Soba-Ya: Buta Kakuni (braised pork belly with poached egg in soy sauce broth)
Soba-Ya 229 E 9th St (between 2nd Ave & 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10003 First very important note: ask to have this come with your noodles or rice. The soup and pork belly are so flavorful that...
View ArticleRosa Mexicano is launching a new menu… and I got to try it first!
* Rosa Mexicano 9 E 18th St (between 5th Ave & Broadway) New York, NY 10003 Yes, yes… I said I would start to cry if anyone mentioned Mexican food to me again but I was recently invited to a...
View ArticleI get my salmon sashimi fix at Soba-Ya. Yes, at a noodle restaurant.
Soba-Ya 229 E 9th St (between 2nd Ave & 3rd Ave) New York, NY 10003 Soba-Ya is, of course, known for its soba. They market themselves as a Japanese noodle restaurant and proudly display this...
View ArticleTotto Ramen, I just keep coming back.
Totto Ramen 366 W 52nd St (between 9th Ave & 8th Ave) New York, NY 10019 It’s getting cold again and naturally, I am beginning to crave ramen again. No other ramen in the city satisfies my palate...
View ArticleBao Noodles – most underrated restaurant I’ve been to!
Bao Noodles 391 2nd Ave (between 23rd St & 22nd St) New York, NY 10010 Most underrated restaurant I have ever been to. I came here over a year ago and it was empty. I came here again on Sunday...
View ArticleShi’s Kitchen: Chinese New Year Red Cooked Pork Belly (Hong Shao Rou)
Chinese New Year has never meant so much to me as it did this year. Yes, it marks the beginning of the Year of the Snake, and yes, I am a Snake. That definitely adds to the significance. But Snake...
View ArticleGanso, Brooklyn’s ramen attempt.
Ganso 25 Bond St (between Livingston St & Fulton St) Brooklyn, NY 11201 ANOTHER ramen place I needed to try. I needed to try it so badly I was willing to trek all the way into Brooklyn for it, and...
View ArticleHomemade Twice Cooked Pork Belly
This is LAW’s favorite dish and definitely one of my favorite ones to make because it is very, very easy, and very, very tasty. Twice Cooked Pork Belly (回锅肉) is a classic Sichuan dish. Every household...
View ArticleApartment 13: Japanese, Caribbean, and American
Apartment 13 113 Loisada Ave (Ave C and 7th Street) New York, NY 10009 I was lucky enough to meet CutiePatroller last week over dinner at Apartment 13. CutiePatroller is a NYC food blogger recently...
View ArticleShi’s Kitchen: Taiwanese Braised Pork Over Rice (卤肉饭)
Oh, home. I love home. Whenever I go home I find that I’m in this room most of the time, watching either my mom or grandma prepare breakfast, lunch, dinner, and/or some snack. During every waking hour...
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