Faith Is An "Island"
Island Burgers & Shakes | 766 9th Ave. (bet. 51st & 52nd Sts.) | 212.307.7934 | islandburgersandshakesnyc.com
Wonder The Sea
The Seahorse Tavern | 303 East 85th St. (off 2nd Ave.) | 212.744.7774 | www.theseahorsetavern.com | | | |
There's Something About Ukraine
...From the snappy, spicy, fatty kielbasa, to the pillowy goodness of the pierogis, to the nicely seasoned minced meat, wrapped in aromatic cabbage and slathered in rich, deep, mushroom gravy, each forkful was a delight of present day culinary standards mixed with old school and old world nostalgia.... [Full Post]
Five Four Sixty Six, One
... Having little client work today—and not even by design—I looked forward to making it as much as a PHUDE-related day as possible, firstly affording myself a home cooked meal. I whisked some dried tarragon leaves, fresh cracked pepper, and a little salt into some eggs, and in a separate small skillet, heated some "back bacon" which are thin, rounder strips that boast a line of fat from what is the pork belly section of the pig with the much leaner oval of the loin part.... [Full post]
High Five for 5 Napkin
....The burgers had a great steak flavor and were so thick and meaty, that they were nicely assisted by the other accoutrement and condiments because, even at this thickness, it maintained that perfect meat-to-bread-to-topping ratio. Did it need 5 napkins? If they were paper napkins, probably, but oddly enough, we were given oversized linen napkins, which wound up being very necessary.... [Full post]