Yerba Buena

As previously mentioned, my Mom got us three Restaurant.com certificates over the holidays. Although, the site’s offerings were a little lacking, we found a couple of restaurants that did pique our interest. We already redeemed certificates at Sa Aming Nayon and Moonstruck Diner, which both worked out well and left us with happy tummies. For the last certificate, I found a hidden gem for Yerba Buena in the East Village. You may remember we had a great Father’s Day brunch at their sister restaurant, Yerba Buena Perry. (Yvo actually reviewed another sister restaurant, Toloache, this morning.) After arriving, we were [...]

Zengo – Shanghai/Sao Paulo Special Menu

I was recently invited to preview a new menu available at Zengo from February 15th through March 31 – Zengo Test Kitchen: Shanghai/Sao Paulo. Combining the flavors of Shanghai with those of Sao Paulo, I was excited to see soup dumplings on the menu – as you might have realized, I’ve been on a huge kick lately and can’t get enough! First up, though, was a special cocktail designed to complement this menu. Since neither of us really wanted to drink – it was early on a Wednesday and I had to wake up early the next day – I [...]

Calle Ocho (Press Preview)

Within a week period, I found myself on the Upper West Side – where I never go, as you can see by that link – a record three times.  One of those times was for the preview of the ‘new’ menu at Calle Ocho, which had moved across the street to its new location inside the Excelsior Hotel.  So I dragged Beer Boor under protest to this event, as my appetite was still wonky and I was scared I wouldn’t be able to enjoy the food.  The entire back room, which is quite large, was reserved with three large tables [...]

Jackson Heights Walking Feast

My dear friend StB has had an exciting year.  Long time readers may recognize her as my former partner-in-eating-crime; we ate many many meals together (as that link will show you), but then she did something horrible and moved to Ohio.  But this year, she moved back!  She got engaged!  She turned 30!  And when I finally had a minute to breathe during this intense, scary, terrible, awesome, amazing summer, we took a jaunt around Jackson Heights for food – cheap.  We started off at Mira Cali II for pandebono…This was $1.  We split one because we knew how much [...]

Ipanema

I’ve been hearing about Ipanema from a buddy of mine (hi Adam!) for years now… literally.  He raves about this place almost as though it were his or family owned so a bunch of us gathered on a muggy day to check out the goodies… Chorizo or was this kalabeza?  Spiced sausage, pretty tasty… I was picking this up and just eating it alone! Various empanadas filled with yummies… I like the croquette-like ones, deep fried mashed potatoes.  The extremely potent looking hot sauce.  I avoided this except to take a picture… Adam is insane.  He was eating the chiles [...]

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