Bullock’s Barbeque, Durham NC

Once upon a time, I lived in Durham, North Carolina. There I learned the beauty that is barbecue — whole-hog pulled pork, drenched in a hot pepper-and-vinegar “sauce” — and probably ate that a few dozen times a year. Even after moving to New York, I had a good reason to visit my one-time home at least a couple of times a year, and on every drive down I tried to visit two venerable Durham institutions: Sam’s Quik Shop, for my craft-beer fix, and Bullock’s Barbeque, for all-you-can-eat Eastern Carolina barbecue. I’d not visited the area for over two years, [...]

Tuesdays with TT: Crocktoberfest

Recently, I was invited to “Crocktoberfest.” It was a celebration of two of my most favorite things, pork and crockpots. Presented by The National Pork Board, Crock-pot and Reynolds, we got to meet Candace Cameron Bure (DJ from Full House) and Chef Hosea Rosenberg (former Top Chef winner). Are you noticing a Full House theme on this blog lately? The main event was voting for “America’s Pork Crock-Star.” Hundreds of recipes were previously submitted by people from all over the country and the top five were selected to come to New York for us to judge who had the best [...]

Hing Won

I recently returned to Hing Won for lunch with a friend, and found myself ordering the soy milk even though I was only so-so on it last time…a neon-yellow container of egg drop soup, which was piping hot and remained such for the entire meal.  I am still sick, thus the addition of soup; it was what I expected and nothing more, very much in line with what takeout places serve.  They probably thought I was weird for ordering it but whatever.  My dad made an excellent egg drop soup that I have tried hard to replicate and occasionally have [...]

5 Burro Cafe (Lunch)

Recently, BF and I returned to 5 Burro Cafe – for lunch this time, and it was completely empty.  A total turnaround from all the times at night I’ve tried to stumble in for a bite, when it’s totally, totally packed.  Lunch is a bit cheaper, but still a ton of food; it offers 2 tacos instead of 3, for example.  Above is BF’s hard tacos with seasoned ground beef, which he really liked and finished the platter.  I requested hard tacos as well, but with the ‘tasty pork & cilantro’ – which I love here – instead of ground [...]

5 Burro Cafe

When I first moved back to Forest Hills two years ago, I did my share of research on food options near me, and asked everyone around me if they had suggestions.  5 Burro Cafe made frequent appearances on various forums, but also many people absolutely RAVED about this place.Unfortunately, every time I tried to go inside, it was super packed and busy.  BF and I tried to go a good number of times but the wait generally extended over 30 minutes and beyond, at which point we’d both glance at each other, turn around, walk out and head down the street [...]

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