Ever look at a radish with a long root and think, "Hey, that looks like a rat!" Maybe not. But with just a few small slices and cuts, you could make something that kind of looks like a rat. Impress your friends with your food-carving technique; just don't serve your radish rats to anyone who's afraid of rodents.
Watch the instructional video, after the jump.
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In their Mediterranean cookbook Wine Bar Food, Cathy Mantuano and Tony Mantuano say that ring-shaped honey fritters are the typical fritters of southern Italy, where they're known as scalidi. They're meant to be eaten after being allowed to sit for a few days and soak in the honey.
"Once a dusty formality that lived on in the form of radish roses in out-of-the-way hotels, food art, as it is known, is enjoying a new vogue." The New York Times gives us an inside look at the competitive world of fruit and vegetable carving. Some chefs take up produce carving to battle boredom or to impress customers, while top carvers can earn thousands of dollars creating elaborate biodegradable centerpieces for their clients.
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Not dumplings made out of penguins; dumplings that look like penguins! Wendy ate these cute penguin dumplings at Super Star Restaurant in Hong Kong.
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Midtown Lunch reports that only one Häagen-Dazs location in Midtown is offering free scoops of its Vanilla Honey Bee flavor ice cream today between 4 and 8 p.m. However, outside of Midtown there are many Häagen-Dazs shops participating in the free-scoop promotion, including:
2905 Broadway (b/n 113th and 114th)
New York, NY 10025
212-662-5265
263 Amsterdam Avenue (near 72nd)
New York, NY 10023
212-787-7165
187 Columbus Avenue (near 68th)
New York, NY 10023
212-787-0265
1188 First Avenue (b/n 64th and 65th)
New York, NY 10021
212-288-5200
53 1/2 Mott Street (near Bayard)
New York, NY 10013
212-571-1970
31-43 Steinway Street (b/n 31st and Broadway)
Astoria, NY 11106
718-274-0900
109 Seventh Avenue (b/n President and Union)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-398-8004
120 Montague Street (near Henry)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-797-3700
Although I had passed Chinatown's New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe innumerable times (as it is conveniently located just a few doors down from Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, one of my most frequented ice cream shops), I never felt compelled to try it until pushed by my trusted food partner-in-crime, Kathy. We gathered together a group of six to get the most out of my inaugural meal, but I left still longing for certain dishes we didn't get to try. Here's a rundown of what we did manage to eat in one sitting.
We started with scallion pancakes, which are nothing like the breakfast variety, but more like a flatbread. The most delicious flatbread ever: crisp on the outside, soft on the inside, and harboring chopped scallions within its flaky layers. It's hard to resist immediately shoving a piping hot slice into your mouth—perhaps after dipping into the accompanying spicy soy sauce—but then you risk burning off some delicate inner-mouth skin cells. It's probably worth it though.
The time has come. The snails...they attack.
But there's no need to worry, unless you're a plant.
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Momofuku Ko's bathroom
Momofuku Ko has been extensively written about and photographed, but one thing that no one's mentioned is the bathroom. What kind of literature does one find at Ko?
I don't know what the lyrics of this Japanese song mean, but watching a bunch of people prance around in super happy sushi costumes is captivating enough on its own. Whether or not watching this video will increase sushi consumption is yet to be determined.
Watch the video, after the jump.
Ruby's in NYC makes Aussie style burgers! I haven't been there in years, but I'd love to go back and see how it is.. :)
@David: AH, you've found the secret to his genius! It's all in the bathroom.
@Annie: That's why I didn't go to the bathroom until my meal was finished; I didn't want to risk missing anything! ;D You'll have to thank Raphael and Adam for asking me to take photos. I don't think I would've come up with that on my own. I mean, as though it's not weird enough that I take photos of all my food...next, the bathroom!
@EatingInTranslation: Sweet jesus, you're my hero...I need to go back and TRY ALL THOSE DISHES!
@Julie: ...Okay, I dunno if I have a spirit animal, but if I do, I want the penguin to be one of them. And I want the other one ot be a small Totoro.
@Southern_bella: Yes..almost.
@Joey: Glad you enjoyed it! Pork shoulder in honey sauce? Okay NOW I WANT THAT TOO.
@natty: Good reaction to the eggplant! That's what I wanna hear!!
@Christina: 'Twas. And then I digested it.
@Doug: The faux cave really does add something.
Too fatty? You mean...cos it was mostly fat? Noo! I gotta whip you into shape! Fat-eating shape.
@dmarina: Sorry, wrong Marine Catcher...back to the lobstery version now!
Sweet jesus. It looks like it's puking.
...I mean, I'd still eat it.
@misseditor and Curlz: This pic definitly gives me creepy crawlies, but at the same time I find it hilarious. Hilarious as long as I never have to witness it in real life.
OH NO!...
I guess it was taken down, even though I was watching it earlier today. I hope that wasn't my fault. :(
OMG PIGGEH!
I love a good pig-tasting pig. (points to open mouth)
As a Minneapolis native...don't forget about The Nook.
"a sadness that cannot be overcome by porky goodness"?! That is some hilarious writing. Pork and fat never sounded so good.
As someone from Mpls, I can vouch that they're good.
@EatingInTranslation: Sweet jesus, you're my hero...I need to go back and TRY ALL THOSE DISHES!
too cute! I love penguins. I wonder what the black part is made of. I think it might be a type of fungus that I have eaten in soups before, I just don't know what the name is.
I think I had a a bit of a heart attack just by looking at that video :D
More than at most places in Manhattan's Chinatown, other customers at New Yeah Shanghai Deluxe are happy to offer recommendations. I've discovered a lot of amazing food that way.
These chocolate chip breakfast cookies are the most awsome cookies I have ever tasted, I am not a big chocolate chip cookie fan (maybe because I never found a recipe I liked!) I made these and now we can't stop making them! my husband me and my 5 kids are addicted to them. I always make a double batch. I think something about melting the butter and adding the brown sugar to it makes it taste like nothing I have ever tasted in a cookie. you can even over cook them and they still taste incredible! I will never use another chocolate chip cookie recipe.
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Favorite foods: bread, chocolate, macarons, persimmons, cake, duck, rice, curry
Last bite on earth: Maybe some pork. Maybe some bread. Maybe some rice. Maybe some cake. And gelato. And macarons.