Archive: January, 2012

29 Oct

Sweet Rooster

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Spotted at the Daggett residence!

29 Oct

Breakfast Tacos!

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Tacombi at Fonda Nolita delivers once again with some bang up breakfast tacos. Egg, chorizo, avocado and salsa makes this meal a great deal at just $8.

28 Oct

Steak Tartare @ DBGB

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It’s generally safe to expect great stuff from the kitchens of Daniel Boulud, and he continues to deliver at DBGB with this excellent Steak Tartare. Hand chopped and topped with a quail egg, the frisée salad and citrus vinaigrette was a perfectly balanced contrast to my favorite appetizer. This serving was perfect as a light [...]

18 Oct

Onion Petals are great…

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But I love me some “Awesome Blossom.” You will be mine… Blossom of Awesome, you will be mine.

18 Oct

Bruschetta & Grilled Zucchini

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Bruschetta is a dinner party staple with its ease of prep and ability to make ahead of time. And what’s just as exciting, you can play with a wide range of ingredients as long as you balance flavors and not over-serve with too much bread & filling. As you can see, I went a little [...]

11 Oct

A few Tacos @ La Esquina

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Trying out the Papas, Nopales and Chorizo, and Bistec tacos at La Esquina. Although I’m a big fan of several of their other varieties, I was a little underwhelmed by the high ratio of potatoes to chorizo and cactus, but the salsa verde adds some nice balance. The Bistec, with onions and cilantro (on the [...]

10 Oct

El Cubano @ Cafe Habana

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This sandwich is straight up legendary for Lower Manhattan. Pulled pork, sliced ham, pickles, cheese, and thousand island dressing in a pressed torta! Oh yeah, you can definitely split this baby between 2 people alongside the phenomenal grilled corn they serve up.

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