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East Village, Restaurants
Burger Lunch Special at Mark – NYC
03.27.13 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Being home the last few days, I’m learning a lot about the restaurants in the East Village. Like at lunch, there are lunch specials! Who knew all this good stuff was happening while I’d been toiling away in Midtown for the past eight years?! Last week, lunch was at Mark Burger on St. Marks, where $8 gets you two burgers, fries, and a soda. MORE »
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Nolita, Restaurants
Lunch at Balaboosta – NYC
01.26.12 | Permalink | 4 Comments
Balaboosta opened more than a year ago, but my first visit was only last month. I’ve been meaning to visit ever since they opened, but there’s many delicious distractions in this city, and it wasn’t until I had a mean craving for a lamb burger I found myself there one day with David in tow. MORE »
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Midtown, Restaurants
Bibimbap Burger at Social Eatz – NYC
08.22.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Why is this called a “Bibimbap Burger“? Bibimbap (비빔밥), as you all probably know, is a Korean dish of rice, vegetables, and meat that is mixed with a gochujang (고추장, red pepper paste) based sauce right before eating. “Bibim” means mixed, and “bap” literally means rice, but can more broadly mean food or meal. There are no set rules what goes into bibimbap or bibimbab, but most commonly you’ll find rice, vegetables, beef, an egg (sunny-side up with a runny yolk), a dollop of gochujang sauce (usually a combination of gochujang, sugar, soy sauce, and sesame oil), and a good drizzle of sesame oil. MORE »
