I don’t really celebrate Easter. I’m Chinese and not religious, but when you start seeing bunnies and peeps everywhere, you get sick of pink and yellow, and suddenly crave eggs. Right? Well, good thing I now have a batch of tea eggs in the fridge, ready for me to snack on any time. It’s actually […]
Archive for March, 2010
The Meatball Shop
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The Meatball Shop 84 Stanton Street, New York, NY 10002 just opened a couple of weeks ago but they seem to have things in good working order. Waitstaff is friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful. The menus are mark-your-own (like at Akti Seafood Restaurant), but all the combination and possibilities have been thought out […]
Soy Sauce Chicken
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Have you been to a Chinese restaurant with a variety of meats dangling in the window? (If not, read this later and run to Chinatown now!) It’s usually roast pork, crackling pork, roast duck, ginger (white) chicken, and soy sauce chicken. Sometimes, there’s pork intestines or other innards. You can buy any by the pound […]
New East Cuisine Manor
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
New East Cuisine Manor 37-02 Main Street, New York, NY 11354 is the new name for Gala Manor, but ownership has not changed. Not much else has either and dishes were as forgettable as they were before. I’d even go ahead and call most of it bland.
Akti Seafood Restaurant
Monday, March 15, 2010
Now that we live in Long Island City, we’re sure to be exploring Astoria more. The funny thing is, Lon and I both lived in Astoria for a short time before, but that was over 10 years ago. A lot has changed, expanded, and diversified. Still, one of the biggest draws is the abundance of […]
Crunchy Cranberry Salad
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Finally! We moved, but it’s not all smooth sailing yet. We’re living out of boxes and we don’t have a kitchen yet. While our perfect kitchen is being built (which we will be talking about soon), I’m going to have to get crafty. I do have many plug-in appliances (rice cooker, toaster oven, panini press, […]
Vegetarian Za Jiang Mein
Friday, March 12, 2010
Since I posted my mom’s recipe for Za Jiang Mein (a Chinese staple I could not live without), I’ve promised to post my mom’s vegetarian version. I know it took forever (four months), but all good things come to those that wait, right? Well, this is a good thing, a very good thing. Plus, you […]
Breadbox Cafe and Two Minute Salmon Salad
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Finally! We moved, but it’s not all smooth sailing yet. We’re living out of boxes and we don’t have a kitchen yet. While our perfect kitchen is being built (which we will be talking about soon), I’m going to have to get crafty. I do have many plug-in appliances (rice cooker, toaster oven, panini press, […]
Gaw Gai Thai Express
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Like our last meal in Union Square, our first in Long Island City was destined to be less climactic than we had hoped. Exhausted, Lon came home from work before lunch. We had the Verizon guys hooking us up (FIOS!) and a delivery of Elfa shelves arriving. We had to settle for ordering in and […]
The Loop
Sunday, March 7, 2010
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been dreaming about what our last dinner in the neighborhood would be. Yet, when the time came, we were both exhausted from the final leg of packing. Winded, aching, and ready to collapse into a dust pile, we just couldn’t go far, or get dressed up, or wait […]