New York Restaurants

hm i dunno i was thinking 8ish and getting to the show around 9? earlier?

what time is the show?

I emailed you

doors are 8 and there are djs so i assume bands wont go on til 9ish
FAs are 2nds to last but i want to see ian & dmr dj (ian isnt getting there til 9 i think)

bump

does anyone want to have dinner at 8?

japanese I guess grill, I have been cooking from the fantastic Izakaya cookbook recently, so I'd like to try some more of that kind of stuff. I guess mid to high end, with some good cocktails a bonus.

Ed:

Totto or Torys (same owners, Torys is a little easier to get into)
Sakagura
Aburiya Kinnosuke
Suibi (I'm pretty sure the only Okinawan-style izakaya in the mainland USA).

Ta, muchly

Sakagura has the largest sake selection of any restaurant outside of Japan.

Ed, for good J- I recommend: the 9th street cluster: Sobaya (soba), Hasaki (sushi), Rai Rai Ken (ramen), Otafuku (fried octopus), and Yokocho (itzakaya). I still haven't tried Sakagura so if you want sake + Japanese pub food please contact asap.

what is the name of awesome thai place in woodside? i'm dog sitting in sunnyside next week and would like to go if anyone is interested!

sripraphai

yes. that one.

ok help pls. wburg brunch: where to go? i haven't been in ages and ages so i don't know what's good these days.

i like Aurora for Brunch. they have a nice'ish garden area too. I generally despise brunch, but aurora has nice non-egg dishes too. For more traditional stuff, EGG on Bedford/N5th is REALLY good - like southern'ish style food. Might be a bit of a wait since its small. It's the old Egg/Sparky's Hot Dogs space... Not as nice atmosphere as Aurora but def cheaper

T., I'll eat Thai with you in Woodside. I was just thinking I had to go back there.

Oh, what is good to order at the outdoor cafes on the boardwalk in Brighton Beach? I got the seafood salad at Volna and it was pretty nasty. Luckily I had a Russian beer to wash it down with.

yay! my queens sojourn is thurs-sat if any of those evenings is good for you.

aurora looks nice. the food doesn't look toooo expensive.

re. Williamsburg brunch: last month I went to an anonymous sort of diner at the corner of Graham Avenue and Union Avenue, opposite the Graham Avenue subway in fact. I have just tried to find it on the Google map and been quite thrilled by how the program swoops akll the way in from a view of the whole continent to a view of this very intersection. It's breathtaking. ... and I think the place is the COFFEE SHOP AND RESTAURANT that you can see at around 336 Graham Avenue, between the health food store and the cleaner's.

Well, this joint is likely of no real interest to someone who wants a classy or high-end sort of brunch scenario, but it kind of proves how good a brunch or breakfast you can get at the most average NYC places, cos what I had was fabulous: bagels, eggs and more eggs, incredibly meaty pork sausages, home fries (whatever they are), infinite coffee, and oldsters telling me about their WWII experience in London. I was awed by the nosh and thought that you could not get the equivalent for the same price in England, where the sausage would be bog-standard and just out of the freezer, not this juicy delight.

pictorial proof of the amazing sausages:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9107386@N06/2633038071/in/set-72157605951008710/

there is no intersection of graham and union - i think you mean metropolitan, but i see the name of the place in the window of your other pic - daniella. i have walked past there many times since i live at that stop :)

also ty for suggestion... i'm torn between someplace around me that i know is good and someplace near bedford bc i want to go shoe shopping afterwards. at any rate, i must be off to the greenmarket now before it's too late.

I should have known that my description was going to turn out to be wrong in some way; I wish it hadn't been failing to correct the error in the very first sentence once I had, indeed, reminded myself that it was Metropolitan Avenue.

wow I went shoe shopping on Bedford Ave! (at least I can't get that one wrong.) with Tokyo Rosemary's assistance. but I imagine that you will be spending a lot more cash than I did.

I have been in Daniella to get coffee. Now I think I will try the breakfast.

