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I just tried the Wasabi ice cream at Sundaes & Cones, and I think I have a new obsession. I loved it! Creamy goodness with a spicy kick, what could be bad? I figured I tried the Durian at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, so let's hit the wasabi. Fantastic!

Dijon mustard
Deli mustard
Thai Sweet & Chili Sauce
Chinese dumpling vinegar
Saucisson de sic

I'll have to try that, but the best in Halvah in NY is the stuff you get at the Damascus Bakery on Atlantic Avenue. Absolutely a little slice of heaven.

HD makes a tasty product, but never mind the calories - the cholesterol count is roughly 3 to 4 times greater than other premium brands. I prefer my treats to not have such life threatening odds. Stonyfield Farms, which makes one of my 2 fave coffe ice creams, has more sane level of fat and cholesterol. And the other fave coffee, Double Rainbow, is also more reasonable. So is Black & Green's Vanilla, possibly the best vanilla I've ever tasted in a commercial ice cream.

If it's a regular diner, I'm quite fond of scrambled eggs with sausage, toasted english muffin or bagel on the side, and a glass of fresh oj (if they have it). I don't drink coffee. If it's slightly more upscale, I like eggs benedict.

I don't know how weird, but I would eat raw bacon. I also liked to drink tomato sauce from the can.

I pretty much ate all the things most kids hated: vegetables, liver and onions, etc. However, I had a horror of snails, regarding them as slugs with shells. However, at a restaurant outside of Valencia ,Spain, I had (anjd loved) this dish of sea snails, cooked in a brown mint sauce. Delish. And I've had snails in Chinese eateries, and enoyed them.

Hollandaise, a good gravy, and Thai sweet chili sauce.

I enjoy Chowhound, and Ruhlman Blog, which posts Bourdain's blog as well.

Iced tea or lemonade, but alcoholic would be a Coney Island Jen: pineapple juice, coconut rum, and ginger ale. Mix to taste.

I confess to a weakness for corn chips, but the best crispy thing I've eaten recently was at Gordon Ramsay's Maze. The pork belly comes with a piece of fried skin, like the best pork rind I've ever eaten. Delightful.

A friend in Switzerland used to send me high end espresso beans, chocolates, and this malted candy. My frend in the midwest sometimes sends me Bratwurst from Usinger's, and Canadian Bacon and Summer sausage from Nueske's. Also, before he died, a guy my mother worked with retired to a farm in Vermont, and he used to send us first fun maple syrup. I miss that stuff!

I also like the dogs made by Schaller & Weber, great flavor.