Food in Mouth

This past Saturday I was lucky enough to attend a Grand Tasting Event at the New York Wine & Food Festival. If you haven't heard much about this festival in previous years, it's because this was the first year of the festival in New York. Previously it was in Miami. All the net proceeds go towards helping Food Bank NYC and the Share Our Strength foundation. It's good fun for a good cause. And I would have written about this earlier as a good blogger should, but I caught a disease. That disease is called Fantasy Basketball. You might not have known about this but it sucks away your free time and totally consumes you. I know this is not a fake illness because Jonathan told me it's true. He's a doctor and he's staying at a Holiday Inn Express right now. So I'll brave...

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10 April 2016

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Luke's Lobster UWS Review: Luke's Lobster has a great shrimp roll

I'm glad that Luke's Lobster has an outpost on the Upper West Side now. It's much easier than going all the way to first ave in the village just to get a lobster roll. Convenience really goes a long way in how I choose to eat. Most of the time, I figure out what to do on the weekends first, then try to think about what to eat in the area. Usually that leaves me with nothing, since I can't think fast enough and am too indecisive. Last month we were in the mood of something summery, and lobster rolls sounded like a good idea. I'm glad that there's now affordable lobster rolls with Luke's and Red Hook Lobster Pound in the city. In the past, you had to go to a seafood restaurant like Pearl's or something, and get a M.P. lobster roll. That...

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10 April 2016

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Hon Cafe Review: Green cake from Hon Cafe

Most of my friends and family know me as the cheapest person alive. It's actually a title I hold dear. Being cheap, you hardly ever find me in a Starbucks drinking overpriced lattes. I do however, love Chinese bakeries. You could say that Chinese bakeries are my Starbucks. Except at one third of the cost. Oh and I don't spend money on drinks, I spend money on the baked goods, of course. Hon Cafe is one of the newer additions to the Chinese bakery landscape in Chinatown. They have a little cafe in the back where they serve hot food and a bakery in the front where you can get your typical Chinese bakery goodness, and bubble tea. A few days ago, I went to Hon Cafe to buy a mixed fruit cake. One thing that you notice quite fast if you frequent Chinese bakeries is...

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