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Ten Rainy Day Eats In New York

Uhhhh what about Haddock and Chips from Chipshop with a Deep Fried Mars Bar for dessert?

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Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn

Flaco's Special @ Chef Flaco's (El Paraiso)

Flaco's Special = spicy chorizo, cecina, lettuce, tomato, jalapeno avocado, & eggs on hero bread for $5 (MASSIVE)


Smoked Trout Melt @ General Greene

Smoked trout, red onion, arugula & gruyere for $8

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Sugar Rush: Bespoke Chocolates

Please don't let that word get started here. In England EVERY SINGLE DAMN THING is BESPOKE SAUSAGE BESPOKE CHAIR BESPOKE BREATH OF AIR. I can't take it. One this is oh kay. But if any more things are called bespoke I am going to freak out.

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From Serious Eats: New York

Ten Rainy Day Eats In New York

Uhhhh what about Haddock and Chips from Chipshop with a Deep Fried Mars Bar for dessert?

From Serious Eats: New York

Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn

Flaco's Special @ Chef Flaco's (El Paraiso)

Flaco's Special = spicy chorizo, cecina, lettuce, tomato, jalapeno avocado, & eggs on hero bread for $5 (MASSIVE)


Smoked Trout Melt @ General Greene

Smoked trout, red onion, arugula & gruyere for $8

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Bespoke Chocolates

Please don't let that word get started here. In England EVERY SINGLE DAMN THING is BESPOKE SAUSAGE BESPOKE CHAIR BESPOKE BREATH OF AIR. I can't take it. One this is oh kay. But if any more things are called bespoke I am going to freak out.

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: PB Krispy Bars at Baked

Those are really good. I love the cupcakes. They are like everything the Arch Deluxe promised and didn't deliver.

From Serious Eats: New York

Doughnut Plant's Creme Brulee Doughnuts

Ok I had it and I wasn't crazy about it. It's really tiny. I think I just don't like creme brulee though.

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Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar: It's Damn Good, Damn It!

I went again and got the snickerdoodle soft serve, cornflake cookie, and the standard pork buns. It was basically the best dinner I have had (I was really drunk at the time.)

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Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar: It's Damn Good, Damn It!

I went today and the salty pistachio soft serve is amazing. They will give you free samples of every softee if you ask and the sample is like 1/4 a cup. The pistachio topping is amzing too. I tried the cornflake cookie which was great and I had a snickerdoodle cookie which was pretty good also. The savory things looked awesome and I think I need a pie checklist.

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Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn

Also the BBQ Chicken Pattie at Little Miss Muffin...best pattie in the area IMO. Christie's does better beef fillings, but LMM does better chicken.

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Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn

I'd like to nominate the cold turkey sandwich from No 7. It's wicked complex and delicious.

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Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn

The Chicago from Franklin Corner Deli in Greenpoint: turkey, breaded/fried eggplant, jalapenos, black bean spread, avocado, tomato, lettuce, on a hero. Deliciously schizo sandwich.

Turkey Melt from Tom's in Prospect Heights: fresh roasted turkey, stuffing, melted swiss, special mayo. Done.

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Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn

@pauliegee I, too, am shocked Brennan and Carr didn't make this list. Far better than Roll-n-Roaster, and doesn't need all that extra stuff to make it taste good.

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Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn

I agree wholeheartedly with Ferdinando's Panelle Special at number one, but no Brennan and Carr Roast Beef?!?!?!

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

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Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn

two excellent roast beef, mozzarella and brown gravy hero spots:

Monte's
156 Avenue O,
718-259-1500;

Clemente's
138 Avenue T,
1-800-427-0556.

From Serious Eats: New York

Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar: It's Damn Good, Damn It!

We visited Momofuku with my son's friend who is a student in New York. We were leaving later in the day for a 600 mile drive and wanted some food that would help relieve the tedium. As we were there on a Sunday, we were able to purchase volcanoes and added some compost cookies to the order. The volcanoes were out of this world - the compost cookies almost as good. My only regret is that I didn't purchase more. I am thankful that I have enough reasons to visit NY frequently in order to try everything else on their menu.

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Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar: It's Damn Good, Damn It!

not sure i agree with the thoughts on the compost cookie - i thought it was phenomenal!! and my friend who got other cookies, agreed that the compost cookie was the best of the bunch!

