On Friday, I was able to use my Christmas present from Lou – two tickets to the Metropolitan Opera! I casually mentioned that I wanted to see the opera sometime and he remembered during the holiday season because he surprised me with tickets to Aida. Before the opera, we met up and went to the […]
I found myself on the Upper West Side this afternoon and decided to take advantage of this by going to Levain Bakery and Jacques Torres. I bought three cookies: I could smell Levain’s cookies from 73rd (and so could everyone else because the line was ridiculous) and I ended up purchasing the chocolate chip walnut […]
After the Fatty ‘Cue event, I decided to stay in Brooklyn to get a bite to eat with my friend, Eunice. The only place I’ve been to in the area is Peter Luger, but we didn’t have a reservation so we decided to check out Marlow & Sons, which is right around the block from […]
Last night, I attended the Lucky Rice press preview for their Asian Festival near the end of the month. The event was at Fatty ‘Cue, the new barbecue restaurant from the people that brought you Fatty Crab (see my review here). There were pork spare ribs, thinly sliced pork loin (my favorite), lamb shoulder with […]
So everyone LOVES Momofuku’s pork buns, right? They’re actually really easy to make, especially if you outsource the buns. I picked some up in Chinatown (at Hong Kong Grocery store) for $2.99 and ended up recreating Momofuku’s pork buns for much less than what I’d spend if I went to the restaurant. Try recreating this […]
