September 29, 2008
Last week’s Umamiventure was to Jordan’s Lobster Dock, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. My friend Christine had told me about Jordan’s on Long Island, and after some vigorous online research, I found that the original Jordan’s had been in Sheepshead Bay since 1938. What’s fascinating is the lobster rolls are a very regionally specific creation. As […]
September 23, 2008
Went out to the Brooklyn pizza institution, Di Fara the other day with Jorge. I don’t want to go on and on about this (since there’s been so much written on the place), but seriously, it’s the best pizza I’ve ever had in the States, hands down. Frankly, it even beats out pizzas I’ve had […]
September 5, 2008
Sorry, a boring post without photos. Sucks, I know. Recently I got into a discussion with Kayoko about Yelp.com. I was surprised that she wasn’t an avid Yelper. I had recently been scouring through Yelp looking for out of town recommendations– where was the most popular taqueria in San Jose open past 10pm; is there […]
August 20, 2008
Last weekend, we had THE Umamiventure of Umamiventures. It was a gorgeous, cloudless August day- over the course of 4+ hours, 15 of us hit up 4 sandwich spots in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn. Yes, somehow there were 15 people on Planet Earth insane enough to go on this trip- some who had […]
August 19, 2008
Sorry there are no pics. I just have to write about this, especially since someone in charge of this site is on vac(or f!!k)ation or whatever the bullshit she claims, but show must go on. We have to satisfy our devoted readers. I just went to this new tapas place on 19th and 8th Ave […]
August 12, 2008
Khoiboy Food Marathon Pt. 1: MoMA’s Cafe 2Khoiboy Food Marathon Pt. 2: Burger JointDisclaimer: Khoi is a childhood friend- NOT a date! Alright, let me finish this KhoiBoy Food Marathon Trifecta with our final meal together. We went to this super trendy Japanese-Brazilian fusion restaurant Sushi Samba, which is a major meat market in the […]
August 11, 2008
Tmonkey once cooked with Michael Bao (of Bao 111, Mai Noodle Shop, etc.), so he knows a thing or two about Vietnamese food. So when he says where to go for the best pho in the city, you follow. You know how there’s 3 Vietnamese restaurants in a row on Baxter in Chinatown (and you […]
August 7, 2008
Been making a pilgrimage to the beach every Friday for the past few weeks now. It’s so easy- I just hop on the A train to Far Rockaway and I’m there in less than an hour. PARTAY! This also means that I’ve been eating at the Wharf. They’ve never let me down, not once, since […]
August 5, 2008
My friend Naoko was in town for a few weeks on business from Tokyo and we spent a lot of time together eating and drinking. We’re so dangerous together- it’s like we feed each other’s food/drink addictions, we don’t stop. So Naoko knew a sushi chef at this new place called the Greenwich Grill in […]
July 30, 2008
So I’ve decided that my days of blogging virginity will be cast into the past, and what better way to hail the occasion and set the mood than with a blog about that most ancient of aphrodisiacs, seafood. As a precursor to a Lobster roll-centric New England road trip (posts coming forthwith) that I planned […]