ILILI

Before I left for Peru, ILILI began offering brunch in their spacious (I mean huge – I think the place holds 250 people?!) restaurant, and invited bloggers to come sample their brunch menu.  Despite brunch’s ill reputation as a service most kitchens hate to offer and as one of those things that many people just love saying “I’d rather make my own brunch at home and get exactly what I want without sitting on top of other people, I actually enjoy brunch out quite a bit.  It’s true that at the end of the day, what is so unique about brunch [...]

Tuesdays with TT: BONUS: Nanoosh Preview

One of the perks of becoming a blogger is the invites you get as a result.  I heard about Nanoosh, a hummus/Mediterranean restaurant,  opening up in Murray Hill, but had never been to their other locations.  It was a nice treat to get invited to the preview day.  The location is a little outside my lunch zone, but for free, it was worth it.  I don’t generally go to new places on their grand opening, nothing is worth the hype, but a preview day is an exception.

When I go there, there was already a line out the [...]

Naya Mezze & Grill

Almost a month ago (sad face – is this post relevant anymore?), HB, StB, SpB and I all went out for dinner.  I didn’t realize when the restaurant names were being thrown around - I didn’t offer an opinion since I didn’t have one – that Naya was just opening.  In fact, we went on Day 2.  Does this give me the right to cast my opinion?  Well, maybe I should discount the weird service then – you can read about it here. 

So I’m just going to throw it out there, the pictures of what we ate, the companion post [...]

Byblos (Lebanese)

Despite eating more than my fill of kebab in Turkey & Greece, Byblos- a Lebanese restaurant – caught my eye when I saw the many positive reviews on MenuPages.  I was curious to see how good their lamb would be in comparison to Greece/Turkey, though I had a good idea it wouldn’t be as good, perhaps it would come close. 

For those of us who were early/on time/not quite that late, they’d placed on the table some pickled vegetables and some flatbread.  The pita was thin and delightfully chewy, but cold and not that interesting, unfortunately.  We decided to order [...]