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This Week on Serious Eats New York

Posted by Carey Jones, November 21, 2009 at 9:00 AM

The Top 10 posts of Serious Eats: New York this week:

1. Worst Meal This Year: Lucy's Cantina Royale
At Serious Eats, we eat an awful lot of meals we don't tell you about. And if there's nothing to recommend, we keep our mouths shut so we don't waste your time. But every once in awhile, we find a spot so egregiously awful that we simply have to write it up. To save you from making the same mistake we did. Case in point? Lucy's Cantina Royale.

2. Ma Peche, 'Momofuku Midtown': Tien Ho Is a Peach of a Chef
Momofuku's Tien Ho may be the best chef in New York that you've never heard of. That's going to change when Má Pêche opens in 2010 in the basement of the Chambers Hotel. Chomping at the bit, waiting for the dining room renovations to be completed, Ho--a former sous chef at Cafe Boulud--and his crew started serving lunch in a sort of makeshift restaurant in the mezzanine lounge of the hotel last Thursday. And our meal there left us very, very happy.

3. Locavore Thanksgiving: Your Guide To Holiday Shopping At Farmers' Markets
The Pilgrims didn't head to Fairway for their first holiday meal. If you're looking to draw from our land and support our local farmers, hit up the farmers' markets for your Thanksgiving spread. Here's our guide to Thanksgiving shopping at Union Square, Grand Army Plaza, and the New Amsterdam Market.

4. Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship: The Midtown Edition
This week in our hunt for New York's best chocolate chip cookie, we tasted from 14th to 60th Street, stopping at bakeries, chains, and venerable cookie shops. Our favorite? The answer may surprise you.

5. The Making of the 'Uovo in Raviolo' at Manhattan's SD26
It's nearly impossible to imagine a more decadent pasta dish. Each enormous raviolo, the size of a tennis ball, houses a whole, soft egg yolk along with a ricotta-spinach filling; cut it open, just like sliding your fork into a perfectly poached egg, and the yolk oozes out--joining the pool of browned truffle butter, Parmigiano, and shaved truffles in a single marbled sea of deliciousness. How does it work? We had to know--and so we present you the making of uovo in raviolo.

The East Village's newest dessert bar, our new favorite Italian bar snacks, and more, after the jump.

6. The Dessert Files: A First Look at Pichet Ong's 'Spot'
Having closed Batch earlier this year, Pichet Ong turned his attention to a new East Village dessert bar, Spot, with ambitious sweets and bold flavors. After eating her way through most of the menu, Kathy Chan has your guide to Spot.

7. Wednesday at Paradou: Offal Tasting Menu
For diners wishing to experience a whole lot of offal in one sitting, Paradou in the Meatpacking District may be a good option. Last Wednesday marked the first installment of their offal-intensive tasting menus, $40 for a 4-course prix fixe, which will continue throughout this month. Bring your appetites; servings are hefty and rich.

8. Make Your Own Chocolate Bark at Pure Dark in the West Village
I'm a fan of customizable food stuffs--even though I'm by no means a picky eater, there's a certain satisfaction in feeling part of the process. That's what drew me to Pure Dark, the Mars Company's West Village foray into high-end chocolate making--where, as of last week, you can make your own chocolate bark.

9. Raising the Bar: Solid Bar Bites at Bar Stuzzichini
The friend who accompanied me said the place reminded her of Applebee's. (Ouch.) Nevertheless, we grabbed one of the more cheerful looking tables by the window and ordered a few stuzzichini. I've had great meals at worse looking places—and with five beautifully executed Italian snacks for $25, Bar Stuzzichini didn't disappoint.

10. Coffee Chronicles: Pairing Coffee With Food
It's well known that people drink wine to socialize and enjoy themselves, but also to enhance and wash down complimentary food flavors.I want the same thing with coffee.

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