If you’re going to make Southern cooking or Hong Kong type cuisine, you’ll probably want some fish sauce (sold under the Thai name, nam pla, at least around here), and probably lemongrass, lime leaves...

red color. look at the ingredients: Hibiscus, rosehips, peppermint, West Indian lemongrass, orange peel, natural flavors, lemon myrtle, licorice and wild cherry bark....

. It’s like regressing to my relatively poor childhood in the 1970’s — the toughest cuts of beef, little fresh seafood even though we live by the ocean, little in the way of “exotic” ingredients like...

and asking the price if I’m interested in one of the specials. Just as I have no problem asking the “MP” or market price of items on the regular menu (lobster, oysters, kobe beef, foie gras etc. are often listed...

it was supposed to be. He did bring us another rose, which was not bad. http://flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/824737578/in/set-72157600845811043/ Then – the famous fried mayonnaise? Beef tongue, fried mayo, and tomato...

. 3) Stuff in Riverdale: I find Planet Tokyo on Johnson Ave. has a few decent menu items, and liked the lemongrass squid at the Vietnamese restaurant across the street (can’t remember the name), but only mention them as being...

this dish very much. It was paired with a white Burgundy, Montaigny. For reasons on which I would rather not expound, I had contemplated ordering a la carte at the beginning of the meal. I had had my eye on the braised cod (along...

). Karam is a good lunch choice, as is Silk. VQ? meh, I think you could do better. Certainly Kenny & Zuke’s, they opened less than a month ago. They make their own pastrami, corned beef, pickles, bread, bagels, bialys, rolls...

're going to be getting foie gras and kobe beef with a $35 3-course dinner. Consider it an opportunity to see what some of these places can do with some of the simpler, lower-budget ingredients. I don’t know of any city...

After fifteen years in New York City and five and a half in Park Slope, we’ve finally decided to pack up our things and light out for the territories. Goodbye, then, to Lemongrass Grill, with its sweet-and-heavy all-purposes...

Noodles, lean beef, fat free cheddar cheese, and a home-made sauce (tomato sauce, tomato paste and seasonings), you can still have your italian fix :-)

i’d definitely make sure you go to Chiang Mai...certain dishes, like gaeng-hang-lay (Burmese/Thai pork stewed w/ ginger) are fantastic there... i had some great food in Isaan (Udon Thani), where the grilled fish w/...

cilantro and a wide assortment of other herbs, including lemongrass, at T&T.

Thai House in Ardsley (about the same as Lemongrass Grills, but a few bucks more; nifty decor too), and vehemently disagree with another poster who liked City Limits Diner in White Plains. That is not a traditional diner, but a...

in about a tablespoon of dijon mustard, 1/4 cup chicken broth, 1/4 cup maple syrup. Let thicken for a few minutes. Add a handful of fresh, chopped rosemary to finish. Pour over beef and toss to coat. The fries are SO good dipped...