April 14, 2009
Preface:Loisaida Throwback Crawl: Kossar’s BialyLoisaida Throwback Crawl: Doughnut PlantLoisaida Throwback Crawl: Pickle BattleLoisaida Throwback Crawl: Vanessa’s Dumpling HouseLoisaida Throwback Crawl: Russ & Daughters For our final destination on our whirlwind 7-stop Lower East Side food extravaganza, we went to (where else?) THE FAMOUS Katz’s Deli. It’s been around since 1888, and every few years there […]
April 7, 2009
Preface:Loisaida Throwback Crawl: Kossar’s BialyLoisaida Throwback Crawl: Doughnut PlantLoisaida Throwback Crawl: Pickle BattleLoisaida Throwback Crawl: Vanessa’s Dumpling House From the Dumpling House, we started towards Houston Street to make a stop at Russ & Daughters (R&Ds). Full disclosure- I had NEVER stepped foot in this LES “appetizing” institution. SHAMEFUL!!! So this was a huge treat […]
March 12, 2009
Preface: PELLET EATS SAN JOSE: Taqueria Eduardo #4 Written by PelletPhotography by Kayoko Dakao is about a block away from one corner of San Jose State University. It’s on Third and San Salvador and they have great Vietnamese sandwiches. I like to get the regular chicken sandwich, or the ham, headcheese sandwich. Get a few […]
February 28, 2009
Ever since Kayoko packed her bags and returned to the land of eternal sunshine and spotless minds, I’ve been having an ever-growing yearning to return to the good old days of the NY Umamiventure. In particular, I’ve been reliving and re-tasting in my mind the sultry sandwiches we ate during the Banh Mi Crawl, or […]
August 26, 2008
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 3 (Tan Thanh)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 4 (Rico’s Tacos-WTF?) View Larger MapPaystyle: Overall I thought Ba Xuyen was in a class of its own–no comparison. It’s one of those places where […]
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 3 (Tan Thanh) When I wrote Porkchop Express asking him for his personal recommendation for banh mis in Sunset Park, he suggested to make a detour to Rico’s Tacos for a torta. Still […]
August 25, 2008
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da) Judson: Tan Thanh was unsatisfying for multiple reasons: the bread was old and crumbly, and the “lunchmeat” ingredients were second rate Oscar Meyer. Payman: Strange but everything they served seemed to be the #1 combo, even if you […]
August 22, 2008
Preface: Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen) Kayoko: They added ground bbq pork here in their combo #1, which added a nice sweetness cut by the ass-kicking jalapeño. A very well-formulated, balanced sandwich. Michelle: Thanh Da was pretty good, but felt a little less fresh as far as the ingredients. I thought […]
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 5, 2008
The 61st annual Maine Lobster Festival took place this past weekend in Rockland, Maine. So for those of you who’ve never experienced this lobster lover’s paradise, I decided to post pics from my pilgrimage to last year’s festival. If you really like lobster, then this is one journey I recommend you make because the Maine […]