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• Flushing, Restaurants, Small Shops, Whitestone

  Labor Day Fun Outside of Manhattan - NYC

  09.10.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  

  I was never a big fan of kids until my brother had a baby three years ago. Little Adam was born exactly three years from yesterday, and since then I’ve been infatuated with him. Yes, I love him even though he tells me to go home when I go visit him. Once he even told me to get out of a moving vehicle on the way to the park. Nonetheless, I find him adorable. So when Labor Day weekend was approaching, I rented a Zipcar, and made plans with my bro and sister-in-law, Hannah, to take Adam to the beach. On the night before the day we were supposed to go, I called Hannah to confirm and she said no one wanted to go anymore because they thought there was going to be too much traffic. Can you believe it? I was stood up by a three-year-old! I guess I’m losing my touch with the boys. MORE »

• Midtown, Small Shops

  Roast Duck @ Ying Du - NYC

  09.04.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  

  Roast Duck over Rice @ Ying Du

  Ying Du is one of those places that makes working in Midtown more tolerable. When I tell people I work in Times Square, people always ask what I eat. Yes, it’s true, Times Square is tourist central and there are a million of overpriced restaurants that cater to tourists that don’t know any better. Everyday, I have to fight the swarm of slow moving tourists to get in and out of my office building. No offense to tourists, I know what it’s like to be a tourist. You’re confused, discombobulated from a stressful flight, and you want to take it slow, but please, “Can you look at your subway map on the left or right of the sidewalk instead of smack in the middle of a busy street?!” In any case, among all this madness, a few blocks away in the Garment District, there are small restaurants like Ying Du that exist soley to feed the midtown masses, in particular the Chinese masses. Meaning, don’t go to Ying Du if you want General Tso’s Chicken or Sesame Chicken. MORE »

• Midtown, Small Shops

  Tres Tacos from Tehuitzingo - NYC

  08.13.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  

  Barbacoa (Goat) Taco from Tehuitzingo

  I feel like the Internet has been going Mexican crazy the last few weeks. I’ve been reading posts about Mexican food left and right. So last night, right before I went to sleep, I decided to to eat tacos for lunch at Tehuitzingo (Yes, that’s right, I think about lunch right before I go to sleep, I’m not ashamed to admit it.).

  Before I left for Tehuitzingo, I checked MenuPages and I knew what I wanted. Pig ear! I mean, I never had pig ear in a taco before, so it just seemed logical. I also got a Barbacoa (Goat) Taco and a Carnitas (Pork) Taco, just for good measure. MORE »

• Small Shops, Street Eats

  An Ode to Jamón - Menorca

  08.06.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  

  Ham Flavored Potato Chips

  I just came back from Menorca, Spain, and after eating cured meats and jamón flavored potato chips everyday for a week, a normal person would probably be sick of ham, but then again I’m a little, er, different. I’ve been craving jamón for days now. Salty, fatty, nutty, I just can’t get enough of it.

  Menorca was truly the land of delicious cured meats. Everywhere you went, it was pretty much guaranteed that you would find a ham suspended somewhere. Generic supermarket, check! Restaurant, check! Airport, check! Street market, check! MORE »

• East Village, Small Shops

  Caracas Arepa Bar - NYC

  07.23.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  

  La Del Gato @ Caracas Arepa Bar

  This is a short post about Caracas Arepa Bar. I have a million photos that I took before I started this blog, so I’ve been going through them and picking out the memorable ones. MORE »

• Small Shops

  Dragon Beard Candy - Montreal

  07.22.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  

  Dragon Beard Candy

  Last year my wonderful coworker, Taiwai, brought me back Dragon Beard Candy from Hong Kong. The candy is basically spun sugar rolled up and filled with crushed peanuts. It was incredibly delicate with just the right amount of sweetness. I did some research afterwards and read online that they sell them at Dynasty in Chinatown. Of course when I went there, there was none to be found. Mission failed, I assumed I was not destined to have any more Dragon Beard Candy. That is until I made a little discovery in Montreal…. MORE »

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