17 March 2016
Ippudo – NYC – East Village – Japanese, Noodle Shop, Ramen restaurant
I am a dad now! It's only been about a month, and it's as surreal to write that now was it was when my son first came into the world. Being...
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17 March 2016
Salvation Taco Review: Yes to torta but no to tacos
In kids movies when I was young, one of the insults you can hurl at a dude was, "You throw like a girl!" But the truth is that kids learn cuss words way faster than that, and no one says that. A more realistic chant is, "You fucking suck!" Kids learn fast yo, cuz life is not rated PG and you grow up fast. Sometimes you gotta get with the program, no matter what the program is. There was some news for those into lunching in Midtown last week. The folks behind The Spotted Pig and John Dory Oyster Bar opened a taco restaurant called Salvation Taco! Hip hip, horray! But I discovered that if all you're into are tacos, then you will be disappointed with the portion sizes at Salvation Taco. You better fix up your expectations really fast and get used to reality....
17 March 2016
Totto Ramen – NYC – Hell's Kitchen, Midtown West – Japanese, Noodle Shop, Ramen restaurant
I am a dad now! It's only been about a month, and it's as surreal to write that now was it was when my son first came into the world. Being...
17 March 2016
The Pump Energy Food – NYC – Midtown East – Fast Food, Vegetarian restaurant
I am a dad now! It's only been about a month, and it's as surreal to write that now was it was when my son first came into the world. Being...
17 March 2016
Tortas Frontera Review: Choriqueso Torta at Tortas Frontera
I am a dad now! It's only been about a month, and it's as surreal to write that now was it was when my son first came into the world. Being...
17 March 2016
Salvation Taco – NYC – Midtown East – Mexican restaurant
I am a dad now! It's only been about a month, and it's as surreal to write that now was it was when my son first came into the world. Being...
17 March 2016
Rinconcito Mexicano Review: Eating a torta sandwich
A side effect of looking for an apartment is that I realized I need more money (who doesn't) and I can't make decisions. It's very un-Drapper to have those two qualities in New York City. Being indecisive actually led me to the topic of today's post, which is a Mexican torta. I actually wanted to go to the library to borrow a book, but realized I didn't have my library card...
17 March 2016
Midtown posts on Food in Mouth
When I was in high school and the first few years of college, the dominant instant messaging system in the U.S. was called AIM, which stood for AOL Instant Messenger. If you have no goddamn clue what AOL means, I hate you. Stop being so hip. But one of the features of AIM was that it was an extension off of regular AOL because the chat feature was actually what was most popular about it. Anyway, AIM had this thing where you could post a tiny text 'profile' or whatever you want like quotes or whatever. And I would always think I was this great emo (before emo was a word, even though now it's not anymore) shit and wrote my own un-pithy quotes about life. As a thirty-something now, the only un-pithy thing that I really want to write on my 'profile', which is...
17 March 2016
Ramen posts on Food in Mouth
Sometimes wifey and I have serious adult conversations, such as when she told me a child at school had lice and we might have to comb each other's hair to look for the pesky lil shits. Oh and this conversation happened on texting so I responded with the hysterically crying emoji. See, adult conversations. But really sometimes we go over possible bad outcomes before we leave New York, such as me losing my job. (insert hysterically crying emojis...
17 March 2016
Yagura Japanese Market Review: Yagura rocks your shrimp socks off
If you follow midtown lunch then you know 41st street in midtown is like Japanese food heaven because there are three Japanese joints all lined up in a row. I really like the mom-pop feeling of Yagura, and also because it is the only one cool enough to have a mini-grocery store in the same space. I think you cannot go wrong anytime you walk into a restaurant and there is also a grocery store. How great would it be to have Piggly Wiggly attached to a McDonald's. You are not familiar with Piggly Wiggly? Try Win a Date with Tad Hamilton. Yes, for some reason I have seen that. I have tried many things from Yagura in the past since my old job was right by the place. It has great appeal here at Food In Mouth because you get to have Japanese food...