Entries tagged with 'Queens'
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Tong Tong Tonkatsu,a Korean ode to the classic Japanese dish, resides in a small one story building on Northern and 147th St. Years ago this space was occupied by a cozy little
pojangmacha (Korean drinking hall) that featured ridiculously cheap booze, grubby menus, terrible food and a divey atmosphere suitable for boisterous drinking followed by a nasty hangover.
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Unlike its Brooklyn smokehouse neighbors Fette Sau and Fatty 'Cue, which also tout responsibly sourced, high quality meat, Butcher Bar is designed to be a butcher shop first and a restaurant second. As it happens, barbecue was added to encourage thrifty Astorian locals to pay a little more for non-industrial meat. It's a hell of a carrot to complement an already carrot-like stick.
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Unlike other Greek "X-pitas," halloumopita is made with yeasted dough—not a flaky phyllo wrapper—that holds chunks of filling. The inclusion of cilantro takes this decidedly out of "Greek food we're used to" territory, but it's the perfect compliment to lightly sweet onions and meaty chunks of chewy, salty halloumi.
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At
Bonjuk in Flushing, the menu is devoted to
juk, and although wonderful meat versions are available, the luscious vegetarian
yachae juk ($9.95) is no less satisfying for omnivores and vegetarians alike.
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I've long heard that for authentic Indonesian I should head up to Elmhurst and check out
Upi Jaya, so on a recent January night I headed up to Queens, with Carey's exhortations to beware of shrimp paste and other hidden non-vegetarian ingredients ringing in my ears.
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There are two
Crispy Chinese Watercress Salads on the menu at Sripraphai in Woodside. I'm not saying that
A-6, the salad on the regular menu, piled high with shrimp, chicken and squid isn't a great choice; but
VA-2, Crispy Chinese Watercress Salad on the special vegetarian menu ($9.50) is even better, and it's a dish that I order again and again.
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Nothing about this place says romance, at least not in a traditional sense. But if we've learned one thing in the year we've been writing this column, it's that there are as many types of dates, and types of romance, as there are restaurants in New York City. MexiQ is fun, and best for: a boisterous, boozy date.
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Cafe Henri does a strong takeout business, but those who stay do seem to stay for a while, browsing the magazines on offer, ordering another café au lait, adding a commentary to the narrative outside the windows. With its simple but satisfying food and comfortable surroundings, Cafe Henri is best for: a lingering date.
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When King Yum opened almost 60 years ago, Americans were in the midst of an affair with all things Polynesian. King Yum was deeply of the moment, a casually elegant destination restaurant, like a Queens version of Mad Men (Mad Mensch?). The menu has evolved some since then, and adults no longer dress for dinner in quite the same way, but the vibe feels essentially unchanged. In here, dinner is an event, white tablecloths are a matter of course, and too much familiarity with actual Chinese cooking would seem vaguely suspicious. Purists may sneer at the pu pu platter and General Tao's chicken, but dinner at King Yum is an authentically American experience.
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Astoria is a friendly, comfortable, and affordable place to live, but above all else, it's a place to eat. The fare probably isn't what you grew up with, but it doesn't take long to start eating like a true blue Greek/Italian/Egyptian/Serbian/Latin American/who knows what else. Seriously, the amount of ethnic food here is staggering. Go forth with a sense of adventure and you'll be richly rewarded with a polyglot dining scene growing in every direction at once.
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