Some restaurants open to fill a clear need—and some restaurants strike a note so right that they seem as if they were needed all along. I didn't know that 14th Street needed a 24-hour Cuban diner, polished but homey, Latin-and-American, with cheery yellow walls and remarkable desserts and
Maná and
Juanes as the soundtrack. But now that I've been, it seems the most logical idea in the world.
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[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] Spot Dessert Bar is best know for its dessert tapas, Pichet Ong's creatives takes on sweets such as the Yuzu Eskimo . But for the times when you'd rather not sit for a full service...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] There's plenty of salt in these cookies, and even more Maldon sprinkled on top. Crunch, crunch, Spot's Peanut Butter Cookie ($1.75) is crisp from end to end with plenty of crushed peanuts between bites. Peanut butter...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] We brought you a first look at Village Tart in Soho two weeks ago. And now we're back for another sweep through. Baked goods have been tweaked, the savory dishes have been added. And the madeleines—remember...
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"There were too many baked glories to explore at this bakery counter—I'll definitely be coming back for more." [Photo: Kathy Chan] Soho's Village Tart opened up last week with a selection of sweets at the bakery counter. Spotted: Nutella skillet...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] We brought you the first word on Pichet Ong's new East Village "Spot" last week and promised we'd be back with more on the housemade sodas, which have since made their way on to the permanent...
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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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Maldon Salt. Chevre. Bacon. Basil. Arugula. Stilton Blue Cheese. Ever considered making desserts with any of these ingredients? P*ONG owner and pastry chef, Iron Chef America guest, and cookbook author Pichet Ong headed a class at the Institute of...
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Editor's note: Every afternoon we like to post a short Sugar Rush to end your day. Think of it as the dessert to your daily blog reading. Plus, as an added bonus, every day between now and Halloween these Sugar...
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