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Sugar Rush: $1 Cookie Dough 'Shots' at the Roasting Plant
Oh, I love Roasting Plant! Isnt it they also have a Lower East Side location? Seriously good coffee! Didnt see the cookie dough though :(
For a Semi-Balanced Meal, Try the Spicy Rizzak and the Veggies of Them All at Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop
I tried Tiny's on my visit to NY in Oct upon reading your recom in your blog. I liked it a lot! Plus proximity to Economy Candy and Sugar Sweet Sunshine is a plus :)
Sunday Brunch: Pan de Mallorca
Yes, that is called ensaimada too :) In Manila (a former Spanish colony, hence the abundance of it here), it is usually made with edam cheese.
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Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
Yey! One of my favorites ever! Which reminds me, I have quite a stash of tableas just sitting lonely at home! Better get to it fast :) I like the idea of adding condensed milk -- gotta try that :)
Sugar Rush: $1 Cookie Dough 'Shots' at the Roasting Plant
Oh, I love Roasting Plant! Isnt it they also have a Lower East Side location? Seriously good coffee! Didnt see the cookie dough though :(
For a Semi-Balanced Meal, Try the Spicy Rizzak and the Veggies of Them All at Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop
I tried Tiny's on my visit to NY in Oct upon reading your recom in your blog. I liked it a lot! Plus proximity to Economy Candy and Sugar Sweet Sunshine is a plus :)
Sunday Brunch: Pan de Mallorca
Yes, that is called ensaimada too :) In Manila (a former Spanish colony, hence the abundance of it here), it is usually made with edam cheese.
What was the best thing you ate in '08?
Definitely salted caramel ice cream from the Bi-Rite Creamery in San Francisco -- Wow! Salivating for it til this day :) Oh, and 2008 was the year I discovered my love for sweet potatoes :)
Five Guys' Fries Make Me Weep with Happiness, Burger Is Not Bad
I tried Five Guys at the Dulles Airport in DC, needless to say that was the highlight of the trip :) and the terra chips of Jetblue of course..
Cook the Book: 'Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics'
Definitely Ina's roast chicken recipe. It really really is delicious, Ive never had better gravy too. I have even adapted her gravy recipe to my meatballs, substituting chicken stock to beef stock. Works like a charm :)
Dinner Tonight: Adobong Na Manok
Yup, you can leave out the ginger. Filipino adobo is yummy! There are many many versions of this dish -- you may also try it with pork or a combo of pork and chicken :)
Who Should Pay at a Birthday Dinner?
The way we'd do it is usually the birthday boy/girl would be good up to a certain amount. If my friends and I want to celebrate my birthday for a night out in town or a dinner, I'd tell them I'm good up to the first say $500 - the rest will be split among them. I think its fair, so the host can stay within her budget and the rest fo the gang dont feel obliged to pay too much.
Ed Levine's Serious Diet Week 31: Taking the Week Off
Did I read that right? 247 lbs!?
Snapshots from Asia: Sapodillas, The Potatoes That Grow on Trees
We had it in our backyard growing up (in the Philippines), we called it chicos! I didnt know many people don't recognize it :) its delicious!
Shake Shack: A New York Spin on the West Coast–Style Burger
I was very lucky - my first visit to NYC and therefore my first visit to Shake Shack -- there were no lines! But I went on a weekday 15 minutes before closing time :) Oh, and try the Abita rootbeer while you are there - so worth it!
The Roasting Plant May Be the Future of Coffee
Oooh finally a feature on Roasting Plant! This was our best find in the Lower East Side when we visited NYC back in Sept07. Best coffee we ever had, seriously! Until now, I havent had a better coffee - cant wait to go back!
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
Oh, tsokolate. This is the ultimate comfort drink. What's great is that you can make it as thick or as thin as you like. It's a staple in our new year's eve dinner, great with cheesy, buttery ensaymada!
