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great pre-Lucinda/Neil show meal at Annisa was fantastic...2*
Well meal #9 at WD50 with a fun group, love that food....July brings phase one of my diet, I am only doing one bizz meal a week, my doctor said my blood is great, prostate great, liver i dont know how great, but the cholesteral needs some work.....i think i will go to Locanda forst time in a while, need another Kai meal bad, shit the list of the places to try is insane long, need to retaste Atalier (sp?), Tasting Room again with wife-e etc.....October is major diet time, but i need many meals at French Laundry NY also too....hum
The Minnow special tasting menu rate's 2*
Cafe Boulud was great, a tasty spring influenced lunch, not stuffy, wine list had some juice, high end cash wise but worth it, a little too much foam:>)....3*
Quick notes:
Funky Broome: too funky for me, ok in a pinch...
wd~50: another amazing meal, I like eating here at 6:00, the soup sing's, the new chicken dish is OTFCharts!!
Tasting Room: my first mreal there, nice stuff, will go back, 2*
Eating By #'s Top 5
Grand Sichuan Int Midtown 9 Times
wd~50 9 Times
66 5 Times
Wash Park 5 Times
The Minnow 5 Times
mmm, dumplings
Doc report soon.......liver, prostate, colersteral (sp)........
salesman they say are only as good as thier last sale, so to me restaurants are only as good as thier last meal, so 66 gets downgraded to 3*, still loved but not on the level as WD or Kai anymore......rumor is I have been downgraded also.....tonight I had 3 meals between 6:00 and 11:00, the first was tasty Thai (1* stuff) and I got BYOB ok, biggest table is 10 (heres someone else's review... 56 PAM REAL THAI FOOD No one is quite sure why there are so many Siamese restaurants in Hell's Kitchen, but most agree that the majority have toned down Thai food for the American palate, throwing the bottle of fish sauce away. Not so at Pam's, where sharp sour, salty, and fishy flavors are promulgated. Noodle dishes and yum are particularly recommended, as is duck with chile sauce. 404 West 49th Street, Manhattan 333-7500)..second was 66, and some dishes were great again but it lost something....WD50 for 3 great app's (the soup is on the menu tonight w/ watercress) ended the night...
Hangawi's new place was nothing special (Franchia 34/35 Park), we were not full so we went to another Korean for meat and nothing special (32nd St right off Bway, south side).....stick to Hangawi or WOOCHON (IMHO)
Last night at Hangawi (possibly due to no Frank energy) the meal was not as good as the last time, still fab and one of the Fav NY Eats 2003......but now 2*.....going to thier new spot on Thursday, saw the menu looks yummy
The true cynic’s review of WD50, but without the compunctions of being an actual food critic. Cindy Adams serves up the borscht (belt).
(The print version had a big picture of Wylie offering a plate of food, instead of the shot of Rudi’s former aide-de-adultery.)
Earthy meal at Rosewater (4 course muchroom menu) in Brooklyn, 2*
Last nite's meal #6 at wd50 was Rocking again, my fav's keep tasting better to me, and WD sent up out a (nasturtium leaf i believe) gaspacho that went to the top of the charts for dish of the year.....
Went to my local fish joint, The Minnow, he sent me out a slice of bluefish barely cooked, it was insane good, then hands me a photo of him with a captain on a boat holding the fish, caught 11 hours earlier, now thats fresh fish......he also had a yummy soup from this time last year, spring pea with wasabi cream:>)....
We ate at Ping's (all the way down Mott Street, just before Chatam Sq.) recently but I forgot to write. We used to love this place when it was at 25 E. B'way. Then he moved out to Queens where we never visited. And now he's back in Manhattan.
In any case, definitely worth a look. The menu seriously rewards the adventurous eater. Lots of very weird animal parts and organs. I know that's a half assed review, but since I don't eat that stuff I don't feel like I really can comment. It sure looked good though. And my fish and veggies were all great, although I don't think that is the point of this place.
Kai was awesome to me and my guest was blow away, I met the chef at WD50 recently so he said I want to cook for you (which ment we had the $110 menu and not the Iron Goddess at $85).....jasmine tea, a sweet grilled fish began the show on arugula with some fragrant flavorful sauce, next a soup with "lake seaweed" plus very textured eel, raw fish course with fruit gelatin and caviar, abalone(sp?), another japanese fish with a wasabi sauce and some greens served with tea, granite (my favorite i have tasted, brite herbs are added), tender steak and spring veggie's toped with f. gras to which the poured on a another flavorful sauce, fantastic noodle dish, lastly a hugh assortment of desserts served with tea (during the meal we drank Monquit Champagne followed by Sake)...one of my favorite places to eat period, the use of fragrance, texture, color, and flavor rocks....
Went to Morrell Wine Bar the new one, didnt taste the food but it was easy to find a nice priced bottle to drink and i liked the room very much......
Highly recommended: "modern kaiseki" (dinner in eight, ten, twelve or more courses) at Sugiyama on W55th (Broadway & 8th). From $60 and up, plus sake -- watch out for the Fukuju at 17% alcohol! We had three fish-based meals ($100), one w Kobe beef ($150). A special vegetarian kaiseki is available with one day's advance notice. (212) 956-0670. Certainly as creative as Bond Street or Kai.