Shopsin's is Back. Has Anybody Been?
The food sounds good, is this place a restaurant or just a food stand or both. Nothing like a side of surly New Yorker with brunch.
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New York's Three Best Steakhouses
Big fan of Pete Luger's, love the straight forward service and the bacon appetizer(to die for). The Steaks are top notch and the value unbeatable. My only complaint is the one list is kind of lame and dated. If you are only spend $40-50 on a bottle of red your best bet is a Kendall Jackson Cabernet, maybe that worked in 1986 but today there are too many exciting wines out there at good prices to serve the KJ-Cab.
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Mmm, sausage
Nothing better than a simple peppery sausage served with polenta and a bottle of Sangiovese perfect combination.
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The world of gourmet salt...
Salt is the key to most things tasting good, and I am surpised how conservative people are with it, its not as if it is a rare commodity anymore. Food without salt is usually pretty lousy. Rock salt from a grinder is by far the best.
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Chinese deliverymen in New York filed lawsuit.
Its a real shame that is not a reasonable wage to live on. Do people tip delivery drivers 20%? If the food is on time I think its appropriate.
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Excluding: NYC, SF, Paris, Chicago, Tokyo...favorite food city?
Has to be Bologna, truly the best Italian cuisine. Can't believe no one has mentioned this city nick-named "La Grassa"(def. The Fat). for its rich cuisine.
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Thai Restaurant Hunting This Weekend
Can't wait to check it out. Always nice to hear about another BYOB joint in NYC. Can't believe the overhaul on Pam Real, barely recognized it.
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Daniel Boulud Settles Bias Lawsuit
Well whats interesting all these people treat their busboys and runners like garbage and second class citizens he happens to be the one who got pinched. Hopefully more criminals will be exposed.
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Dear Ed: Sushi Sasabune
This sushi is the truth...top 5 in the city.
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Two Great Summer Corn Pastas (One to Eat, the Other to Cook)
Both recipes sound excellent, but what kind of wine would you pair with each plate. Corn seems like a difficult flavor to pair wine with. I am guessing white but from there I have no idea.
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New York's Three Best Steakhouses
Try BLT Steak, while it is not a hardcore Steakhouse in the tradition of a Smith & Wollenskys or Peter Luger, it is a great Steakhouse with reasonable prices. You can do the Porterhouse, but the Butcher's Cut is also worthy of praise, which oddly you don't find too often in the NYC Steakhouse Universe.
Dear Ed: Sushi Sasabune
I'm going to check Soto. After 12 years I still cannot find a Sushi Restaurant anywhere on the East Coast that can match the sheer variety of fish (sashimi) at Blue Ribbon. The search continues...
Overused Food Words
"Yummy" - it should be prohibited for use by anyone older than 12. When grown men and women say "it's so yummy!" (especially about something they just made themselves) - ewwwwww!
Also, "reduce down" as in "we'll add some wine and reduce this sauce DOWN for 5 minutes". As opposed to what, reducing it UP?
Overused Food Words
It used to drive me insane to see "x" at the end of the word until I started to work at a hospital 10 years ago. Everything ends in x to abbreviate -- history = hx, diagnosis = dx, etc. I still hate seeing "u" for "you" and "ur" for "your/you're," which propagates the erroneous use of your and you're. ARGH! I've gotten better about "tho" and "thru."
Back to food.
- "special blend" -- yay for vagueness
- use of the word "sushi" for anything raw. FFS, sushi doesn't even mean raw!
- innards
Overused Food Words
"Gets" for "understands," especially with the adverb "really." For instance, "so and so really gets the New York restaurant scene," or "really gets food," or "really gets service." It's a lazy, imprecise and charmlessly colloquial locution, and I hope it heads to the blogosphere tar pit as quickly as possible. Even worse when reduced "so and so gets it."
Overused Food Words
I can't explain it, but I really hate the word "unctuous."
As for "foodie," it would be nice to come up with another simple word we could use to describe ourselves. I don't love it, don't hate it. When someone says, "she's a real foodie," about me, it has a very specific meaning. Sometimes I say "food is my hobby," but it may not be clear that I mean I like thinking about food, shopping for it, preparing it, eating it, serving it to friends and family, etc. I'd love a simple word that could convey all that.
Overused Food Words
@thebrokedown - I am guilty of using an "x" it is a habit developed from working in kitchens for 10+ years and before that college training to use it - chix for chicken etc. it is a shorthand and yeah it carries over to my every day life.
I always crack up at the way wines are described "oaky, smokey, fruity (duh, they are made from grapes) musty, lively" etc. all that from a beverage? I like wine too, but wow.
New York's Three Best Steakhouses
What about Strip House? After going to many of the best steak houses in NYC, that is right up there with my favorite steak.
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