Five Guys' Fries Make Me Weep with Happiness, Burger Is Not Bad
The fries are wayyyy overrated! They must not cook them twice, or rinse them or soak them or neither. The fries are too starchy (and barely crisp) an end result. The burgers are very good though; bun has good density.
Sunday Brunch: Pan de Mallorca
I tried making this recipe twice, and both times my dough didn't rise. What am i doing wrong? I followed the instructions carefully and the active dry yeast wasn't expired. PLEASE HELP!!!! I'm so craving this mallorcas.
Five Guys' Fries Make Me Weep with Happiness, Burger Is Not Bad
try burger 'n que's 1/2 pound cheeseburger in orland park--it beats them all
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
onedaylingers, I'm no coffee connoisseur by any means (this from the girl who drinks instant semi-regularly.) I guess barako tastes a little like really strong, deep, earthy chicory coffee. An aunt gifted me with a bag of it (ground already, unfortch) and I brewed a pot. It was all kinds of good: deep and strong, but without that overly roasted, bitter taste I hate.
Girl, if we lived close to each other, we'd each be 600 lbs, and we'd be on the 6 o'clock news as those chicks whose walls had to be taken down so they could winch us out of the kitchen and brought to the hospital on a flatbed truck. DANGER, WILL ROBINSON.
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
lorelai76: I've never heard of barako before—could you tell me how it's different in flavor/body from the arabica beans we're used to here? Also, why is it "best sweetened with honey or brown sugar?"
I wished I lived next door to you—just think of the adventures we could get up to in the kitchen! =)
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
onedaylingers -- I have been eyeballing Craigslist for the past few days looking for an inexpensive ice cream maker so I can make tsokolate 'n barako ice cream. I agree that cold tsokolate might even be (gasp) better than hot.
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
lorelai76: Cashew nuts, oh my! I think I may round up cashew nut butter, almond butter, and the valencia peanut butter I used for a taste test =p
I had a tsokolate-interruptus situation the other day, and wound up putting half a mug's worth in the fridge. Chilled tsokolate is heavenly rich and even sludgier (in a good way) in consistency =p
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
Lorelai76: thanks, that makes sense. I was wondering how raw rice grains would cook in a cup of tsokolate quickly enough. Pounding the rice into flakes beforehand certainly helps.
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
onedaylingers, I grew up in San Miguel, Bulacan- a couple of hours north of Manila. I was talking to my mom about the tableas we got from our neighbor and she said that when she was growing up, they used CASHEW NUTS to enrichen the tableas. Can you imagine? I'm gonna hit the grocery store this weekend to see if I can find a jar of cashew butter, or barring that, plain cashews I can whirr in my food processor.
Maki Squarepatch, what we use is pinipig (immature, green rice pounded into flakes. click here to see.) You plop it into your hot cup of tsokolate, and the raw, thin rice flakes cooks in the chocolate. So you get a chocolatey rice pudding after you've drunk your tsokolate. om nom nom. Unfortunately, I've only seen poor quality toasted pinipig here in the US.
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
Do you have to cook the glutinous rice before adding it to the tsokolate? Or does it just cook in there?
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
mcebacal: I'm in love with how earthy, nuanced, and full-bodied tsokolate is =)
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
the nuttiness always reminded me a bit of a gritty soil while I was growing up...tasting a bit like the Philippines itself
Grocery Ninja: Tsokolate—Smokey, Nutty, Pinoy Hot Chocolate
this sounds amazing..sign me up for this coffee break!
Sugar Rush: $1 Cookie Dough 'Shots' at the Roasting Plant
Well raw eggs do pose a risk. Especially if you're immune compromised -- young, elderly, pregnant, sick -- really a lot of people if you think about it. These are made with pasteurized eggs, I'm sure.
If only pasteurized shell eggs were available to us here in the east. Check them out at safeeggs.com. We should all demand them in our grocery stores.
