Living in Queens turned me into an ethnic food obsessive. I never know whether I'm going to be eating succulent Mexican chivo on Roosevelt Ave. or dining on a mess of clams at a po jang ma cha (Korea's answer to the izakaya) in Flushing's Murray Hill.
Big B--I think Asian Taste 86 is run by some folks from Surabaya and is pretty good,odd that they have have chosen to market themselves as all things to all Asians with that name and a slightly odd menu
Jo Ju, the place that replaced Bromo is quite good, it's part of my Elmhurst tour
@Big B Thanks for your unput on Java Village...so whihc is the fourth place that repositioned..say it's not Asian Taste 86 because their food is great
Never he started with names first when creating drinks. I once asked Giuseppe Gonzalez of Dutch Kills to create a drink based on a name: The Syndicate. The result was a complex sipper made with plenty of Cynar, Campari and other Eye-talian ingredients. A pretentious request with delicious results.
Cool! Looks good, you have also given me the itch to rewatch the Sopranos!
@candycarrot: Say what you will about Junior no cocktail workshop I've ever been to beats the lab
@Laren: I humbly suggest you call your drink the Smoky Spirer, that or the Pineapple Triathalon!
@tonycalzone: Wow I haven't been to Golden Boy in like 20 years!
@AK: Sag paneer za'? Now you're talking!
@Simon: Just doing my job
As far as I know nobody used bone marrow; why do you?
@Simon I like the soup dumpling at Nan Xiang in Flushing better than Joe's
Robbie,
Looks you're now a bona fide BBQ blogger. You done good boy!
-- Joey Deckle
You say it's your birthday...well, it's my birthday too...not really, but I remember when Ed asked me to join SE:NY and I'm glad I did...Happy Birthday Serious Eats!!!!!!!!!!!!
@scoutiepie: So it's Fujianese-run...very interesting. It was hard to find?
@klg19: Gank away just PayPal me $1 for every usage!
Reminds me of a another wannabanh mi: the one at Blind Tiger Ale House.
@eatfood; Yep looks like I spelled the name wrong, thanks for pointing that out
@Robert Sawyer: Who is this Mr. DiSefano whose review you're critiquing? Point taken about the language "crazy good," though." I am looking forward to trying their dan dan mian, and agree that having a new kid on the wok will keep the others on their toes.
Egads that all looks killer-diller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I don't use exclamation points lightly. Robyn your pix are so good I was licking my monitor screen, then I realized it was just a photo of lamb neck.
Chichi, you're my kinda gal, you took the skull home. You should get some of those little beetles that the Museum of Natural history uses to clean the flesh off animal skeletons.
"...the five lions have joined to form a Voltron of unstoppable burger deliciousness..." Adam, I stand in awe of your ability to combine hamburger geekery with Japanese toy geekery.
Anyone else notice that the old catalog page tables were copped from Wendy's?
Jason is the best and that Golden Ticket is a brilliant cocktail. Tell the truth the pickleback is good in its own bizarre way too.
You should try Malaysian mooncakes...the pandan ones are really cool ...you can get them at the Malaysian grocery in Flushing Mall
@polecat: I have had the squid ink pasta which was quite good and also the Rustica Pizza...nice pie a little too much greenery for me though....I haave not had the Louie & Ernie's zone, but spose I will have to...I have also heard good things about Lucali's
@fressa...aw don't playa hate participate..it's not my fault you're going to law school...look me up when you're in town we'll get our grub on
@boppy: how do you really feel Robyn? Sounds like a SE:NY expedition is in order...there's a ton of stuff I haven't tried (duck yolk with pumpkin and a whole series of dishes named after the resto, like Mei Er Te fish hotpot)...and stuff I've tried that I left out of the piece, like squid dumplings
@EIT, my pleasure Dave. I believe that the strips of colored paper duplicate as well as augment the menu. I know for certain that item No. 28, pork chop with shrimp sauce, on the back of the takeout menu also appears on the wall. I didn't incl;ude it in this post, but it's some of the best fried pork I've ever had!
@redfish: best you don't click on this: http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2008/05/eating-cuy-guinea-pig-jackson-heights-queens-nyc.html
@feisty: As an Eyetalian-American I feel like I *have* eaten there, even though I haven''t. Is it really a secret? Did I let the pasta y fagiole out of the bag?
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There culatello is stupendous!!