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Bao had some very tasty dishes and some just ok also, but over all it was yummy, great french wine on the list, but its too much a load scene for an old fart like me.....
Bao 1*
the lobster zone
ill bet the lobster doesnt think its funny
the backlash
what peta says to do if the bastards put one in your neighborhood (note cute pic of drew b)
more wd50 press
Asking around for some new restaurants I came up with these two.....
Merge in the back of the old Indigo space (Indigo was great!!, as a matter of fact Indigo and Luma get on the all time fav list), and
Bao @ 111 Ave C, its Vietnamese and two reports are very high, it nearly kills me tat there is no "Grand Cru" Viet food in NYC....
Cajun in Queens
lunch at 66 was out of site, braised beef chow fun was absolutly amazing, massive dumpling list inc fantastic fried shrimp wonton's, sesame noodles were incredable.....food prices are not too expensive (9 shared dishes was slighty exsesive @ $65 each, so if you had a normale meal it could be like $50), but massive wine consumption can run the bill up, the 2001 Dr Thanish Spatlese at $87 is the wine for the spicy food and its one of the worlds great wines but due to it being lighter in alcohol one bottle per person is easy....
Otto take one is NG on the pizza: doughy, poshed to unpurrfection (lardo one is nice), cold before you bite the 2nd slice......some of the app's rock, but overall our table will not return often...will try one more time soon
another fantastic GSIMidtown meal.....followed by late nite snacks at Town (not my scene but, the best frogs legs I have ever eaten in NYC, other app's were also very good, place was pretty full-up too)
New Orleans food is as good as thier music.....
#1 Uglesich's with thier shrimp and grits, crawfish balls, fried green tomatoe's, grilled catfish, bacon wrapped shimp served with sweet potatoe, firecracker shrimp, fried oysters,
we did 10 app's and no main's as the owner agreed that was the best way to taste...
#2 Frankie & Johnny's (see below)
#3 Mother's: Po-Boys, Etouffee's
Went to Peristyle which had some good dishes and a super chicken dish and Herbsaint which also had some super dishes (gnocchi app, short rib app) but the other dishes were just ok but we tried only a small part of the menu.....
Want to try next time: Irene's Cuisine (rumored to have soft shell crabs served over crawfish linguine:>), Jacques-Imo (place looks cool, next to maple Leaf Bar and I hear the food is better than ever), Pascal's Manale (local's fav), Dooky Chase (Creole super star some say), and oh so many more.....
5 Meals / 21 Hours / New Orleans
*3:00pm Felix Oyster Bar: 24 Oysters and Beer.
*5:30pm Frankie & Johnny's: 2lb Boiled Crawfish, Boiled Shrimp Plate, Crawfish Pie!!, Aligator Soup, Crawfish Po-Boy, Oyster Po-Boy.
*1:00am Camellia Grill: CheeseBurger, Chocolate-Cherry Freeze, "Yankee Sandwich" (a gravy-groovey version of a Philly Cheese Steak)
8:00am Mother's: Crawfish Estoffe Omelete w/ Grits
11:30am Louisiana Pizza Kitchen: Crawfish Pizza
* Jim-Louis(iana) special guest!!
i though about this long ago, and wanted to launch LoveVibe Wine....hope they taste good, bless them!!!
any one aware of el eden chocolates in the east village ? or have other good local chocolate recomendations.
these folks i have been working with on an organic etc list open thier vegan restaurant soon, same designer as Alais and Jewel Bako, the list s/b cool, the room looks nice.....i have never tasted the food but they say they really know there stuff, i for one am very excited....Counter 105 First Ave 6/7th St, they were supposed to open in October like some other friends of ours....
I have liked what I have tasted from Washington Park but a $20 lunch there today rocked....tender squid, venison sausage w/beans, dessert (cant make any money at $20)....good wines by the glass...
Washington Park 2* ($20 lunch)
you may already have won...
a major foodie's pick for best meal in Spain
not bad gulosh and snitzal (sp?) in brooklyn for brunch, Thomas Beisl, but no dessert:<(.....dinner at Hangawi first time in a long while, and i guess this was the 4th time, well this blew all 7 of us away, the dishes seemed more high toned, very clear and more careful, still BYOB @ $10 a bottle...FANTASTIC
Hangawi 3*
Kai 2: Had the Omakase menu, chefs seasonal.....there were some strong high's and no lows, in ways it was better than the Iron Goddess menu and some ways equal....rare raw fish from southern Japan, amazing raw shrimps apeared twice, mushroom and winter eel were througout the meal, the desserts, starter, tofu were amazing again, noodles were the best I have ever had, steak again divine.....wine list has many more choises and we found a couple but lucky for my wallet, as I had bizz 5 guests, they let me bring 6 bottles....place was packed....going back in summer when fish is abound in Japan....