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Smörgåsboard: Arepa; Soft-Shell Crab; Banh Mi
People are getting way too crazy with the macro lenses on these food shots. I know this is de riguer now but come on. I want to see the food other than the 1 inch area you selectively focused on.
'New York Times' Restaurant Critic Frank Bruni Stepping Down
Why do major critics still pretend that they are somehow anonymous? Aren't there staff whose job is mainly to be on the lookout for these guys? Don't chefs write all the time about how crunch time is on when they spot the critic in the restaurant?
Yea, the book is really going to blow his cover.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
I wish they would make the outer shell thinner. When you bite into it the dough next to the red bean filling always tastes undercooked.
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A Different Kind of Slider at White Rose System in Highland Park, New Jersey
HP is my hometown and I've always loved White Rose. Prices are great and a plate of burger with fries will hit the counter about 10 seconds after you ordered. Sadly they are no longer open 24 hrs like they were in the old days.
Smörgåsboard: Arepa; Soft-Shell Crab; Banh Mi
People are getting way too crazy with the macro lenses on these food shots. I know this is de riguer now but come on. I want to see the food other than the 1 inch area you selectively focused on.
'New York Times' Restaurant Critic Frank Bruni Stepping Down
Why do major critics still pretend that they are somehow anonymous? Aren't there staff whose job is mainly to be on the lookout for these guys? Don't chefs write all the time about how crunch time is on when they spot the critic in the restaurant?
Yea, the book is really going to blow his cover.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
I wish they would make the outer shell thinner. When you bite into it the dough next to the red bean filling always tastes undercooked.
Fatty Filipino Pork Chunks at Pistahan
Is the pork floating in midair in that second pic?
Shake Shack: A New York Spin on the West Coast–Style Burger
I prefer the Shack burger to 5 Guys mainly because the SS patty is almost always more moist and flavorful. This may be because 5 Guys only cooks burgers well done but I think the SS just has a better blend of meat.
However the topping options, fries, price, and soda fountain (unlimited Mr.Pibb!) is better at 5 Guys.
A Different Kind of Slider at White Rose System in Highland Park, New Jersey
Yesterday I went to White Rose in Roselle for a double cheesburger. I don't know if it's because of the change in owners or if they just had a bad night, but my burger wasn't good at all. Dried out and lacking it's usual great flavor. If I went for the first time I would be greatly disapointed and wonder what the fuss was about.
A Different Kind of Slider at White Rose System in Highland Park, New Jersey
It's called "system" as an allusion to the White Castle System, which all these places were ripoffs of. White Castle was the first chain restaurant, and the idea of a "system" was so novel that they (and their imitators) boasted about it.
A Different Kind of Slider at White Rose System in Highland Park, New Jersey
I grew up in nearby East Brunswick and ate here in high school (usually late night). The first time I went I asked for my burger without onions and the guy at the register called it back "one sissy burger!" Still remember that over 15 years later. Pretty funny and embarrassing.
A Different Kind of Slider at White Rose System in Highland Park, New Jersey
I haven't been to the Highland Park White Rose. I go to the Roselle location. I think it's my favorite burger. I don't like onions, so I get mine without. Here, at least, they don't taste of onions if you don't order them. I like the large bacon cheeseburger (on a kaiser bun) and fries. Much more food and meatier burgers than White Diamond.
A Different Kind of Slider at White Rose System in Highland Park, New Jersey
Not that impressed with the burgers here. Much prefer White Diamond.
A Different Kind of Slider at White Rose System in Highland Park, New Jersey
it's supposedly called white rose "system" because they employ only ex-cons in an effort to help them get back on their feet
A Different Kind of Slider at White Rose System in Highland Park, New Jersey
it is ALL about the fries at white rose system!!!
http://beavercitywillrockyou.blogspot.com/2008/12/hamburger-will-rock-you-and-sock-you.html
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
Holy cow! I was obsessed with these in Singapore. Where I was staying there was a Meidi-ya supermarket downstairs and there was a little mom 'n' pop stand inside where you could get them made fresh any time of day. I could not resist them. I went in on new year's eve and the line snaked around the whole store and that's the only day I didn't have some. Thanks for the tip-off!
