Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆
Cost: $
Must try: Crispy Sliced Fish with Cumin, Triple Delight Vegetable, Stir Fried Mountain Root Vegetable with Pork
May6
Lao Dong Bei, Flushing, NYC
Category Archives: Cheap Eats
Mar27
Arepas Cafe, Astoria, NYC
Mar4
Bi Lokma, Midtown East, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$
Must try: Musakka, Chicken Adana,
Mar1
Sripraphai, Woodside, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Chicken Satay, Tom Yum, Green Curry with Roasted Duck, Chu-Chee Shrimp
Feb18
Pok Pok Phat Thai, Lower East Side, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆ ½
Cost: $$
Must try: Kuaytiaw Khua Kai
Jan25
Pacificana, Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆½
Cost: $$$
Must try: Shrimp and Chive Dim Sum
Jan13
Biang! Flushing, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Any lamb and noodle dish
Dec13
Economy Candy, Lower East Side, NYC
Economy Candy located on Rivington Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan is a New York institution that has been around since 1937. Owned by Jerry Cohen, this sweet stop is stacked with floor to ceiling racks filled with every imaginable kind of candy.
Dec10
Zabb Elee, Woodside, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$
Must try: Kai Yang, Crab Fried Rice, Larb, Spicy Shrimp with Basil, Pad Thai
Nov28
Pancho Villa Taqueria, San Francisco,CA
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $
Must try: The salsa bar, any burrito
Oct17
Momofuku Noodle Bar, East Village, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆½
Cost: $$
Must try: Pork Bun, Shrimp Bun
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Mar4
Totto Ramen, Hell’s Kitchen , NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $
Must try: Paitan ramen, Totto extreme spicy ramen
Nov28
Taverna Kyclades, Astoria, NY
Food: ☆☆☆ 1/2
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆ ½
Cost: $$$
Dishes not to miss: Pan-Fried Greek Cheese, Grilled Porgie and Drurade, Galaktoboureko
If you are craving Greek food, then there is no better neighborhood to hit than Astoria in Queens.
Amongst the teeming numbers of Greek restaurants, Chef-Owner Ardian Skenderi’s Taverna Kyclades seems to be one of the more popular spots, offering the freshest seafood at very affordable prices. At peak times the waits can be very long but the food is very worth it. Read the rest of this entry
May30
Ayada Thai, Woodside, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$
Fit for: Spice hounds, cheap eats, foodies
Dishes not to miss: Northern Thai Sausage Appetizer, Fried Fish topped with Green Mango Sauce, Raw Shrimp Salad
Apr3
Lan Zhou: Hand Pulled Noodles, Flushing, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆ ½
Service: ☆☆
Ambiance: ½
Cost: $
Fit for: foodies, cheap eats, authentic ethnic eats
Dishes not to miss: Dumpling hand pulled noodles, hand pulled noodles with meat sauce
Special notes: You can buy bags of frozen dumplings ( 50 for $10)
Oct18
Baohaus, Lower East Side, NYC
BaoHaus, is where owner Eddie Huang merges the age old Taiwanese street snack Gua Baowith the all natural, environmentally conscious spirit of today. Read the rest of this entry
Oct11
THE KING OF FALAFEL AND SHAWARMA, ASTORIA, NYC
MY RATINGS FOR THIS MEAL
Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆
Cost: $
I recommend: Falafel
Sep6
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao- Soup Dumplings, Flushing, NYC
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao
38-12 Prince Street,
Flushing, NY 11354
718-321-3838
Got a craving for soup dumplings?
Let me offer you a fabulous alternative to Joe’s Shanghai… Read the rest of this entry
Jul9
Xi’an Famous Foods, Flushing, NYC
Stall # 36 marks the spot for Xi’an Famous Foods which is housed in the basement of the Golden Mall in Queens. Here’s where you will find some really incredible hand pulled noodles. It’s best known for its Liang Pi “cold skin” noodles, Savory Cumin Lamb Burger and Lamb Face Salad. Read the rest of this entry
May10
Panorama of My Silent Heart Cafe, Jamaica, NYC
This is my new favorite “hang out with your best buddy”, local spot.
Panorama Café is the most unlikely find, in this neck of the woods. It’s an artsy, warm café with a whole lot of soul.
Apr28
53rd and 6th – Halal Cart, Midtown West,NYC
MY RATINGS FOR THIS MEAL
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆
Cost: $
“The Best Halal. Delicious Chicken and Gyro - We are different!” scream the yellow shirts worn by “The Gyros Guys” on 53rd and 6th avenue.
They have no official name and are known as anything from the Halal Cart to Chicken and Rice to Platter! Read the rest of this entry
Apr19
VANESSA’S DUMPLING HOUSE, Lower East Side, NYC
Food: ☆☆
Service: ☆☆
Ambiance: ☆ 1/2
Cost: $
I recommend: Wonton with Spicy Sauce, Sesame Pancake Sandwich.
Strolling around Chinatown one day, my interest was piqued by the hustle bustle at a neat looking dumpling house. That’s how I discovered Vanessa’s Dumpling House on Eldridge Street. Vanessa’s works like a well-oiled machine and is run by an all women crew – love that! Read the rest of this entry
Feb15
Tortilleria Nixtamal, Corona, NYC
Jan12
Pho Bang Restaurant, Flushing, NYC
Ever been to a Vietnamese Restaurant and not had Pho?
I have!
Pho Bang serves up some of the tastiest, bang for your buck eats one can find. The average cost for a dish is between $5-6 and boy do they feed you well. When we went, there were 7 of us. We ate like maniacs- ordered all the meats from shrimp to beef and the bill only came to about $60!! Now that’s a deal. My most favorite thing to eat at Pho Bang is the grilled pork. I think they have mastered their pork dishes. If you don’t eat pork there is plenty you can substitute with.
Here is some of what we ate: Read the rest of this entry