[Photo: Kathy Chan] One square big enough to share. A banana cake with the slightest tang of sour cream. A smother of chocolate, closer to a ganache than frosting. And a single banana chip to finish. Thumbs up. If...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] It's trendy, that's for sure. At the recently opened La Crepe Parisienne, I didn't love the crepes—too soft and floppy—but I loved the energy inside tiny restaurant. The service is genuine and efficient. Order at the...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] At Grandaisy Bakery, we've tasted the glorious pizza bianca, and house sandwiches incorporating bresaola, fresh mozzarella di bufula and speck. But in the sweet department of the bakery, where do you venture? After the jump, our...
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[Photo: Kathy Chan] Iced chocolate is all I can think about this week. After yesterday's jaunt to L'Arte del Gelato, I swung by MarieBelle in Soho this morning, with thoughts of Erin Zimmer's hot chocolate post lingering in my...
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"I'm sure you've never thought of an affogato as street food, but I also never thought I'd be drinking Intelligentsia coffee from a truck." [Photographs: Allison Hemler] If you've ever wanted a dish of ice cream for breakfast, now's your...
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[Photographs: Kathy YL Chan] Green Apple opened less than a month ago by three friends, and is perfectly situated on Mott Street between Lombardi's and L'asso. The goods? Gelato and sorbet. Our favorite gelato flavor on the menu is...
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$1 for a cupcake sounds like a good deal, even when three is the minimum purchase. But when the three cupcakes, each one slightly smaller than a quarter, are handed to you in one large cupcake liner—you can't help...
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I've been going to Pegu Club, a hi-end cocktail lounge based on a British Colonial Officers' Club by the same name in Burma in the late 1800's, for years since it opened. It's not one of my favorite bars,...
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Photo from yummiliondragon on Flickr I so wanted to like Ivo and Lulu. It's a small slot of a restaurant in off-center Soho, just around the corner from my old office. Its French-Caribbean menu, heavy on duck and game,...
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Do you ever, when eating tofu, stop and really focus hard on it, asking yourself: "Am I just eating this because it's cheap, inoffensive protein, or does it in fact have flavor?" Well, we discovered a brand of tofu that is undeniably, immediately, and gloriously flavorful. It's called Otokomae and Sunrise Mart is very excited to be bringing the stuff to New York every week from Kyoto.
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