xospecialk’s Profile
Recent Comments
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
My mom told me about this place when it first opened. I was hoping that it would keep flying under the radar. way to ruin it ed. =)
New York French Fry Honor Roll: Add Yours to the List
the bar at Gilt has some excellent fries
See more comments by xospecialk »
Recent Posts
xospecialk hasn't written a post yet.
Recent Favorites
xospecialk hasn't favorited a post yet.
Recent Polls
xospecialk hasn't answered any polls yet.
Recent Quizzes
xospecialk hasn't taken any quizzes yet.
Recent Comments | Response to Comments
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
They sell ribena in most of the asian grocery stores in nyc. I grew up with that stuff, most likely from my parents having grown up w/ it in hong kong.
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
My mom told me about this place when it first opened. I was hoping that it would keep flying under the radar. way to ruin it ed. =)
New York French Fry Honor Roll: Add Yours to the List
the bar at Gilt has some excellent fries
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
I passed by Roasted Delights this weekend. It was shuttered.
The phone is also disconnected.
Any clue as to what has happened?
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
I too grew up drinking Ribena thanks to my Hong-Kong born mother, and just bought a bottle of Ribena syrup last night!
I tend to drink it more diluted than what you get in the ready-made Ribena packages however. I use it most often to flavour a bit of water or mixed with club soda to make an Italian soda, as suggested above.
Definitely check Chinese grocery stores if you can't find it in the international section of your regular grocery store.
And ditto the recommendation for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles. If I could live off of the blackcurrant ones without going into sugar shock, I would.
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
One look at the Ribena bottle and I instantly flashed back to Snake Bites* in Edinburgh! Too many nights, too many Snake Bites ... just makes my head hurt thinking about them!
*Ribena mixed with a lager beer = HANGOVER
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
Didn't know such a thing existed, but I love Ribena(and those black currant pastilles). This opens a new world of Ribena based alcohol drinks now, like Ribena and soju.
You should be able to get Ribena in some of the bigger Chinese supermarkets in NYC area or buy it from Amazon. Those black currant pastilles are like $4 a tube at some of those supermarkets too. If only I can still get glass bottled Lucozade.
Something else that's like Ribena would be Sambucol but that's actually medicinal and tastes slightly nasty.
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
Sometimes there's nothing nicer than a good snakebite and black - my youth was spent making really strong snakebite n black and freezing it into a slush - yummy!
@Chrismc - I had weiss bier in Germany made with banana juice and I've never tasted anything so gross - maybe I should've tried it in a stout!
Ribena is a lovely squah - I have a fantastic cuddly ribena berry sitting on top of my work computer - when you squish it is does the wuhu sound of ribena berrys!
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
The first time I went to England my friend made me drink Ribena. And then I realized that it was THE BEST THING EVER..
...Not so good that I've looked for it here though. I see it in Asian grocery stores from time to time.
Granted, in England I also decided that every biscuit and every chocolate bar was the Best Thing Ever, so I think I was just in love with everything not American.
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
Ribena is pretty gross - it's so sweet! I often drink snakebites in England but I always have to stress "No Black". The bartender looks at me like I'm crazy, but really, a snakebite and black is just too much.
I was in Germany once and the bartender made me a Guiness with Banana Juice. I didn't even know banana juice existed. Boy was that delicious. Who knew!
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
While visiting a friend in Leeds (England) I was informed at a pub, that it ladies didn't drink "lagers"..
"Oh no I asked, what do they drink?"
"A cider and black"
After two pints of sickly sweet pink cider (Pint of Strongbow with an ounce.. A WHOLE OUNCE.. of Ribena) I switched to beer, not caring if the boys found me unlady like.
Though strangly I do love Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles.
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
ah, thank you for explaining what 'squash' is. a particular lily allen lyric has been puzzling me with it for months.
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
I love Ribena + seltzer too! It's such a delicious treat!!
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
When I was living in the Czech Republic the Tescos used to sell these amazing Ribena flavored ice cream bars. My god, they were good. Alas, the last time I went back they were gone.
Snapshots from the UK: Ribena, and the Guinness and Black
never heard of ribena before.
i like mixing my guiness with lambic framboise.
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
Glad you liked Roasted Delights. It's a cool place. I agree with you about the pork chops. They're almost a pork dessert. You're right about the bacon and egg fried rice and the pork chops not being on the menu. I should have mentioned that in my post.
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
Thanks for cluing us into this place, Ed. We ventured down on Saturday. Had the roast duck with rice which was very tasty, with a great sauce. My son adored the bacon and egg fried rice. However, we found the “pork chops” to be waay too sweet; couldn't eat more than two pieces. But altogether a real find. (NB: We could not find the pork chops or the fried rice on the menu; we had to bring out the printout of the SE review and point to the pictures.)
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
As a Hong-Konger here, I would say the fried rice would be alright but not in the full glory a fried should have. The rice is not supple enough; that is what can be judged from the pic . But I think we can't ask for too much about this. By the way,we called roast pig as 'Siu Yuk' in Cantonese(which actually means 'roasted meat') and roast pork as 'Cha Siu'(which means 'roasted on a skewer').
Just to share something with any Chinese food lover.
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
@Da_Vid The roast pig is a whole roasted pig where the skin crisps up really nice. Roast pork is a cut of pork that's been slathered in sauces and then roasted - the result is a red glazed piece of pork.
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
So, what's the difference between roast pig and roast pork? Can anyone out there tell me what the difference is?
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
Wow, great find. fatophobes?? I'm a Fatophile
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
Fantastic! I'm off to convince my apartmentmates to bypass cooking our own turkey this year...I'd much rather have this! heheheh ^_^
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
Mmmm, crispy pig's skin.
The bacon and egg fried rice looks really tasty.
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
I would def check out this place if I'm ever in NYC. This looks awesome...
Roasted Delights, Chinese Barbecue At Its Best [Update: no longer open]
Robyn, nice photos! and it's the hanging roasted pig thing I was telling you about!
mmm.... piggies
New York French Fry Honor Roll: Add Yours to the List
osteria al doge - best bar fries, with rosemary, sea salt and garlic. finger licking good!
New York French Fry Honor Roll: Add Yours to the List
i 2nd the opinion of fries at hamburger joint at parker meridien hotel for their brown bag of fries, simply delicious, thin and low brow.
pearl oyster bar, shoe string fries.
New York French Fry Honor Roll: Add Yours to the List
Every great french fry I've ever had has been made from fresh potatoes.
Recent Posts
xospecialk hasn't written a post yet.
Recent Favorites
xospecialk hasn't favorited a post yet.
Polls
xospecialk hasn't answered any polls yet.
Quizzes
xospecialk hasn't taken any quizzes yet.
They sell ribena in most of the asian grocery stores in nyc. I grew up with that stuff, most likely from my parents having grown up w/ it in hong kong.