Restaurant Find: Sobakoh NYC
(Sobakoh NYC has been reported closed) As soon as you walk into Sobakoh NYC you will know you’re in good hands when it comes to Soba noodle authenticity. Not only are about 50% of the patrons and 100% of the staff Japanese, but you can also see and feel that fanatical Japanese sensibility everywhere from […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Robataya
(Robataya NYC has been reported closed) Robataya hails as my proudest restaurant find in NYC. It’s a 9th Street Japanese restaurant that can easily be overlooked with all the others on the same street vying for your attention but if you are lucky enough to stumble in you’ll be rewarded with the mouth-watering smell of […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: The Musket Room
Nolita is becoming quite the dining neighbourhood with yet another outstanding restaurant that’s just opened in the last few months. Husband and wife team, Matt and Barbara Lambert, own The Musket Room and Matt, a classically French trained New Zealand chef puts his spin on modern New Zealand cuisine. The result is highly sophisticated, elegant […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Estela
ESTELA, NOLITA Estela is new to the city and I would say that it’s Roman’s Manhattan counterpart in terms of quality food but with a slightly more creative twist. I managed to get a last minute table booking on a Friday evening ”“ go now because this won’t be possible for long. Best Bit: The […]
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NYC Restaurant Find: Roman’s
Roman’s is arguably the best restaurant in Brooklyn (and maybe even New York) and probably deserves a whole blog entry unto itself. No other restaurant we’ve been to consistently serves up eye-rolling-ly good modern Italian food like Roman’s does. Best Bit: I could wholeheartedly recommend you anything on their menu and be confident that they […]
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LA Restaurant Find: Laurel Hardware
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) LAUREL HARDWARE, WEST HOLLYWOOD Laurel Hardware is one of those restaurants that isn’t what it seems to be. Just a while ago it was really a hardware store ”“ one that you could drive past without realising that it was anything else, even now that it’s a fashionable […]
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LA Restaurant Find: Baco Mercat
BACO MERCAT, DOWNTOWN LA Baco Mercat is largely famous for Chef Josef Centeno’s signature flatbread which he uses as a vessel for all sorts of delicious things like beef carnitas and crispy shrimp. If you thought that sounded like a taco, you guessed right, only these are Bacos ”“ get it? Bread-slash-taco? Ha-ha. Humorous word […]
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Santorini Restaurant Find: Ginger Sushi Lounge
GINGER SUSHI LOUNGE, FIRA After eating Greek food for breakfast, lunch and dinner on the last night of the holiday I needed some cultural variety (spoiled New Yorker here). I was wary about having Chinese, Italian or any other cuisine the Greek’s aren’t exactly known for being masters at. Then logic steered me to Japanese […]
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Santorini Restaurant Find: Koukoumavlos
KOUKOUMAVLOS, FIRA If you get that urge to splash out and spoil yourself, go to Koukoumavlos. They serve higher-end, extremely creative Greek cuisine with a huge, well-curated wine list. Best Bit: Order a bottle of the Drama Syrah 2004, Ktima Pavlidis ”“ We have been searching high and low for this wine in NYC and […]
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Folegandros Restaurant Find: Kritikos
KRITIKOS, CHORA Widely agreed by Folegandros locals as the very best grilled meats restaurant on the island and that’s enough recommendation for me. Best Bit: Zero indoor seating gives you a nice reminder that you’re on summer holidays 🙂 http://www.kritikos-folegandros.com Chora ”“ Folegandros, Greece +30 22860 41219Â
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