Tuesdays with TT: Pommes Frites/Mark

Over the summer, Google got into the daily deal game with Google Offers. One such offer was $5 for $10 at Pommes Frites. I had never been before but heard good things about the french fry palace. Wouldn’t you know it, I held on to this deal for a long time like I did with Bon Chon. CT & I were going to a party in the East Village so we decided to stop for some frites beforehand (and before the deal expired.) Since we had to spend at least $10, we had to get the “double” size order for [...]

Big Gay Ice Cream Shop

After our pork-fest at Sa Aming Nayon, we decided we needed something sweet to cleanse our palates. We decided to go for ice cream at the new Big Gay Ice Cream Shop, which was just a couple blocks away. Neither of us had ever gone to the truck, which is usually found in the Union Square area in the Summer, so we said hell to our waistlines! We’re on vacation! Who cares if it’s December and 30 degrees out? While we were waiting to order, one of the owners, Doug, handed us some free samples of a new ice cream [...]

Tuesdays with TT: Sa Aming Nayon

During Christmas break, CT and I stayed in town even though we had a healthy amount of time off from work. We already had a pretty great vacation in Panama over the Summer, so we decided to relax at home and save some money. We did however come up with a shorter list of restaurants we wanted to go to from “The List.” We would have a culinary vacation without leaving the city! There has been a proliferation of Filipino restaurants in Manhattan over the past year of so, which I heartily welcome since our fantastic brunch at Maharlika. One [...]

Ramen Misoya

One December Friday evening, DLS and I decided we should get ramen.  I’d just heard a few people talking about Ramen Misoya on St. Mark’s, so I suggested we head over there. DLS suggested we start with an appetizer, so we ordered tofu.  I don’t think either of us expected it to look like this – a small cup full of very soft tofu, topped with a jelly of sorts and shreds of bonito.  The tofu itself was light and sweet, but the shreds of bonito mixed with the jelly to create a sort of chewy mass that DLS really [...]

Chinese New Year at Masak

This past Monday night, Yvo and I were invited to preview the special Chinese New Year’s menu at a new Singaporean restaurant, Masak. Manhattan is definitely lacking in Singaporean restaurants as I learned over the summer at the Singapore Takeout event. I was looking forward to another taste of this “hybrid” cuisine. After arriving, the first thing you see is the very small bar area up front and the tiny open kitchen. It is pretty amazing how chefs manage to work in the notoriously small kitchens that are all too common in the East Village. We started off with a [...]

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