Underground Dining Find: The Secret Souk NYC

The Secret Souk NYC | Melting Butter Underground Dining Hotspot

1 / 1 ( 2 votes ) (This article by Jenny Nguyen-Barron first appeared on ForbeLife. Click here to read the original story.) If you’ve ever meandered through a Moroccan souk, you will know that these visually arresting labyrinths brimming with artisan-made carpets, antiques, copperware and the heady aroma of spice cannot be found elsewhere […]

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Dumpling House Find: Mimi Cheng’s Dumplings NYC

Mimi Cheng's Dumplings NYC | Melting Butter Food Hotspot

Mimi Cheng’s Dumplings NYC is a dumpling house owned by 20-something year old sisters Hannah and Marian Cheng who are turning out the freshest, lightest homemade dumplings in the city. You won’t find any dirty dumplings at Mimi Cheng’s ”“ only clean healthy ones made from their mother’s secret recipe using pasture-raised meat from Fleishers […]

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Artful Food in NYC: 5 Restaurants That Visually Delight

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(This article by Jenny Nguyen-Barron was first published in ForbesLife. To read the full article, click here) New York City is full of restaurants offering sophisticated food, wine and ambiance, but it’s the exceptional ones that can take it to the next level by visually delighting diners with exquisitely prepared dishes. Their artful dishes oblige […]

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Dessert Bar Find: ChikaLicious NYC

Chikalicious NYC | Melting Butter Food Hotspot

1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) A word of advice for anyone looking to seriously impress a date – take them to ChikaLicious NYC, a high-end dessert tasting bar with Japanese finesse and they’ll be yours in no time. And don’t worry, the words “high-end” refer only to the exquisite desserts on offer, not […]

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Good Coffee Find: Intelligentsia Coffee High Line Hotel NYC

Intelligentsia Coffee High Line Hotel NYC | Melting Butter Cafe Hotspot

Inside the cloistered environs of The High Line Hotels’ gothic style building sits Intelligentsia’s first NYC café. The beloved Chicago-based roaster has burrowed itself comfortably inside the hotel’s dark wood lobby, which dates back to 1895. On a sunny day, discerning coffee lovers looking for a quality cup of Joe and a place for quiet […]

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Good Coffee Find: Two Hands NYC

Two Hands NYC | Melting Butter Coffee Hotspot

(May 21st 2015: Unfortunately, following a recent visit to Two Hands NYC, Melting Butter no longer recommends the cafe’s food or service) Two Hands NYC is that bright, airy café that you would typically find right by a beautiful Sydney beach. You know the ones – where the coffee is always good, the food is simply […]

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The Curators: Michelin starred Chef Matt Lambert on NZ cuisine and his top 6 NYC restaurants

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(This article by Jenny Nguyen-Barron first appeared in ForbesLife. Click here to read the original) Oceanic cuisine is unmistakably trending in New York City right now. In the last year, the media has shone a flattering spotlight on the multitude of cleanly designed, produce-led restaurants and cafes that are beginning to inhabit many of the city’s streets. […]

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Cocktail Bar Find: Pouring Ribbons NYC

Pouring Ribbons NYC | Melting Butter Cocktail Hotspot

Pouring Ribbons NYC is the cocktail bar that keeps the local Alphabet City crowd satisfyingly lubricated with its multifarious and rather potent drink creations. Once inside, drinkers should find a spot beside the oversized half moon window that looks out onto the bustle of Avenue B and then relish in the fact that Pouring Ribbons […]

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Cocktail Bar Find: Nitecap NYC

Nitecap NYC | Melting Butter Cocktail Hotspot

Nitecap NYC is a subterranean cocktail den situated in the basement of a Lower East Side restaurant offering confident cocktails inside an unpretentious environment. The distinguished team; hailing from Death & Co and Maison Premiere have made a refreshing point of this unpretentiousness by hiring sincerely friendly staff that necessarily aren’t clad in bowties and […]

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Restaurant Find: Danji NYC

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1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) We all have that one friend who “avoids any street between ”“ insert Midtown street numbers here – like the plague” for reasons only a New Yorker can justify. Surely, one should specifically avoid any area in midtown – especially when it comes to pickings of the culinary […]

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