinga, oh no kyauk swe. it does seem promising though and would return to try other dishes since the options for burmese food in ny are limited.
