Preface: Umamiventure #13: Flushing Food Circuit, Pt. I DUMPLING TIMEZhu Ji Guo Tie40-52 Main Street (Entrance on 41st Avenue)T: 718.358.6265YAMAHOMOThey tasted good, and damn cheap. 8 huge dumplings for $2.50 were great. I thought I got vegetable and pork dumplings, but somehow something was lost, and I got fried pork bun. Good, but way too […]
Author Archives: Kayoko Akabori
October 23, 2008
Umamiventure #13: Flushing Food Circuit, Pt. I
I’m back!!! I have been terribly UM delinquent- it’s been totally crazy over here in the last two weeks, what with trying to finish up stuff at work (impossible) and packing up 6 years of my NYC life into little cardboard boxes (unfathomable). But I’m taking some time out for the post that everyone has […]
October 16, 2008
Food Happenings Tonight
I’m really backlogged on stuff to write about at the moment, forgive me. The Last Supper event, Flushing Mall Circuit, Le Bernardin, it’s coming, I promise. For now, check out the events going on around town tonight: – Alice Waters at Cooper Union tonight on a panel discussing the world hunger crisis – Group show […]
October 14, 2008
Ferran Adria Live!
On Friday we went to see El Bulli‘s one and only Ferran Adria, in conversation with Harold McGee (author of On Food and Cooking) and Atlantic Monthly food editor C0rby Kummer. It was an animated, fruitful discussion, giving the audience a taste of Adria’s brilliance. Adria spoke completely off-the-cuff, in random bits and pieces, with […]
October 13, 2008
Packaging Whore: Toothpaste Mayo
Sonja just got back from a summer jaunt in Switzerland (where she spa-ed and dined like a princess, and consumed a lot of yogurt), and she brought me back a little gift: mayonnaise! It’s really scary how well some people know me. The brand is Thomy, a condiment company based in Germany. The packaging for […]
October 11, 2008
The Umami Reader, vol.034
Some food for thought from this week: Sacrifice your razor to shave the face of a pig, all in the name of making your own headcheese. Such a fantastic video! (via Amy, Fat is Flavor) What you will find in the fridges of 4 food activists/ purveyors. Remember Fridgin’ Out? I promise I’ll bring that […]
October 9, 2008
Getting Smarter Eating Brain at Kabab Cafe (NYC)
As my move date gets closer, the pressure is on to EATNYC, and I’ve constructed a long list of restaurants that I will visit during my final weeks here. The Egyptian joint Kabab Cafe in Astoria, Queens, has been a dream destination for a long time, and a group of us went the other night […]
October 8, 2008
UM Secret: Best Ramen in NYC
The best ramen in the city (in my humble opinion) is only available on Wednesdays, and the restaurant only serves 30 bowls of it. This means you must get there right as the place opens at noon, and without any hesitation or shame, order as you’re still walking to the table. You will find that […]
October 7, 2008
Food Happenings
Around town this week: – Ferran Adria, Harold McGee and Corby Kummer talk shop at the NY Public Library: Friday 10/10 at 7pm. Sold out, but tix may be available at the door. – 1st Annual Big Brooklyn Pig Roast: Friday 10/10, 6pm-10pm. A slew of local purveyors plus $1 Sixpoint brew before 7pm. ($32 […]