- somewhat worrisome. The risk in cutting ties to traditions and setting out on a new path is to lose contact with the audience, versus the goal of leading the audience to new and wonderful things. Sounds like some of both...

Susanne: The shot about Lobster Cantonese won’t cut it with me. Just because I choose to eat the American basics doesn’t mean I don’t know what legitimate Chinese food offerings are available. Appreciating the...

I bought pre-peeled shrimp there on Thursday. It was EXTREMELY cheap ($2 per 1/2 pound – I bought non peeled shrimp at Kowalski’s this morning for $10 per pound). I just stirfried it up to use in fresh spring rolls so...

with saffron (chefs special) Lamb Rogonjosh: Boneless lamb cooked with cashews and served in spicy sauce (chefs special) Goat Vindloo: Goat meat cooked in hot spicy sauce with potatoes. From the tandoori oven we ordered Seekh Kabab:...

no, at least not the sopapillas I have had, which were fried. see attached link, with a pic of them fresh from the oven. They are like an extremely light dinner roll, almost hollow inside from the amount they rise when they bake....

Welcome to my life. My step kids won’t eat my chicken 'cos it doesn’t “look” like chicken..insert eye roll In their home, chicken is crumbed, shaped like a square and comes out of a box. They live on nuggets,...

that these things go on at some places. Having a restaurant in NY is a cut-throat business and many people will do things that aren’t very ethical to make sure their businesses survive. I can definitely understand why the...

. Now, I enjoy sushi, but am not the sushi-nut, that my wife is. I usually build around a tempura seafood main, with several various rolls, and then nibble on her full-sushi spread. We do this in San Francisco, Honolulu, London,...

neighborhood. Anice Stellato, Fondamenta de la Sensa, Cannaregio 3272, closed M/Tue., CC Anice Stellato – modern updates on Venetian dishes – the lamb rolled in green pistachios, amazing. And the prices are reasonable....

in the area – alas, mostly luxury loft type. there are big chain steakhouses, as well as some chinatown fixtures like eat first, tony cheng’s, lei garden, burma (burmese), wok and roll (bubble tea), as well as capital...

. Most of the time it’s for summer time. It can be made with gluten-less flour, or rice flour paste, steamed then cut. It’s also used in that lamb noodle soup, the white cubes. I’m afraid I’ll have to...

salad sandwich, which was great once we cut up the side pickle and added it in (we’re used to pickle relish in our egg salad). I also ordered a side salad, which was incredible, if of unknown value: both of us had side...

and rolling my eyes after some foie gras. But I do have favorite restaurants as well as the memories of some meals that were extraordinary. It’s been my experience that usually the extraordinary experiences have been just...

choice portfolio. My gf and I had the tod mun, meang kum, tom yum goong, isaan sausage, yum talay, nam tok beef, larb duck. Our table was full, and at the end of the evening, we rolled out of there satisfied. Tod mum — very,...

that was HILARIOUS and had soul!) so they did their job of portraying him for drama’s sake but i think they’re cutting back more than they did other years because it doesn’t seem to work to label till the end....