"Stalking" Ed Levine: Papatzul

I know… how many people can I stalk simultaneously, really?  (Hint: in addition to these two, there’s a certain baseball player whose apartment I can be spotted outside on home game nights… I’m just kidding.  Really!)  To be honest, though, after the excellent food I had following his review on La Nacional, I decided Mr. Levine couldn’t steer me wrong.  So I started making a list; whenever he posted a positive review that sounded like something I’d enjoy, the restaurant went on my list.  Papatzul is the first I got to, snagging Linguine along for the ride. Being the extreme [...]

Tamarind

Tuesday night, a couple of my girlfriends and I had planned on attending the launch party of Catch-22.  It was being promoted by a couple of different blogs and sites, but it turned out to suck hard.  Though HB arrived and got on line at 5:45, they didn’t open the doors until 7:30, and the line stretched all the way around the block.  When we got in, the food they were serving was an insult – cucumber julienne with mayo on pieces of stale bread, random crap deep fried, and just… yet another poorly organized event I’ve been to recently.  [...]

Union Square Cafe

The House that Hospitality built… hehe.  HB and I had recently discovered we both wanted to try Union Square Cafe, and she had the foresight to make reservations for a night we were both free.  Away we go… The decor as you step in immediately explains the name.  It looks like a very cute cafe.  A nice cafe, but a cafe nonetheless. Something that I must say immediately: our service was extremely odd.  I won’t say poor, because we were not ignored, nor were we treated rudely, just… our server gave us our menus, but did not offer us a [...]

NY Mag’s "Highbrow" BBQ – All You Can Eat, SUPPOSEDLY

Wow, what a f*cked up day.  Initially, while thinking about everything that went down, I was going to try to curb the Feisty that lives within me, occasionally dormant, sometimes rearing her big, b*tchy head (I’m not going to link to instances when I’ve been b*tchy, you’ll just have to find them yourself, but if you look around, it’s not that hard to find!).  Mostly because part of the reason I went was to show some love for one of the Cook Off judges, Cathy of Not Eating Out in NY, but then it occurred to me.  She didn’t host [...]

The Omnivore’s 100

A little something different, a Monday morning meme!  Food related, of course! How the Omnivore’s 100 Works: 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. 2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. 3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating. 4) Optional: Post a comment at Very Good Taste, linking to your results. My Omnivore’s Hundred: 1. Venison2. Nettle tea3. Huevos rancheros4. Steak tartare5. Crocodile (pre-foodie-photoging days)6. Black pudding (Asian style; according to Wiki, this counts)7. Cheese fondue8. Carp9. Borscht10. Baba ghanoush11. Calamari12. Pho13. PB&J sandwich14. Aloo gobi15. Hot dog from a street [...]

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