Italian dinner at a cozy New York City Italian restaurant
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Georgian Dumplings: Khinkalis
Cold, a bit chewy, not fried or baked, these are Georgian dumplings. Or Khinkalis filled with cheese. You can get these with meat fillings too.
Khabizgini: Georgian Parathas
These are essentially aloo parathas with cheese stuffed. Restaurant: Oda House, NYC
Vegan Italian Done Right
I’m a vegetarian, not a vegan. It’s an important distinction to be made because I consume dairy products. I love cheese in my food. I love it in a sandwich, I love it on top of potatoes, I love it melted. Now that that’s out of the way, vegan Italian food sounds like a tough…
Limited edition vegan guac burger dumplings
They were as fascinating as the name. NYC’s latest favorite vegan restaurant is by Chloe. It’s also called by Chloe. I don’t know Chloe. But her Vegan Guac burger sounds fantastic because her vegan guac burger dumpling partnership with Mimi Cheng is tastes bud tingling delicious. Pan fried guac burger dumplings looked palatable and were…
Salty soy dripping lettuce wrap
This would probably be one of the better lettuce wrap I’ve had. Partly because of the plating, and partly because of the flavors. Although dominated by the saltiness of the soy sauce, only compounded courtesy the Gochujang – a savory, spicy, and pungent fermented Korean condiment made from red chili, glutinous rice, fermented soybeans, and…
Mathematically Symmetric Tomato Tartine
Tartine is French for open sandwich – something new to learn everyday. And this was at a Swiss restaurant – Raclette. The same restaurant that served me liquid cheese off a wheel right on a plate of roasted potatoes. The appetizer was followed by an open color-rich, beautiful, symmetric sandwich. A thick slab of light-brown focaccia bread spread…
Raclette: The Swiss Tell You How To Eat Roasted Potatoes and Cheese
Every weekend in New York City is an opportunity to walk around the much straighter than San Fransciso streets of Manhattan exploring restaurants. There are times you have a voice of desire influencing your decision, and on others you randomly choose a place knowing not what’s in store for you. A beautiful sunny day in…
Masala Library: Delightfully exquisite plating of delicious Indian food
Fine dining contemporary Indian food prepared through molecular gastronomy techniques
Miami Tacos
A while back I was in Miami for a weekend, it was beautiful. And so was this plate of tacos and corn from Tacquiza: The cotija cheese sprinkled all over with fresh onions and cilantro brought these pepper tacos together.
Fussy Vegetarian 