Eating out NYC - Last days (Pizza, Bangladeshi, Turkish)

The two cities in US that I have always loved to visit and never got bored are NYC and Las Vegas. Beside the hustle and Bustle the food definitely is the main attraction. On this week long visit to NYC my boys upfront decided that highlight of this trip is going to be checking out several NYC restaurants.

I LOVE NY








Peppinos's
Brooklyn, NY
Highly recommended

This local pizzaria has a few locations in Brooklyn. The thin crust Pizza was great with fresh mozarella, Basil leaves and chioces of toppings. They also serve beer and wine. It was A1 Tasty.








Abdullah's
91 Church
(Church and McDonald)
Brooklyn, NY
Must Visit

My elder brother big Foodie Salim Bhai took me to this casual Bangladeshi diner for the best Sponge Rashgulla (a sweet cheese curd), Moglahi parota (fried thin bread stuffed with ground meat and spices and egg) and vegetable Singara. All the items were great and tasty.







BEYTI
Turkish Restaurant
Wehawken, NJ
Recommended

Right across from Lincoln tunnel in Wehawken, NJ not only has a great view of Manhattan but this Turkish Restaurant that serves great Sish kababa, Zinda Kabab, Tarama and hot turkish bread off of oven.








Street Side Food




The last few days in NYC was mixed with eating out and eating in with friends and family. Eating in was as much fun and wonderful as eating out.

Eating Out NYC - Day 3 (Southwestern, Street food, Italian)

The two cities in US that I have always loved to visit and never got bored are NYC and Las Vegas. Beside the hustle and Bustle the food definitely is the main attraction. On this week long visit to NYC my boys upfront decided that highlight of this trip is going to be checking out several NYC restaurants.


I LOVE NY





Today was the best eating out experience in NYC.

Chef Boby Flay (Food TV Iron Chef)

Lunch
MESA GRILL
102 5TH Ave
212 807 7400
Must Visit





Goat Cheese Queso Fundido with Blue Corn Chips was wonderful



Blue corn pancake stuffed with BBQ duck, habenaro chile - star anise sauce was outstanding



This shrimp tamale was the best....reminded me of Cayote Cafe of Mark Miller in new maxico





Main
Smoked Shrimp Tacos were full of flavors with exotic sauces
Cornmeal crusted Chile Relleno stuffed with roasted eggplant and Manchego Cheese
was delicious
Sweet Potato Ravioli with smoked chile and cilantro brown butter was great






Desert
Coconu Layer Cake with Coconut Sauce was outstanding
(this has won Booby a competition in a Food TV show)





We decided to get some Street Side food (Gyros) before catching a off broadway show :Blue Man: and we were gald we did. NYC street food are the best not only in taste but also in value.

Pre Theater food @
Street Food NYC
Rafiqi (Halal Gyro)
MUST HAVE










CHEF Mario Batali (Iron Chef America)

Dinner @
LUPA
170 Thompson Street
between Houston St.
and Bleecker St.
New York, NY 10012
(212) 982-5089
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED




The atmosphere inside was warm and friendly. People were relaxed and having a good time. The setup was casual but elegant.

We had,

Appetizer:
Sardines with Cracked Wheat
Octopus with Ceci & Sorrel
Spaghetti Aglio E Olio

Entree:
Skate with Artichoke "alla Giudia
Asparagus Cappellacci
Veal


Desert:
Lupa Tartufo
Apician Spiced Dates & Mascarpone

Except the Spaggeti (too salty) every thing was awsome. Specially the Skate was done just right and I never had Skate so tasty and well cooked. The Bacall (salted cod) was house made and was exceptional. Deserts were also very good. The Menu items are all italian names and was hard to know which was what. Though there was a glossary but our waiter was the best. He recommended all the dishes and we were very pleased.

Eating Out New York City - Day 2 (American, Continental, Malaysian)

The two cities in US that I have always loved to visit and never got bored are NYC and Las Vegas. Beside the hustle and Bustle the food definitely is the main attraction. On this week long visit to NYC my boys upfront decided that highlight of this trip is going to be checking out several NYC restaurants.









The morning of Day 2 started with a beautiful view out the window of millenium hotel at 1 UN plaza (1st Ave and 44th). We had a view of Hudson river/ UN building on one side and the Manhattan skyline on the other. We highly recommend the hotel for the value it offers and the close proximity to all the points of interests. Hot American Breakfast buffet at the hotel dinning room "Ambassador" was very good too.

We walked down to MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) and decided to go to the Time Warner Building to try Buchon Bakery owned by famous Chef of "Per Se" (number one rated restaurant in NYC by some, where reservation may take a month advance notice) Thomas Keller. Buchon Bakery is on the second floor of Time Warner Building where Per Se is on the thrid floor.




MOMA





Columbus Circle




Bouchon Bakery
10 Cloumbus Circle
2nd floor Time Warner Center (Cross from cloumbus Circle)
RECOMMENDED

We had a quiche, ham and chees grilled sandwich and the braised chicken soup.
The quiche was excellent so was the sandwich the bread but the soup was too salty.

After lunch we just walked cross the street to the Central park a took a nap under the tree ;)













Time Square NYC July 8th 2009










Fatty Crab Upper West Side
2170 Broadway
(between 76th and 77th)
New York, NY 10024
ph: 212.496.CRAB
NOT RECOMMENDED

Zak Pelaccio, chef of 5 Ninth and its newly opened Malaysian spinoff, Fatty Crab, was a true disappointment. We had seen great reviews on some places including gayot.com and seemed like it is the newest craze in NYC. The food was very basic Malaysian cooking with LOTS of Salt. When we mentioned to our waitress she claimed food was savory... ha ha ha .. not salty.

Any way the boys enjoyed the japaneses bubble drink more then the food. The Nasi Lamak that we ordered was Ok and the soft shell crabs were good. (How can one go wrong with a deep fried soft shell crab? Well fatty crab did.. by adding extra salt to the batter)

Fatty Sliders | mini pork & beef burgers were juicy and falvored with herbs (lemon grass?)and the Chinese Broccoli w/ Salted Fish had too much soy sauce. When cooked with salty fish.. do u really need soy sauce?

May be if someone asks for less salt when ordering the food may taste better, but why bother.