Market Diner

Christmas morning in Hell’s Kitchen found DLS and I wondering what to eat – if anything would be open, that is.  Luckily, the diner a rather short but chilly walk away was open, so we headed inside to grab a quick breakfast.  The brunch menu was in effect since it was a Sunday morning.  A biscuit arrived, which I thought a bit odd as we’re in the north and as a born&bred Yankee, biscuits aren’t really what I reach for on the table in the morning.  A small plate of fruit salad accompanied the brunch special.  DLS and I both [...]

Daisy May’s BBQ

Sometimes life just doesn’t go quite the way you planned – so it was one December Friday when TC and I headed to Philly and instead wound up at Daisy May’s in Hell’s Kitchen.  As you can see from that post I linked, we both went earlier in the year and found it lacking.  However, this time around, with our creamed spinach, mac&cheese, cheesy corn, collard greens, sweet & sticky ribs and dry rub… we were both really pleased.  I really enjoyed my cheesy corn, collard greens, and sweet & sticky ribs, while TC liked his dishes as well.  The [...]

ChaPa’s

One of those super rainy days in December, I told DLS I felt like eating pho… that Vietnamese noodle soup that to me, is just about the best thing you can eat on a cold rainy day.  I realized that though CheeeeEEEEse has mentioned ChaPa’s many times as being his new pho place since moving to the neighborhood, I’d yet to try it, so I decided we should go there – right down the block from Totto Ramen.  (Even on this crazy rainy night where it poured to the point we were both soaked walking 10 blocks, the line was [...]

Tabata Ramen

I have had a tradition of going out the night before Thanksgiving, preferably for a cuisine that will not make an appearance on the table the next day. For a couple years, that meant going out for sushi. Last year was various seafood at Choptank. It is a time to relax after what is usually a day of shopping, prep and some cooking to get ready for the Thanksgiving feast. This year I felt a cold coming on, so I wanted to get something to eat to help nip it in the bud before it got any worse. It was [...]

Tabata Ramen

The day before Thanksgiving, I had some business to take care of in midtown west that left me hungry afterwards.  Since DLS was “working from home”, we decided to meet up for ramen on the rather rainy day, at a place that Cheese had recommended to me more than a few times – Tabata Ramen.  As soon as we’d ordered, small salads appeared.  Tasty enough but completely unnecessary, it was a nice touch for a lunch meal.  DLS ordered the shoyu ramen.  I tried some of his broth and thought it was sweeter than I expected the broth to be; [...]

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