[Photos: Joe DiStefano] With the notable exception of Go Go Curry there is probably no Japanese restaurant in Manhattan more obsessed with New York Yankees left-fielder Hideki "Godzilla" Matsui than Go Sushi. Sports pages featuring Matsui are pasted above...
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"Asians love glitter." —Pichet Ong [Photo: Spot] Normally I'm not a dessert guy, but yesterday I stopped by Pichet Ong's Spot, which Kathy reviewed earlier today, for one of the chef's seasonal desserts: jackfruit cake with rum toffee and coconut....
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[Photos: Kathy Chan] My heart was beating so fast when I left Pichet Ong's newly opened East Village dessert shop Spot yesterday evening, I had to find a bench and sit down for a minute. My fault. I had...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] Thanksgiving season means marshmallow season. And alongside the Vosges Caramel Marshmallows and the house marshmallow flavors at Three Tarts comes the new Momofuku Milk Bar cake. Meet the Chocolate Malt Cake, created from layers of densely...
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[Photos: Kathy Chan] There's a Japanese bakery in Hawai'i called Saint Germain that makes, among many sweets, a killer strawberry shortcake. It was the cake my parents ordered for my first birthday, and every birthday since then. In my...
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[Flickr: Lanaflickr] Dosas may be the popular choice for Indian brunch in Curry Hill, but the Bowery's Indian-inspired Double Crown takes a totally different approach. Drawing from the historic blending of English and Southeast Asian cuisines, Double Crown's brunch...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] For the most part, I stay away from tutti-fruit, rainbow colored sweets—you know, those too colorful for their own good sort of desserts. But at Stogo, the dairy free ice cream stop in the East Village,...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] Crunchy cookie meets weightless meringue, with just the slightest bit of chew—it's the pistachio cookie at Abraço, with the nut pureed through and through. Pistachio evolved into a cookie. A little crumbly, a little messy, but...
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"Perhaps there's a reason banh mi was spelled wrong." [Photos: Tia Kim] It seems the Banh Mi craze has finally reached Terroir, the tiny wine bar in the East Village that Ed reviewed early last year. This weekend, I was...
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A Glass of Salted Tomato Juice Crudite McSorley's Cheddar Cheese Board Oyster Pan Roast Brined, Roasted Capons, light and dark meat Cornbread Stuffing with celery and sweet Italian sausage Mashed Potatoes with butter and cream Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower and Baby...
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