Places To Eat In Queens

I copied this information about places to eat in Queens from Chowhound (check out the video of the Arepa lady on 82nd):

Vernon/Jackson-Hunter’s Point — Tournesol, 5-Star Punjabi
Courthouse Square–Jackson Steakhouse, Manducatti’s, Manetta’s

40th St — Hemsin, Tangra Fusion Cuisine (Indian-Chinese), Mavi, Butcher Block, Shin Chon, Natural Tofu, El Shatar
46th St — Grey Point [...]

Brazil Day In NYC

 Don’t forget – it’s Brazil Day in New York this Sunday, Sept 2.  I don’t think we can make it to Newark for the Brazil day festivities on Sept 7. 

Looks like there will be two fairs in NYC.  One on 6th Avenue from 42nd – 56th Street & on 46th St. from Madison – 7th [...]

Queens NY Food Book

Here’s one book we should get . . .
According to the New York Times, this book “offers a 40-cuisine tour of the city’s most ethnically diverse borough”.  40 cuisines!  I’m told Queens is now the place to get authentic Brazilian.  I hope so.  It would be nice to go to Newark to eat Brazilian but [...]

Pork Day Today

We were planning to go to Brooklyn Red Hook Ball Fields this morning but decided not to.  Masyadong mainit.  We slept late instead and had ham sandwiches for brunch.  Marita had serrano ham and manchego in a wrap and I had prosciutto and mozzarella, also in a wrap, some mushroom soup and a nice  apple [...]

Vitamin Supplements

I came across a nice book that summarizes a lot of the medical research on vitamin supplements. It was interesting because it listed what doctors and medical researchers actually took themselves on a daily basis. What vitamins should you take?
Well, these are the top recommendations from the “experts”:

 Vitamin E – 400 IU
Vitamin C – 1,000 [...]

What’s A Faggot?

Remember my last post about offal and caul fat? I was wondering what a faggot was (it’s supposedly wrapped in caul fat). Well, I just found out that a faggot is a British abondiga or meatball! After trying Swedish meatballs at Aquavit, I’m not too sure I’d like to have faggots.
BTW – [...]

Mexican Cioppino In Jersey

We didn’t want Filipino food today and were looking around for something new.  Instead, we went to our favorite ghetto Mexican restaurant in Bergenfield, NJ – El Paso.  As usual, no one spoke any English, all the customers were Latino and the jukebox was playing Mexican ranchero music. Plastic plates, plastic forks and spoons, plastic [...]

Offal

Do you like offal (“lamang loob”)?  I don’t look for it when I eat out.  I figured they’re not healthy eats to begin with.  Last night at Congee Village, I saw “fried fish intestines” on the menu and I was tempted to try it.  But I chickened out and went for the safe choice – [...]

Congee Village

Congee Village is another favorite comfort food place for us.  Tonight, we had our usual congee with preserved egg, ginger and beef.  It’s one of the best deals at $2.50 for a big bowl.  I like the little bits of ginger in the porridge.  Apat na kami and we could barely finish it.  We also [...]

$2.50 Halal Food

UN people have been raving about this halal street food stand on 44th & 2nd.  So I finally tried it with Marita for lunch.  I ordered the #3 – lamb, curried rice, hot sauce and yoghurt sauce in the usual styrofoam container, with a canned soda.  OK siya.  It’s actually $5 but enough for two [...]