Walking down Broadway in Manhattan I stumbled upon yet another high end mobile desert truck. This one specialized in cupcakes. I was full already, but could not pass up on the opportunity to sample one. I decided for forgo the icing and have a plain banana cupcake. link.
A good friend of mine, who is visiting for the week, suggested we make doughnuts. The last time I fried doughnuts was in second grade, so I was up for the (unhealthy) challenge. We made two types of doughnuts, currant jam with lime zest and sugar coating; and orange marmalade and freshly ground red pepper, [...]
Walking into El Vez (Philly), you may think that it looks too trendy and festive to be good Mexican food. I tend to look for hole in the wall places where no one over 30 speaks English when I look for Mexican food. Those are the places where I am most likely to find some [...]
It’s raining in NYC today, and I didn’t feel like running to the market for groceries. I’m really really low on ingredients, but decided to see what I could come up with. For the last month(s) I have had some venison chops in my freezer, and have had no idea what to do with them. [...]
I found out about the soft opening of a new dish at Moko Moko bar in Manhattan. From this week they will serve ramen. Here is an exceprt from the invite: “Mr. Kubo is a ordinary “salary-man” works for a company in NYC. He loves Ramen sooo much and he has been studying how to [...]