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4) Aburiya Kinnosuke 213 East 45th......Cooked Japanese places have been poping up all over in 05/06, and some like Sakagura have been open 10 years. This is my fav of the bunch w/amazing chicken meatloaf, tofu many ways, and plenty of other tasty treats (r u ready for grilled dried fish??)....
cured ham 18 lb leg retailing for $320
the spanish table
jamon imberico
Until now it has been unavailable in the U.S. Finally last fall the first producer in Spain was approved by the U.S. Government to export Iberico products to the U.S. Of course it takes a couple of years to produce a Jamon, so we are taking deposits on the scarce first shipments which will arrive in 2007-2008.
5) Sripraphai (aka Super Thai) 6413 39th Ave, Woodside....here is also tied for "dishs of the year"; fried soft shell crabs and fried watercress salad apps, both amazing....this place makes for great leftovers, sauces rock....it is spicy, $10-$15 corkage, bring very fruity wine, I like to order "medium spicy" to be wine friendly...GO!
6) Trestle on Tenth 24th corner 10th Ave.....love this place for the well priced "natural" wine list plus the hearty food...love the crepinette which is tied for "dishs of the year", lamb saddle, ribs, and at lunch the chicken Vol au Vent is not to be missed.....
7) Tia Pol....even though the menu stays the same I love this place, and almost all the menu (the lovely owners are opening in thier own words "a real tapas restaurant" next spring, I am going everyday for a week!! And I know it will rock the 07 charts)
8) Grand Sichuan 33/34 Lex location....our current hang out of this "chain", when its on its ON!!
But sadly I am feeling MSG is not good for the body, so I am going to have to rething this place for 07....
stone ipa (hoppy holidays!)
who are you calling a knob of butter?
9) Tommaso's 86th St Brooklyn.....great priced old wines plus when Chef Tom is cooking for you it can be quite excellent home-style hearty regional Italian....
The Top 10 Countdown to Best Meal NYC 2006.....
10) Minca 536 East 5th St---home made ramen noodles and fatty pork, amazing broths....
Skinny
Food notes from NOLA:
nice view, but what if you have to pee?
hendricks farms & dairy
im out in bucks co again for a couple of days. any one want anything from here?
I got a recommendation to eat at Bayona in NOLA.
Any other recommendations? (I will be travelling with D, a lacto-ovo-vegetarian who refuses to believe that the lower mollusks are hard to distinguish from plants.)
cupcake bake shop
How to carve a turkey.
emergency baking ingredient substitutions
via USDA intranet
fresh direct recently added a useful tool to their website -- shopping by recipe. all ingredients can easily be purchased on the same page the recipe appears.