I challenge you to find a better bang for your buck in New York…seriously, I’m talking about home cooked Indian food in multiple courses, neatly packaged (often) under $10. Lunch is even less expensive. For the uninitiated, “Curry Row” is … Continue reading
Where have I been??? Eating dumplings on the lower east side of course! In the past 2 months, I visited 7 dumpling establishments, some of them specialize in dumplings, others are Fuzhou style (Chinese) restaurants that are known to have … Continue reading
There’s fierce competition when it comes to Chinese dumplings on the lower east side. Eldridge Street might as well be the dumpling capital of America, and New Yorkers can get downright catty when defending their favorite. A quick search on … Continue reading
The 99¢ can of Obolon Beer was one of the best local discoveries I made in my 10 years living in Greenpoint Brooklyn. This was 7 years ago, and it’s STILL 99¢!! Gentrification has taken hold in Greenpoint in the … Continue reading
Nearly 700,000 people who live in the five boroughs of New York City can trace their ancestry to Italy, that’s about 8.3% of the NYC population, surpassed only by Puerto Ricans at 9.5%. In any borough, you are never too … Continue reading
Native to El Salvador, pupusas are thick corn tortillas, stuffed with a variety of fillings. The round tortillas are cooked on a griddle and served with a pickled cabbage and carrot slaw called curtido. Popular fillings are chicharrón (finely ground … Continue reading
Bureks are a common street food item throughout the Balkan countries as well as in Turkey, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East. Dukagjini Burek in the Pelham Gardens section of the Bronx serves up a menu of 3 … Continue reading
It’s unfair that the cuisine of China tends to get grouped into one category, Chinese Food or at best, one of the three regions that are the most popular (Hunan, Szechuan, Cantonese). Look at any menu from a typical Chinese … Continue reading
Bread? Cheese? Tandoor style oven? Brick Oven Bread is a small bakery in the heart of Brighton Beach that servers up traditional bread and baked goods of Georgia (the country in Western Asia, not the state), and the star of … Continue reading
