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I'm sure pig's eyes are edible, but why bother? I know I'm man enough, but I just don't see the point of testing our mettle by eating bugs, eyeballs, Fugu, or boars testicles just to prove that we can.

That said, April made us an awesome dish of cod sperm at John Dory, and we loved it.

No thanks for the eyeball, but I'd love to try the head. It's all pork skin and fat what's not to love?! Lamb neck looks amazing too.

You are absolutely right, there was no GOOD BANH MI place in Queens, how lucky am I that my office is right in Flushing. I will be having a #1 for lunch tomorrow. Come to think of it the there aren't many good ones in Chinatown anymore either.

Oh no, I am salivating already

The Boyfriend went up to take a pic with the panda, but I wouldn't touch anything with a cheesy mascot and unabashedly try to be the next KFC. I'm glad you are brave enough to try so I don't have to. For that I thank you.

BIGELOWS!! i grew up in rvc and this is truly a classic spot. i had my last family meal here with both my parents and my brother a few years back. brings back great memories. so happy to see it on the list.

OK, this Bostonian be in the Meatpacking District/Chelsea for one afternoon next weekend, and cannot decide whether to go to Bill's or Shake Shack for a burger.

I'm leaning toward SS. Anybody want to convince me otherwise?

Thanks!

I've been seeing a number of these "fancified" (or re-interpreted) banh mis pop up, what with the growing popularity of Asian sandwiches - kind of like the sudden explosion of $11+ Cubanos that happened a few years ago. And just like that epidemic of Cuba-fauxs, I expect to be disappointed in 90% of them - either because they're identical to sandwiches one can get mere blocks away for half the price, or because they wander a bit too far in their attempts to re-interpret, and wind up missing out on what made the original idea so special to begin with.

But the real question is: is it worth $11? Given that from the looks of it there's only half the meat you might get at Nicky's or Baoguette, I'm tempted to say I'm not gonna bother finding out.

While we're on the topic of misspellings, it's hua jiao not hua jio.

Joe, I apologize about getting the name wrong. Inexcusable. Saying this, I think your piece will do wonders for Lan Sheng

Nice photos. Good to see some adventurous eaters out there. I wrote my own post about FergusStock at the Breslin at http://demianrepucci.com/2009/10/17/the-breslin-fergus-henderson/
Thanks!

I posted my thoughts on this burger to http://irishfatty.blogspot.com - I think your review is spot on though, you can't declare this the best burger until you're tried it a few times, I got the sunset and vine and it was too messy.

Thanks for the new screensaver!

You should have made stock with it.