Sripraphai – Williston Park

You know how much I like Sripraphai, so when I heard they opened up a Long Island location, and close-ish to where my sister lives, I had to check it out.  She took me there for my birthday actually, which was fun because I honestly can’t remember the last time we had a meal together, just the two of us – we usually roll with the fams, y’know?    (And yes, that means this meal was in October sometime…)  I started off with a Thai iced tea, which, to my surprise, my sister never had before.  It [...]

Dining at La Ratatouille… aka Panino Cafe

On a recent, rare trip to the mall (Roosevelt Field in Long Island), BF suddenly exclaimed, “I’m hungry!” and led me to the food court.  “Want tacos?”
Yes, he meant Taco Bell, and while I’m not in the habit of eating fast food, I do occasionally indulge.  Feeling recently a bit heavy and falling far from good eating habits, I suggested we go somewhere for real food.  He responded, “Oh, we can go to that Italian place!  It’s not great but it’s fine, and it’s real food.”  He led me past the food court, to the end of the mall, next [...]

Buoy One

1175 W. Main Street
Riverhead, NY 11901
For FeistyMom’s birthday recently, the sibs and I (if you must, we can call them FeistySibs, but by far the Feisty title belongs to one of us and only one!) decided to take her out for a day of shopping out at Tanger Outlets. After a long day of shopping, of course we got hungry and the FeistySibs chose to take FeistyMom to partake in seafood – her favorite! – at a place both of them have been many times and which, sadly, I hadn’t yet been able to go for the awesome lobster. [...]

Ben’s Deli

209 W. 38th Streetb/w 7th and 8th Avenue (close to 7th Ave.)(212) 398-2367website
Ben’s Deli and I have had a rough relationship.  The first time my sister and her now-husband took me to the location in Carle Place, I had no idea what kosher meant (I was 19).  The menu is fairly extensive; we were hungry and pressed for time.  I blurted out my order, “Can I have a ham and cheese sandwich?” or perhaps the slightly less offensive “How come there’s no cheese on the menu?”  The waitress just looked at me and said she’d come back, at which time [...]

La Parma

707 Willis AvenueWilliston Park, NYLong Island(516) 294-6610websitelatest tasting: February 1, 2006; total times visited: 3
I recently had business to attend to in LI, that involved hunting for a particular store.  When we finally found the store, and took care of business, I noticed that La Parma, where I’d been previously twice (once, my sister took us all out there, to celebrate something- her first job after law school, perhaps?, and another time, I went back out there, not sure exactly why, but I know I was disappointed that time), was right next door.  We were hungry, so the obvious choice [...]