Pangea

For a HB’s recent birthday, we opted to go to Pangea, an interesting semi-fusion, semi-old world cuisine restaurant.  Its location (2nd Avenue, between 11th and 12th Street) an avenue block away from Veniero’s was most welcome, as a certain member of the party decided to walk to Veniero’s afterwards to pick up some treats.  The place had a trendy feel to it, but not in a pretentious manner whatsoever.  I opted to start off with a special appetizer- cod croquettes served alongside garlic aioli.  These arrived piping hot, which I discovered by popping an entire one in my mouth.  Ouch.  [...]

Berkshire Pork Medallions in a Port Wine Reduction

Last night was momentous.  As some of you know, this past month I’ve been participating in NaNoWriMo.  Well, last night at about 10:01 pm, I powered myself across the finish line of 50,000 words, then kept going in order to finish the story.  No, not a story; a novel.  Yes, my dear, loyal readers; I am now able to say, “I finished writing my first novel when I was 26, in just 28 days.”  A moment like this called for something decadent.  I popped open the bottle of bubbly I’d stashed in my fridge just about a month ago, when [...]

Fresh Direct Promo Code

So many people Google “fresh direct promo codes” and land on my page, so here’s a freebie for y’all: Enter code “JUICY” at checkout for a free 5 lb. box of clementines! Expires 12/4/06. Enjoy! And you know what to do to show me some love/appreciation… *points to the left under my labels* Share and Enjoy:

kyotofu

kyotofu opened recently amidst much fanfare.  Many people have been eyeing it and posting about it on their various blogs for a while now, waiting patiently for what we thought was a bakery to open- a bakery that supposedly had been open in Kyoto, Japan, for a while.  There were a lot of rumors, a lot of back and forth gossip, because some people spoke with other people in Kyoto who’d never heard of the place, and there were suggestions that it wasn’t actually in Japan yet, but the idea had been spread because that’s what kyotofu’s headquarters wanted you [...]

Uncle Vanya’s

menu I’m not sure how we started out looking for sushi and wound up with [cheap] Russian food, but that’s where we found ourselves on Tuesday night- on 54th between 8th & 9th Avenues, on a dark & deserted block (I arrived late and alone, and was a bit creeped out walking up the block towards this place).  It proved to be a good choice by StB, though. StB started off with the chicken & pelmeni soup.  You can’t see it, but there are a bunch of pelmeni at the bottom of this bowl; pelmeni being the Russian equivalent of a dumpling.  [...]

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