I went to an awesome event two weeks ago and Chocri chocolates offered everyone the opportunity to make our own chocolates. I jumped on the chance to make two bars and these showed up in the mail the other day: My first: dark chocolate, roasted almonds, toffee, pretzels, and dried raspberries: The other chocolate bar […]
One of my favorite places for dim sum in Chinatown is Oriental Garden, right next to my other favorite place for dim sum, Jing Fong. The wait at Oriental Garden is usually a lot shorter AND the food is always served a lot hotter than Jing Fong. I always have to share tables (standard in […]
After my great brunch at Perry Street, I wanted to learn how to make the sweet chili crab dumplings. I called Cedric, the chef de cuisine, and he agreed to teach me how to make them: Cedric has been the head chef at Perry Street for about a year and has been wowing critics with […]
Last Thursday, my coworker and I walked to Hill Country Chicken to try out the new restaurant: Hill Country Chicken serves their chicken two ways – classic and Mama El’s. Aaron’s friend was at the restaurant the night before for the press preview and said that both of the fried chicken options were good, but […]
I’ve visited a couple of the restaurants in the Jean Georges empire (Nougatine and Jean Georges) but I was especially excited to visit Perry Street ever since I read about his son, Cedric, taking over as the head chef. The restaurant is located in the west village and is on the ground floor of a […]
