Zabb Elee

Last month, we got together with CT’s family on a crisp Fall Sunday to celebrate CT’s Dad’s birthday. As long as he is around his family with good food and drink, he is a happy man. His only request this year was “something spicy.” CT’s sister, ML, had the perfect place in mind- Zabb Elee. The original location is in Queens, but last Spring they opened a second location in the East Village. I remembered reading Serious Eats’ review and wanting to check it out. I was even more intrigued when they said that Harold Dieterle of Kin Shop raved [...]

Father’s Day Gift Dinner

CT & I have been back for from our Panama trip for a little while now and already have a bunch of NYC based posts for you. Rather than let them get “stale,” we are gonna have a couple bonus posts at 12:15. Enjoy! You may remember a couple months back that CT & I cooked a special dinner for CT’s parents (and Aunt B) to thank CT’s Dad for helping her move into my apartment. Once my parents heard and subsequently read about the meal, they got pretty jealous, especially since I had only made them dinner once before [...]

Red Basil Thai Kitchen

One recent afternoon, I met up with my ex-coworker, Linguine, for lunch at a place local to him.  I don’t think I’ve seen him just about since I quit my job, so we had a lot of catching up to do over Red Basil’s super cheap lunch special – $6.95 for appetizer & entree.    At the time, my appetite was still wonky, so I was working on intaking calories anyway I could, which includes drinking things with calories (I’m normally a water drinker).  The Thai iced tea here was solid – creamy and slightly sweet.  My lunch special arrived [...]

Tuesdays with TT: Beer Parc

As a NYC resident for almost seven years, I have spent many a long weekend at home in Manhattan. Maybe after I win the lottery, I’ll have a weekend home, but until then I am quite happy to stay where I am. The city gets so quiet that trips to the park or even running errands makes it feel like I am on vacation myself. Over Memorial Day weekend, CT & I decided to check out the brand new Beer Parc with some friends. It is one of the newest “beer gardens” in the city in the plaza behind Food [...]

Mint’s Thai Kitchen

I recently had the opportunity to offload – I mean, share my wealth of goodies with a friend, AWL – who semi-recently moved into my neighborhood.  Actually, a brief moment here to mention that more and more people I know are moving into the Forest Hills area… mostly because it is freakin’ awesome, and more people should!  The young Asian professionals are taking over from the previous demographic.  Heh, weird.  In any case, there’s always food options to explore in our area, so when AWL suggested Mint’s Thai Kitchen (like my terrible photo of the sign? hehe), I was totally [...]

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