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Dang. Reading the headline, I was looking for schwarma in a waffle.

It's quite alright. I just want them to take my money already! Just, you know, a bit less than packing in dry ice and fedexing directly to my apartment would cost.

Can you please start selling steaks and roasts on Freshdirect?

Peking Duck House is IMO the best version in NYC. I have Chinese friends who actually claim it's better than they get back in Beijing, because long island ducks are fatter than Chinese ducks.

The problem with peking duck house is that all their other dishes are terrible. Slimy overcooked vegetables, greasy fish, etc. When you go there, just gorge on duck and nothing else. Allot one duck per two people.

I used to go to the corner bistro all the time back in the late 90s while going to school in the area. It was never an amazing burger, but really, who knew what an amazing burger was back then? Like you say, at the time a burger was a burger, and this one was at least cooked fresh and not well-done. The spot was an amazing bargain for the money, and the beer was cheap too.

Spotted pig is a destination restaurant, certainly. The donut plant has been in a bunch of those interchangable foodtv shows.

Murray's, though? I agree they're excellent bagels, but you certainly won't find out of towners headed there over someplace like, for example, Sarabeth's or Barney Greengrass. Barney Greengrass, by the way, totally deserves to be on this list.

This is exactly how I make iced coffee in my aeropress, directly onto ice. Comes out great, and less work than pour-overs.

Tecate, cold.

My personal ratings:

Ed Mitchell's whole hog was soft, with no pieces of skin, and undersauced. It was much better last year. Didn't try the turkey, because, why?

Blackjack's pulled pork was way too sweet. Same goes to the "other" guy selling whole hog. We're talking diabetic coma here. They tasted like dessert.

Udon's pulled pork was the best of the day, although I didn't try Gibson's.

The smoked sausage/pimento cheese was EXCELLENT. Also, although I usually try to avoid the NYC spots, Blue Smoke's beef ribs were amazing, crisped up on the grill and insanely smoky. I don't know if I could eat more than 2-3 of them without my mouth tasting like an ashtray, but in small quantities they delivered.

Sadly I didn't get to the salt lick or dinosaur this year.

Overall, the food wasn't up to last year, and I was particularly disappointed with Ed Mitchell, which I usually LOVE, but it was still a rockin' good time. I especially enjoyed the honkey-tonk German band playing southern covers and ending with Danke Schoen!

I've been there many times, and I've come to the conclusion that I just don't like Otto's pizzas. I've tried pretty much all of them, and they simply aren't very good.

Whenever I hit Otto I load up on appetizers and small plates, drink a ton of wine, then finish off with their amazing gelato. That's how to do it.

Grand sichuan in kips bay.

My favorite brunch food is eggs softly scrambled with fully caramelized onions and large chunks of smoked sturgeon with a toasted bialy and coffee on the side with a copy of the NYtimes and nobody jostling for my seat.