New York Restaurants

you brought her chocolate. i don't ever get chocolate!

things you get:
apples
beer
toilet paper
cat food
orange juice
poland spring water
chocolate (i totally bought twix & kit kat the other night)

besides the chocolate was for EVERYONE, not just her! and it was a 99c easter bunny!

you know i am JOKING right?

defensive ian is defensive

IT MUST BE TRUE. OMG TOTES CRUSHING.

toilet paper? it must be love

romanting toilet paper

p.s. i think orlin kinda sucks but that's because my annoying college roommates would go there all the time and try to get me to go and it was always a bad time.

smoked salmon and potato pancakes sound great/hard to mess up though.

i never liked that hanging-around-the-cafe scene either. bad associations w/orlin cause i had an unrequited crush on this britishes girl and sat there for hours one night listening to her pretentious babble and drinking espresso after espresso... OD on coffee is a bum trip, man, I went home (alone) and watched TV til 7AM.

ah, youth. tbh, i basically only get the smoked salmon brunch thing at orlin or the big salad with breaded tofu, so for all i know the menu could be filled with duds.

we ate at Otto last week and thoroughly enjoyed it - their pizzas are just how I like them, almost cracker like as someone says above, in fact, just like the better ones I've had in Italy. I had the one topped with ricotta, potato and anchovey (maybe would have been better if they'd used anchovies kept in oil rather than those kept in vinegar perhaps). The antipasti were a great deal, only 4 dollars for each, and all very very good (especially the carrot and parsnip in balsamic and walnuts, not to mention the octopus and celery)

the gelato though, the olive oil gelato? oh...my....god....

They were most friendly with Aidan too and we had no problem witha table (it was early lunch on a Monday mind you)

anchovey? oh dear

toilet paper? it must be love

romancing the throne

fuck yeah the olive oil gelato

Does anyone have any favorite West Village spots? I always find that area tough for good eats, but the Christopher St. and 9th St. PATH stops are such a short ride away and I need places to eat before/after Smalls or IFC or Film Forum

gray's papaya.
still the best chain in new york.

we ate at Setagaya tonight. i think i was more impressed than linds was, but i was quite satisfied. also tried the Orion beer, which was A+. Doesn't hurt that there's a special Monday nights that comes with gyoza in addition to your pork ramen.

ooh yeah, i had an Orion at Momufuku and it was v refreshing
i liked pearl oyster bar, and mary's fish camp is supposed to be good.
cheaper alternative is the grey dog, which can be annoying but pretty tasty

also, meyers of keswick, i think that's what's it's called, has awesome english meat pies and such. but no dining room.

(What happened to ramen brunch?)

Ear Inn on Spring Street is my go-to place when at Film Forum, though I could use other suggestions for when I feel like a change.

better question is what happened to pio pio fap??

Oh yea! Come on foodies!

Lauren and I had a pio pio riko fap...college friend was in town.

Otto is pretty decent, I think the pasta is better than the pizza, but the pizza is still pretty decent. Olive oil ice cream is indeed good.

I could do with eating at Pio Pio again. ALthough preuvian chicken fix has been coming from Chimu express, which delivers and does a good 13 buck steak, chicken and fried rice box, which does dinner nicely for two people.

I'd be up for doing Pio pio when I am next over. Hopefully early may.

oh yeah, pio pio fap, good call. i will do this anytime!

i thought setagaya was just ok, but i've never had ramen that wasn't out of a packet before so i don't know what i'm talking about and should not be listened to. it was just not what i was craving at the moment. and i thought the gyoza were not only very average quality but soggy and only cooked on one side.

hmm, weird. i love the gyoza. i don't mind if they're only cooked on one side, as long as that side is really well-grilled (which ours were). maybe they turn them out really quickly when they're offering the special.

I thought Setagaya was a bit al dente; I don't think I had their gyoza though.

OK when is Pio Pio?

This Sunday? Or are weeknights better for people? Let's make a plan plan.

WAHT IS GOOD THAI IN MANHATTAN/BROOKLYN?

Zabb City on 13th.

Only Sripraphai is better, in my experience.

JAIYA THAI THIRD AVE AND 28TH ST

i have never had good thai in brooklyne. go to 1 queens mookie

Zabb Queens is better then Zabb City though!

^^^ not in brooklyn or manhattan.

i didn't really like zabb city, i'm sad to say.

I'm sorry you didn't like your larb, but how could you not like that duck? It's soooo good. And I've been eating a beef salad at Zabb Queens. You know how the beef usually is in thai salads? This was more like some korean style medium-rare totally marinated awesomeness.

i actually hated the combo of the duck and raw apple slices. it's not often that i out-and-out dislike something so much. the larb dislike was due to several factors: it was served steaming (warm larb is an isaan thing, apparently) and had no flavor aside from an incredible level of chile heat. i'm still up for trying zabb in queens.

the labb there is basically just a really spicy pile of ground pork! i love that duck though. i also like the isaan meat salad, and the isaan sausage.

The salads have different slightly more confusing names in Queens. There isn't one or two meat salads, but a ton with choices of meat. When I can remember, I'll post the name of the spicy salad I've been getting with beef.

I like the sausage at Zabb City as well, I tried to replicate the experience in Queens and got a weird salad with soft, bologna-esque bits of sausage. Not the same thing at all!

However, I've since discovered the Sweet Sausage salad at Srip, which is the BEST FOOD EVER. Incredibly tasty/sweet sausage in a spicy lime/chili dressing with tons of mint, cilantro, cucumbers tomato etc.

that sounds amazing.
you guys have had the crispy watercress salad at srip right?

WAHT IS GOOD THAI IN MANHATTAN/BROOKLYN?

-- mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:31 (2 hours ago) Link

Pam Real Thai, 49th and 9th. Cannot rec this place enough.

I've had the veggie version of the crispy watercress salad, but also this kinda veggie version where they use super tasty fake ham. The quality varies, maybe depending on how busy they are. It's ranged from bleh to transcendent.

had real good huevos rancheros at tom's diner for breakfast this morning, started my day off right

Where is a good Schzechuanese place?

spicy and tasty in flushing

and Little Pepper, in the old Spicy and Tasty place.

PIES ’N’ THIGHS Sarah Buck, Carolyn Bane and Erika Geldzahler left their devotees of North Carolina-style pulled pork and first-rate fried chicken hungry in January when they closed, but they plan to reopen this summer in a larger location nearby: 166 South Fourth Street (Driggs Avenue), Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

mas gets **

Pies or Thighs was in the middle of friggin nowhere by the WBRUG BRIDGE. not worth the pies or thights

^^^DIE

fake burt stanton