Food in Mouth

Even after four years of food blogging, there's still a lot of well-loved favorites that I haven't visited. Frankies 457 is a great example of a restaurant that's serving great unpretentious food that I just seem to overlook every weekend. The Frankies Spuntino empire now has two locations in Manhattan, in addition to the original in Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn. It's a small space that's narrow, but made to feel warm through its exposed brick walls and the kitchen in the middle of the restaurant that divides the two seating sections. The small bar is adjacent to the 'kitchen' and seats around ten. Besides that there's very little space to wait, since the restaurant is small. It's hard to imagine because this place must be packed regularly; not sure how it looks around 8pm on a weekend night. The lunch menu here is what Steph...

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10 April 2016

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Dominique Ansel Bakery Review: Waiting for a cronut is worth it

At some point this past December, wifey was like, "I'm going to wake up to go get the cronut." I was like, you crazy, woman. I'm staying in bed. But true to her word, she woke up at the crack of dawn and got into line for the cronut. She was kind enough to even bring the second one to me while I was at work. And that's how I got to try the flavor of the month for December, Valrhona Chocolate and Champagne. There's probably still haters against Dominique Ansel Bakery's most popular creation, the cronut. But that croissant and doughnut combination was pretty damn delicious. There's a reason people have lined up in Soho at dawn just for a taste of the phenomenon. As a person who gets hives when he waits too long in line, I can say without a doubt if...

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10 April 2016

General

Cheeseburgers at home

Even at age twenty-eight, I still haven't figured out the thing about sunk cost. You know, cut your loses now before they get worse. In home cooking, sunk cost would be if you tried to make something and it doesn't taste good. A rational way to look at it would be, "Hey, I should eat something else." While someone like me would always say, "Just add some hot sauce and it'll taste much better." Luckily the last time I tried to make hamburgers at home, no hot sauce was necessary. I suppose if you're really really into making burgers at home, you should consult the The Burger Lab over at Serious Eats. There's some really good stuff in there about how to find the right blend of meats, how to grind your own, and even how to cook it sous vide. But damn yo, I...

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10 April 2016

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Eat Stingray at Chomp Chomp

Dear Blog, It's been too long! My bad for neglecting you for the better part of a month. You know how it goes, you get a homework assignment that only proves how ordinary and sub-par you might be, and poof, two weeks of free time disappears. During that time, I got really reacquainted with two of my old friends, self-doubt and loathing. They were feeling a bit alone, but it turns out they get better with age. Let's talk more about food from vacation because it was a happier time. Seriously though, any time you get to eat sting ray in Singapore, it's a good look. For out last meal in Singapore, we decided to visit a hawker center that was kind of far away from the center of the city. In fact to get there, you pretty much have to take a cab for twenty minutes...

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