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Sugar Rush: Bespoke Chocolates

I'm sorry, it says "Bespoke Chocolates opened to the pubic a few weeks ago." That's a dangerous typo.

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Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar: It's Damn Good, Damn It!

I finally got here today - first of all, thank you SO much for the photographs. I tasted the Bavarian Cream soft serve, and bought a compost cookie, a piece of crack pie, and a piece of a chocolate layer cake that wasn't mentioned. I have to admit, I was remarkably underwhelmed, by all of it. The compost cookie's ingredients sort of cancel each other out, and it ends up just tasting like a chocolate chip cookie. The chocolate cake sounded much better in the describing: layers of chocolate cake combined with a yellow cake batter cream (evidently uncooked yellow cake batter thickened in some fashion), a layer of fudge, and crumbles of dried chocolate and vanilla cake. Somehow, it had no distinctive flavor - each layer was bland and didn't enhance the next. Lastly, sadly, the crack pie. Someone described it as pecan pie without the pecans, and I think they're onto something. Even though it's made with butter and sugar instead of Karo corn syrup, it just tasted like a less cloyingly sweet version of the Thanksgiving treat. Based on all my samplings, I would not return.

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Sugar Rush: Bespoke Chocolates

@Michele: Agreed on "bespoke." Lame. A whole to-order pizza at Ray's Famous is more bespoke than these chocolates, since I could walk in and call the shots on what tops my pie.

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Sugar Rush: Bespoke Chocolates

Oy, Kathy, I couldn't disagree more. I found the pretzel/caramel chocolate aggressively, hurts-your-mouth salty and couldn't finish it. The balsamic strawberry was so imbalanced in its acidity that it tasted pukey. Bespoke's saving grace is the espresso dome, which doesn't really taste like espresso but has a nice caramelly flavor and the most beautiful texture.

@avantsweater I don't object to things being called bespoke unless, as in this case, they're not actually bespoke. When I see the name "Bespoke Chocolates" it makes me think I can go in there, place an order for any flavor I want, and have them custom-make it.

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Sugar Rush: Matcha Lattes at Tafu

I too had the experience of getting an old and stale macaron the day I went. It was really too bad as they are not cheap!

From Serious Eats: New York

Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar: It's Damn Good, Damn It!

I had the salty pistachio soft serve and pistachio cake last night. I wasn't too impressed with the soft serve, but the cake was amazing (and huge)! Can't wait to try the rest. By the way, it was pretty empty between 6:30 and 8:30 last night - a great time to go!

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Sugar Rush: PB Krispy Bars at Baked

heck yes! i used to get giant versions of these at the cafetieria at college for like a buck. mm. best thing they had.

From Serious Eats: New York

Doughnut Plant's Creme Brulee Doughnuts

i hope they're still making the beautiful square jelly donuts! i've never had a donut like that.... forget the fancy schmansy flavors.... give me jelly or give me death!

i saw the throwdown too, and thought the owner had a "hostility" problem. but sometimes big ego's produce big results. (and then again, sometimes they don't)

From Serious Eats: New York

Doughnut Plant's Creme Brulee Doughnuts

I agree with ratbuddy, about the owner being a real douche on the Throwdown, however, my curiosity about the tres leches donut got the better of me, so when I was near, after crossing and paying bridges and tolls, I decided to give it a try.

It wasn't bad, not as good as I thought it was going to be, the tres leches is the only one I've had, it was very heavy, but not oozing with filling like I was led to believe.

and definitely not worth the $65 parking ticket we got while waiting TOO LONG for their coffee to brew.

I love creme brulee though, and if I find myself near again, I'll run in (while my husband cirlces the block) and snag one to try.

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Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar: It's Damn Good, Damn It!

stopped by yesterday ~ the place reeked from the oil in the deep fat fryer ~ what's up with that? ~ I fled & waited outside while my friend braved the stink in order to snag us a a couple of composite cookies that were just coming out of the oven ~ we enjoyed the gooey (courtesy of the melted chocolate & butterscotch chips) & chewy just baked-goodness as well as the salty & slightly crunchy contrast the cookie got from the potato chips & pretzels ~ made for a very satisfactory pre-dinner snack.

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