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last nights meal at aKa was yummy we thought, the soups, slider rocked, squid was a real meal deal....
"But the tradition continues. When Mr. Snyder was growing up, the cousins all worked at the store each summer. And last week, his cousin Ellen Smith seemed perfectly content to drop her fruit knife and wait on customers as Mr. Snyder sat and talked at the front of his store at 95 Orchard Street, between Delancey and Broome Streets. Despite his dedication to New York, his personal energy is mellow enough to qualify as Californian. The most worked up he got all day was over how many skins should go into the Black Grape Sorbet."
favorite pizza slice of the moment is at Pintaile's called Salamino made with a whole wheat crust, plum tomato, fresh mozz, and capicolla--YUMMY (order it extra crispy)
went by the space that will be Counter (designed by the guy that did Jewel Bako and Alais), this place is going to be beautiful i believe, food is all organic, the kitchen size is hugh (owner said there is a giant area for prep), the wine list will be all organic farmed, cert organic, bio-dynamie, or cosmoculture which is bio + stonehedge ++, i am lookinf forward to what they do, expecially since i need a new diet for 2003.....
Recently I've become a Google cook. What I mean is, shortly before supper time I look around for some combination of foods I've got on hand and which seem like they might go together. Then I 'google' them... and browse through the results until I find a recipe that appeals to me.
one app at Il Gattopardo has me hooked, met the chef and he is a hands on humble guy that worked (was the chef?) at a one star Michelin near Milano, going for a full meal soon....had dinner last night at Phi Lan and while it boarders on very real Vietnamese food and was delish, it aint like the homeland....
a visit in Tommasso's cellar (first time down there) was a highlight of the year, we drank well and i found a few wines for next time from the 50's:>)
an absolutly amazing meal at Jewel Bako, from start to finish, stunning fish, fun small courses and little things, a great event!!
We had a nice meal at Brewster Fish House on Cape Cod, I still cant understand why there are not more, but part of my problem I bet is just finding them...I still long to go back to Fresh, lucky we live near The Minnow, and of interest could be Mermaid Inn (by the owners of Red Cat and The Harrison) to open in East Village and all dishes under $15....
our kitty loves mint, he eat a little chocolate mint from the market this am, than we gave him the freash catnip, he went wild, eat a lot and went on a trip, he is still bonkers, eating twice his normal crunchies (munchies??), and the bouquet of catnip is still by his bowl but he hasnt gone back, is he having a bad trip....
had a quick tour of WD50, when finished there will be a hugh kitchen area w/skylight!!, groovey room, fireplace, big table in a downstairs wine cellar (which i tried to book for new years eve:>)...COOL RTR
Test run of brunch went very well last week. AKA will be open to the public for brunch this week (and forever on...) on Sundays (probably do Saturday's too shortly) from 11:30. Omlettes, egg in the hole, french toast, hanger slider... Mmmmm.
out to eat w/ marianne nowottny
Last night at Felidia confirms they are one of my fav's spots...
"I used to ridicule the Riedel fetishists. Then I became one. Riedel, for those not in the know, is the world's trendiest brand of wineglass—the Manolo Blahniks of stemware. Wine geeks tote their Riedels to restaurants, dinner parties, and pretty much any place else where quality bottles might be uncorked."
This week, to accompany the Food Issue of The New Yorker, here is a selection of New Yorker food writing from the past. In this Talk of the Town piece from 1945, Lillian Ross writes about what was at the time a novelty: frozen dinners.
The Minnow in Park Slope has turned into a great neiborhood spot, fresh tasty seafood!!
as wierd as this sounds, we had a fab veggie meal out of Taipei on China Airlines, a multi bean salad followed by tofu and veggies in a dark sauce w/ sticky rice, dessert fresh fruit, we were not hungry and we both ate every bite, and i licked my plates!!
Day 12/ Hoi An: Market for am meal and it was one of the best, Cao Lau a fab pork and noodle dish (linda got a veggie version with pickled banana flowers) sticky rice w/ peanuts, a thin pancake w/ seafood and veggies wraped in an rice paper, boiled pork in banana leaf--AWESOME. Dinner at Tam Tam, great place for views and great drinks but besides for the homemade pasta (yummy) the food was bad.
Day 13/ Saigon: Last supper at Temple Club (29 Ton Trat Thiep St) was better than our first night here, we ate the same two favorites plus a few more dishes, a bottle of champagne and one of rose, than retired to thier beautiful lounge room for desserts and dessert wines, wonderful end to the trip and the restaurant of the tour (outside markets).