A little while back, I went to Brooklyn for someone’s birthday party at Full Circle Bar. Before we headed to the Brooklyn Taco Truck, a bunch of us stopped by Caracas Arepa Bar for a quick bite to eat. There’s another location in the East Village (next to
Last Sunday, I organized a little get together at Momofuku Bo Ssam for their bo ssam dinner (which means “enclosed” or “wrapped” in Korean). For $200, you get a huge pork butt, a dozen oysters, lettuce, rice, and dipping sauces (pureed kim chee, kim chee bits, ginger scallion sauce, and Korean red sauce, ssam jiang). […]
Last Thursday, after a really fun night at a gdgt.com event, I headed to Luke’s Lobster to check out their lobster rolls. Surprisingly, I never had lobster rolls growing up; living in central Illinois does not bode well for fresh seafood. Everytime I had lobster, it was prepared in a traditional Chinese way (stir-fried with […]
When Motorino first opened in the East Village, I was pretty excited. I mean, it takes A LOT for me to go to Brooklyn, especially since I haven’t been there since…last February. Motorino has been on my list of places to try in Brooklyn, but it’s 1. kind of far and 2. even more difficult […]
Over the weekend, I went to Momofuku Noodle Bar for their fried chicken dinner. For $100, you get two chickens prepared two different ways: Southern Style (coated with buttermilk, Old Bay seasoning, salt, and pepper and fried twice) and Korean Style (fried three times and glazed with a semi-spicy Korean red sauce). The meal also […]