Five Guys' Fries Make Me Weep with Happiness, Burger Is Not Bad
I rate the place exactly as you do. The cooked in peanut oil fries were fantastic, the burger was rather mundane. Free peanuts were a nice touch, but kinda kill the appetite.
Sugar Rush: $1 Cookie Dough 'Shots' at the Roasting Plant
I can't wait to get my shot tomorrow!
Five Guys' Fries Make Me Weep with Happiness, Burger Is Not Bad
@toad3000:
I completely agree about never writing off an establishment on opening day...that's why, if you read the rest of what I wrote, I went back again about 2 weeks later and had the EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE. Some of the things that I had a problem with really should have no bearing on when I went...the quality of the ingredients like buns and cheese are not going to change and should have been INCREDIBLY fresh on opening day. They should never be more fresh than when I went the first time. Those were two of the biggest problems for me. Gummy buns and cheese that tasted worse than what they use at McDonalds is not going to win any points. And they were the exact same the second time, which tells me that there's no reason to expect that they'll be any different in the future.
But the other things like getting an order wrong, possibly seasoning the meat wrong and cooking it poorly...I can understand that being done on opening day. So I went back and tried again...and it was all the same. Almost exactly. Should I try again and expect it to be different? Possibly, but why when there were so many other things that I didn't like about the place. There are too many good burger places in town, why waste time going back again and again that I've already been to twice and have not enjoyed?
And my biggest complaint was the price. So, if I have now waited a couple of months and go back again, do you think the price will have dropped by 1/3 to be more in line with the quality? I'm fairly sure it won't.
But thanks for the "rocket science" comment. I think I really gave them a fair shot. I didn't just go on opening day and then bash them. I went twice, had two OK experiences, but nothing that I feel that I need to have again. After all of the hype I've read about the place, I was quite disappointed. And I was blown away by the price! Thanks for trying.
For a Semi-Balanced Meal, Try the Spicy Rizzak and the Veggies of Them All at Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop
@witheroad: I just had the cobb on Monday! Barbecue you say...alright, next time.
@Prairie: Every time I go I see the same two people working there: the girl with the glasses and then girl with the red..hair..I assume this is the subject of your enthusiastic ROWR.
Anyhoo, I hope I someday have the experience of a random person on the street telling me what sandwich to get.
For a Semi-Balanced Meal, Try the Spicy Rizzak and the Veggies of Them All at Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop
AND OH YEAH THE GIRL WITH THE RED HAIR ROWR.
For a Semi-Balanced Meal, Try the Spicy Rizzak and the Veggies of Them All at Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop
i DO live near it and i DO go there more than necessary.
every time i get the cobb with barbecue instead of the blue cheese- try it you won't be sorry.
For a Semi-Balanced Meal, Try the Spicy Rizzak and the Veggies of Them All at Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop
So, one night we were walking around the LES, talking to a friend who had never heard of Tiny's, telling him all about it, and someone walks buy and says "Spicy Rizzak! You HAVE to try it, that's my sandwich man!"
It was a moment that 1) attests to the popularity of Tiny's and 2) i'll never forget.
For a Semi-Balanced Meal, Try the Spicy Rizzak and the Veggies of Them All at Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop
YAAY, I'm glad we have a little happy family of Tiny's lovers here. :]
@BettyDee: Oh man, Tiny's + Economy Candy + Sugar Sweet Sunshine = the three places I try to hit when I'm in the LES. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Five Guys' Fries Make Me Weep with Happiness, Burger Is Not Bad
@bwbollom:
You should never write off an eating establishment if you went there on opening day. Better yet, you should never GO to an eating establishment on opening day. That's just asking to be a "learning experience" for the new staff members.
@Rodrene:
You should travel less. Or at least, stop eating at airports. ;-) Go to an actual, established location outside of the airport to get the true experience.
This isn't rocket science, people.
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Yey! One of my favorites ever! Which reminds me, I have quite a stash of tableas just sitting lonely at home! Better get to it fast :) I like the idea of adding condensed milk -- gotta try that :)