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when i had the lamb burger at balaboosta, it was overcooked. that could explain a lot.

i have heard good things about the lamb burger at clover club. anyone else want to chime in on that one?

Look, i agree that compared to many newer places corner bistro is way behind. but the only burgers i have ever had there were in the middle of the afternoon when i was completely sober. I did this many times. I never had a problem with lack of char, never had a problem with unmelted cheese, never had a problem with tasteless beef. It's a good pub-style burger. Theory 3 all the way.

(and the most overrated burger in NYC has to be j.g. melon...)

I guess by the pizza cognition theory Brother's is pizza to me. Having said that, I've never had a slice from there that looked half as good as the ones in these pictures. The bones are usually a lot puffier and not particularly tasty. In recent years, our allegiance has shifted to Fresh Meadows Pizza. Though that's mostly about other food (hello, eggplant lasagne w/ meat) the pizza is better too.

It's not that Brother's is bad, but it's not particularly good either. Sorry guys.

ah, never mind. i had actually looked through the article for the photo of the step i wanted, but i missed the slideshow.

i had it last week; it was way overcooked. be sure to specify temperature i guess.

maybe it's not 'from history,' but i'd like to see kenji do a lamb burger.

seriously, we only had to start dialing 718 in about 2000. no area code is not particularly old school.

i was wondering about the bird chilis too. baoguette is the only place i've been that has them, and you have to ask specifically. that was over a year ago though. when i went in the west village the woman at the counter was completely bewildered when i did ask.

my family is big on amore's now, but frankly my favorite slice in queens is sitll v.i. pizza on bell blvd. haven't been there in quite a while though.

obviously, we can all agree that most restaurant websites suck. however, the complaints about pdf menus have always puzzled me. while it would probably be nicer to have html menus, pdfs generally aren't so bad. frankly, if your device/web browser/whatever can't handle them, the problem is your device web browser whatever. in the case of the person complaining about pdfs in chrome, this is FUD, as in its current versions, chrome has a built in pdf reader. if your phone can't read them, well, isn't there an app for that? i wouldn't know, but if there isn't it sounds like you got a lemon of a phone.

what's more, i understand why restaurants would put up their menus that way: they probably already have them that way. They probably need to make a pdf to send to the printer, so they just put it up on the web site. furthermore, the people who design the restaurant menus are as a rule far more competent than those who design restaurant websites, so the menus tend to be more legible that way. i certainly prefer the menu to be in pdf rather than as part of some flash animation with custom scrolling widgets.

today i will say the salmon/whitefish salad from russ and daughters.

also, i'd love to see the actual recipe, or just the proportions, for making it from scratch in the way you mentioned. i've never heard of anybody making hot chocolate with butter that way.