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I especially like the "Husband and Wife" special - it's a cold appetizer dish with sliced beef and tripe in a spicy chili oil. This place is definitely one of my new favorites!

Alice Waters making Poulet roti and a pear tart

This is so easy! I should have done this instead of buying the $9 jar of tahini at Whole Foods last night. Which I'm planning to use in this butternut squash & tahini spread recipe. Sigh, next time...

I drank a lot Bengali Tiger this past weekend with tacos - I think it's my new favorite beer!

i totally agree with @LHSK12. I have dreams about that secret sauce. Does anyone have any idea what it's made out of? Even a hint??

Although it's Syrian, Gazala Place on 9th ave in hell's kitchen serves turkish coffee. Try the boreka, it's so good!!

i definitely prefer çay to turkish coffee, i actually felt like it had more caffeine.

apparently complaining on twitter works. They're serving it again at Maialino!

Maialino DID have the best eggnog in New York. A bunch of friends and I were really looking forward to it again this year. Well, I called them this afternoon to make sure and it is not on the menu this year.

Dear bartenders at Maialino: You have made me really, really, really sad. What the heck were you thinking???

Wow - thanks so much to everyone for all the recommendations, I'll definitely have to check them out. We ended up going to Jeffrey's in the Essex Street Market and ended up with lamb leg (because it was cheaper), we were very happy with it. We ground it at home and made some lamb köfte, there was a good balance of fat to meat and the meat itself was flavorful without being overly gamy.

The staff is really friendly and helpful and emphasize that they'll get you anything you want, the way you want it. And Jeffrey is a total old school NY character which I think just adds to the experience. My husband liked it so much that he wrote a blog post about it!

sweet, you're going to love it - my husband and i visited a friend two years ago and all we did was eat, bike and eat some more. We actually put together a map with places that we wanted to check out based on hearsay and poking around on the web:
http://www.communitywalk.com/portland/or/portland_destinations/map/265509

We obviously didn't have time to visit all of them, but our favorites ended up being Le Pigeon, Pok Pok, Biwa and Toro Bravo. I haven't updated the map since then but I hope it helps!

Don't forget about the farmers' market at the Red Hook farm/Added Value on Saturdays! It's directly across the street from Ikea, you can even see it in the Google map posted above.

So now you can pick up an Expedit bookcase, fresh locally grown vegetables and a yummy taco all in ONE trip. sweet.

crispy crispy

I LOVE doubles. There's a great place in Brooklyn off of the Nostrand stop on the A - when you get off of the stop, cross over Fulton and walk up half a block, it's on the right (it has a bunch of AAs in its name and the place proclaims itself the Doubles King, but i can't remember exactly). They make the best doubles ever. But make sure you get there early, they close when they run out.