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
Mmmm - I was introduced to this at Epcot when I was a kid. I went home to Boston and dreamed for years about "that fish-shaped pancake with raisins". (I think they did raisins instead of red bean paste to appeal to the audience.) Now I know what it's called!
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
Hi Michele, sorry if this is a bit late. A taiyaki is fish-shaped as described in this entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiyaki), while a dorayaki is round, basically two pancakes sandwiching the filling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorayaki). The filling for a taiyaki and dorayaki are similar, usually red bean. Hope the Wiki links help too.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
@joannabar: TJs is in the mall next door to the north, so it's not a far walk. It's just..like..not the same mall, so it seems far at first, ha ha.
If you go right when Mitsuwa opens, you should be able to get a parking spot. Like 10 am? And then the crowds descend..
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
roboppy, is it a long walk from TJ's? TJ's must be north of Mitsuwa because there isn't much south of it, or at least there wasn't last time I was there last summer. Are there ever any un-crowded hours? ;-)
Thanks for the tip!
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
@joannabar: I hear ya on the parking issue. I learned to just park at the mall with the Trader Joe's (I drive from the north) instead of go to the Mitsuwa parking lot and be disappointed during crowded hours. That parking lot has been the same size since FOREVER, with no room for expansion..hohum.
I think the taiyakis are just red bean, but there's a similar cream-filled thing as well.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
I love going to Mitsuwa, but I wish I didn't have to drive to get there. If you are going on a weekend you will want to find a bus from NY...the parking is someplace beyond awful. Way worse than the Harlem Fairway before they built the new lot. I have given up more than once.
That being said, if you can get a spot...it is a wonderful place indeed. Does the market have any other flavor of taiyaki? I'm getting hungry looking at the picture.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
@dreamsicle--wait, what's the difference between taiyaki and dorayaki? The shape? They're both red bean, right?
Hm, I could wait for you to respond or I could google it.
Gotcha.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
does anyone have a recipe for making the batter? i'm tempted to do a hybrid version in my aebelskiver pan. thanks!
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
@Michele: I wish I grew up watching XIAO DING DONG (hehe, I like that name) but..didn't know Chinese so that didn't go over very well. But I've watched some episodes while staring in confusion.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
Hi Michele, just wanna let you know that Doraemon is obsessed with dorayaki ... that's where its name comes from.
I love both of these Japanese treats too, as well as imagawayaki/obanyaki. Actually in Hong Kong they have ones with a green tea exterior and a red bean or sweet potato filling, in addition to custard, chocolate, black sesame and savory fillings like potato and cheese.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
Great shot -- and I second the toaster oven recommendation. I like the ones filled with cheese =)
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
Robyn, do you know about Doraemon, the blue cartoon cat who's obsessed with taiyaki? I grew up watching his show in Cantonese (the Chinese call him Ding-Dong.) He's awesome.
Check this out.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
I wasn't too lazy to go to the Korean supermarket, but I was definitely too full. :( I just remembered another place in Flushing that sells em though: The Flushing Mall. Unfortunately, those kind of suck, so I wouldn't recommend them.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
my parents always buy at minimum 6 @ mitsuwa, cuz there is some sort of deal that way. the leftovers we pop in the toaster oven and they come out hot and crunchy. sometimes better than when we got them.
Sugar Rush: Taiyaki from Mitsuwa in New Jersey
@cough drop: Thanks for the info! I'm gonna be in Flushing tomorrow so I'll see if I'm not too lazy to make my way over there... ;)
Fatty Filipino Pork Chunks at Pistahan
ROBYN! You ate LECHON! :D
Had some a couple of months ago. Huge roast pig laid out on a table, with people slicing bits straight off it. Here's a picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/luisk/lechon.jpg
(The guy with glasses is my former teacher, genius poet Jimmy Abad.)
For someone who grew up with it, I never really acquired a taste for lechon though. But I do like "the loud potato chip-like crunch of the skin on the first bite." :)
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HP is my hometown and I've always loved White Rose. Prices are great and a plate of burger with fries will hit the counter about 10 seconds after you ordered. Sadly they are no longer open 24 hrs like they were in the old days.