Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$
Must try: Burgers, Cheese fries, concretes
Shake Shack, Westbury, Long Island
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Thip Samai, Bangkok, Thailand
Pad Thai is probably one of the best known dishes in Thai cuisine worldwide. So ofcourse the burning question would be – Where does one get the best Pad Thai in Bangkok?
Raan Jay Fai, Bangkok, Thailand
If there is one thing I think of almost every day since I left Bangkok – it is the meal I had at Jay Fai’s!
Breakfast at Centara Grand at Central World, Bangkok, Thailand
Centara Grand at Central World is really a tacky hotel with a great location. Attached to the mammoth Central World Mall, this hotel is a really subpar spot at a high price point. It has no service, grace or charm that one believes Thailand to have.
Tang’s Natural NYC Dumpling Festival, Lower East Side, NYC
The place to be on Saturday, Sept. 28th, was Tang’s Natural NYC Dumpling Festival at Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Manhattan’s Lower East Side
I was invited as press to witness and taste a large array of dumplings from various cultures around the world.
Tabé Log celebrates Food Bloggers at SakaMai, Lower East Side, NYC
Hino Maru Ramen, Astoria, NYC
Pantry, Washington Depot, CT
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Chicken Salad, Butternut Squash Soup
Gramercy Tavern, Gramercy/Flatiron, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Prix – Fixe, Mushroom Lasagna
Miss Lily’s Restaurant, Greenwich Village/ West Village, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Ackee Dip And Plantain Chips , Jerk Chicken
Jerk chicken does not get better this!
Miss Lily’s is my new Mecca for Caribbean food in New York City.
The menu offers modern Jamaican food, which maintains its authentic roots. Chef Bradford Thompson is French trained and has racked up accolades from Food and Wine and James Beard for best chef. All his skills are evident in just one dish – the Jerk chicken! I have never had a bird more tender yet spiced and grilled to perfect crispness.
I really enjoyed everything I tried there. The plantain chips with Akki dip was fabulous and the curried goat with roti was yummy too, albeit a bit watery for my taste. The hot sauces were really spicy and added all the more to the fun and flavor of this wonderful Caribbean oasis!
Multifaceted in its structure – Miss Lily’s weaves in and out of avatars in its Houston Street location. There are three facets to this spot that you can enjoy.
One is the Miss Lily’s bar/ restaurant part. Then there Miss Lily’s Variety & Bake Shop and Melvin’s Juice Box. This is a West Indian Boutique, record store, casual café, bakery and juice bar all rolled into one. The variety store is home to Radio Lily which is Miss Lily’s Internet radio station where a DJ is live streaming Reggae beats. This creates what they refer to as a “cultural social club”.
Basically what is – is a really cool space to hang out at with great eats at arms reach!
Here is some of what we ate:
Ginger Beer
Jaquitos
Ackee Dip And Plantain Chips
Jerk Chicken
Curried Goat
Roti and Rice and Beans
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* Restaurant Name |
|---|---|
| Miss Lily’s | |
| * Overall | |
| ★★★☆ ☆ | |
| * Neighborhood / Cuisine | |
| West Village / Jamaican | |
| * Street Address | |
| 132 West Houston St., New York, NY 10012 | |
| * Phone | |
| (646) 588-5375 |
Gotham Bar and Grill, West Village/ Union Square, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆ ½
Service: ☆☆☆☆ ½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆ ½
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Butternut Squash Ravioli, Fresh Tagliatelle, Gotham Chocolate Cake, Strawberry Parfait with Black Sesame Cake.
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SANKRANTI: ANDHRA CUISINE, CHENNAI, INDIA
I really love a good Andhra meal and was ecstatic to find this brand new food spot called Sankranti had opened up on TTK road in Chennai. I am usually wary of chains but this place really has excellent Andhra food – which is very hard to find (outside of homes).
The Spotted Pig, West Village, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆ ½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$$
I recommend: Sheep’s Milk Ricotta Gnudi, Seared Mackerel, Banoffee Pie
JoJo, Upper East Side, New York City
Food: ☆☆☆ ½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆ ½
Cost: $$$
Must try: Toasted Almond Ice-cream Bar
Fresh Fanatic Bakery by Chef Michael Allen
I was invited to cover an exclusive tasting event showcasing the upcoming launch of The Fresh Fanatic Bakery by Chef Michael Allen. The event was held at the B3 Lounge at Body By Brooklyn, showcasing desserts by famed Pastry Chef Michael Allen and Thanksgiving accented foods catered by The Fresh Fanatic Market and Café. Continue reading