Posted by Mel Yap on September 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Along with NYC’s fast growing antipodean population comes with it Australia’s favorite cultural past time and its best export – coffee. Inspired by the laid-back Australian lifestyle – unpretentious with a slick decor to boot, Brunswick Café is a recent addition on the NYC coffee scene and it’s fast becoming a neighborhood gem. Its menu […]
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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags Australian, Australian Coffee, Brooklyn, Brunswick Café, Brunswick Café NYC, Cafe, city guide, coffee, good coffee, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, Prospect Park, Third Wave Coffee, USA
Posted by Mel Yap on August 10, 2014 · Leave a Comment
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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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags city guide, Danji, Danji NYC, fusion, Hells Kitchen, Korean, Manhattan, Midtown, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, restaurant, USA
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on August 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment
What do you get when you cross the intricacy of fine dining establishment Per Se, with the down and dirty Chinese restaurant institution Nom Wah Tea Parlor? What you get is Fung Tu’s imaginatively crafted dishes that hark back to the food of Head Chef Jonathan Wu’s Chinese upbringing. Interestingly, a quick Google search for […]
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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags Chinese Restaurant, city guide, Fung Tu, Fung Tu NYC, LES, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Modern Chinese, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, NYC Hotspots, NYC Restaurant, restaurant, USA
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on August 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment
(This article by Jenny Nguyen first appeared in ForbesLife. Click here to read the original) You would have a hard time trying to convince me that any other city outside of Japan has better Japanese food than NYC does. This city is a veritable hotbed of incredible Japanese restaurants that span the spectrum of exceedingly authentic […]
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Category Features, Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Features, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags Bohemian, Brushstroke, city guide, East Village. Noho, Hi-Collar, Japanese Restaurants, Manhattan, Midtown, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, NYC Hotspot, NYC Japanese Restaurants, nyc restaurants, restaurant, Robataya, Sakagura, Sobakoh, Takashi, Tribeca, USA, West Village
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on July 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream NYCÂ opened this summer and already it’s doing a good job of pulling at New Yorker’s nostalgia strings in a fresh new way. The ice cream parlor’s surroundings are clearly rooted in classic American style but the creative and oftentimes-experimental flavors certainly aren’t. Think Vietnamese coffee, durian banana, raspberry Aperol and of […]
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Posted by Mel Yap on July 29, 2014 · Leave a Comment
For those of us who are too time poor or cash-strapped for a quick hop across the pond to Europe this summer, a visit to Greenwich Village’s Claudette is the next best thing to a dalliance in Southern France. Inspired by Provençal cuisine, a region blessed with an abundance of fresh fruits, seafood, meat and wine, Claudette’s […]
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Posted by Jenny Nguyen on July 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Takashi is an imaginative, slightly oddball restaurant situated in the West Village that specializes in Yakiniku, the Japanese BBQ style that originates from Osaka, a city with a sizeable number of Korean migrants who have naturally influenced the regional cuisine. Nothing is wasted at Takashi. On the menu you’ll find some rather exotic parts of […]
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Posted by Jenny Nguyen on July 14, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The notoriously media shy owners of Basta Pasta, the 24 year old Japanese/Italian trattoria have quietly opened Bar B ”“ a brilliant little Italian tapas bar – without even the Internet finding out. They seem to have made it purposely difficult for New Yorkers to stumble across. To begin with, the name “Bar B” is […]
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Category Food + Drink, New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags B Vino e Piattini, bar, Bar B, Chelsea, city guide, Italian, Manhattan, New York, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, Tapas, Tapas Bar, USA, Wine Bar
Posted by Jenny Nguyen on June 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Sakagura is not the kind of restaurant you just happen upon ”“ it’s one that you need to spend time seeking out. Enter through the lobby of a stark Midtown office building and make your way into the basement. You’ll open the door to the restaurant’s expansive underground space and think to yourself, “How is […]
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Posted by Jenny Nguyen on June 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Northern Spy Food Co is a beloved East Village neighborhood gem of the un-hyped, understated variety. Rather than focusing on PR, the restaurant puts its energy into pleasing the city’s locavores with a farm-to-table menu made from ingredients that have been curated from local providers. Food is cooked to a high standard and enjoyed inside […]
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Category New York City, NYC Food + Drink, United States · Tags city guide, East Village, Farm to Table, Manhattan, New American, New York, Northern Spy Food Co, NYC, NYC Food & Drink, restaurant, USA