Jamon Iberico At Le Cirque

It’s Restaurant Week and we (Marita, Mark, Jay and his girlfriend Jes) were able to get a table for lunch at Le Cirque.  I was looking through their Restaurant Week menu ($20.08 for a 3-course meal) when Marita spotted an appetizer I completely overlooked in the main menu – “pata negra, culatello, coppa” –  for  [...]

Bistro Filipino . . . Again

We went again to Bistro Filipino today.  We figured that by 2PM on a Sunday, there wouldn’t be many customers.  No such luck.  The place was absolutely packed and I think we got the last available table.  There were customers who came in after us and could not get tables and settled for take out.  [...]

Bistro Filipino

Some retired friends of ours from the UN decided to become “unretirees” and put up a Filipino restaurant in Rockland, NY. It’s called Bistro Filipino and it’s now my favorite Filipino restaurant, even more than Grill 21 and Cendrillon, and certainly at par with Little Pinoy, my other favorite Filipino restaurant in Geneva.  I’ll admit [...]

Brasserie 8 1/2

I’ve been to Brasserie 8 1/2 before but my memories are not about the food. What I do remember is that I had six beers in 2 hours at a party for a client there and did not get a buzz, which really puzzled me.
But last night, Brian and his girlfriend Fanny treated us to [...]

Belgian Comfort Food

Moules mariniere and frites – that’s about all I know about Belgian food, aside from their waffles and chocolate.  This afternoon, we went to Petit Abeille, a cozy little Belgian restaurant on 17th St and 7th.  They serve Belgian comfort food – various types of omelettes, croques monsieur and other sandwiches, and of course moules [...]

Mexican Tamales In Midtown

I’ m always on the lookout for authentic Mexican tamales ever since Marita and I first had them after Sunday mass at a little church in Los Cabos. I can still remember the tamales vendor picking out the steaming tamales out of a cooler, and us enjoying them in a tiny courtyard outside the [...]