Thursday is very good for me for Thai--anyone else want in? PF, I thought that you wrote "Tokyo Rosemary's assistant" and I thought, TR must be doing very well for herself these days:)

Yes, I went with Tokyo Rosemary's Assistants, plural - there are seven of them, each only about 3-4 feet high, and they sing while doing handicrafts.

ty for the description, the pinefox

has anyone been to park side in corona en route to shea? i have a feeling there are places i'd rather eat, but that my friend would like it.

i have been there. it is not bad, but not OMG SPECTACULAR. big selection iirc. it is big, so there is not a wait to be seated (i was there at brunch time).

yeah, that's what i figured, thanks

Just had lunch at Eleven Madison Park. DEEEEElicious.

Me:
Sweetbread ravioli with chorizo and a butter foam.
Lamb sausage
Poached Peach

$24 for restaurant week. SO GOOD.

kuma inn BYOB. i'll have to remember that.

pretty sure they're not byob. how old is that review

-- dmr, Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:04 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Link

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I was wrong btw, their paperwork lapsed and they are BYOB until they get their license back

woah your rest. week lunch was way better than mine, phil!!

kuma inn was yum!

also: roll call for woodside thai later this week? thurs, fri or sat?

Phil that sounds awesome.

yeah the only places i'll go have a RW meal are the Danny Meyer places, but the reservations go in like the first 2 mins of the day. EMP, Gramercy Tavern, Union Sq Cafe, are my faves. The Modern and Tabla are nice too

They don't skimp on ingredients like most places (mixed green salad or soup? chicken breast or farmed salmon? gee thanx). I mean they skimp a little since hell its only $24. The lamb sausage I had was fantastic, but the other main course options were a poussin (cornish game hen) or maybe it was poulard or maybe it was just chicken breast... And also a roasted squash, and finally a piece of skate... mostly cheap'ish stuff. The app choices were a sorta-ceviche'ish salmon on an asparagus veloute, bluefin tuna tartare with heirloom tomatoes, and something else. I had the sweetbread ravioli which was SO GOOD.

where did you go, tehresa?

offal is my kind of skimping.

i went to blue water grill (mediocrity revealed above in this thread)

also if you go to one of the good woodside thai places, try to get:

kûng châe náam plaa - its raw shrimp marinated in fish sauce, lime juice, chili, and garlic. its VERY spicy and VERY garlicky and VERY delicious.

ohhh blue water grill.. its one of those stephen hanson B.R. Guest restaurants. very corporate. not surprised you had a mediocre RW lunch

at sripraphai my favorite dishes are the crispy watercress salad and the crispy pork & chinese broccoli

Where in New York can I get a Francesinha?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesinha

I was going to suggest the Ironbound District in Newark, but this seems a bit closer:

http://www.luxuryweb.com/html/alfama.html

Onoy on the brunch menu apparently.

if anyone lives in or around ft. greene/clinton hill, chez lola is really nice, and the garden is cute.

That isn't terribly far from me.
But the first review on Yelp calls it "tasteless cat food." (which might be better than tasty catfood.)

What did you eat that you liked?

i think i will go to sripraphai tomorrow :D

i can't help but notice that the "tasteless cat food" poster failed to cite any specific examples.

lol. it's not tasteless cat food! the lamb tagine is delish, and once i had this amazing halibut/some sort of white fish. i'm going tonight, will report back.

went to srip last night, I go a lot because I live 10 blocks away. I like most of the thai in the area...poodams, zabb, nusara, chao, arunee etc. My favorite dishes at Srip now are the sweet sausage salad appetizer, it's sweet sausage served with mint, basil, onions, cucumber, tomato in a spicy chili sauce and may be the best thing I've ever eaten.

I'm also obsessed with their Massaman chicken which is unlike any others I've seen elsewhere. It's big chunks of stewed chicken, sometime on the bone, that just falls apart, not like the standard little bits of chicken at most other places.

ok, reporting back: it was the salmon that i had at Chez Lola, and i had it again, and it was lovely. it was served in a flaky something or other, so if you're not into the breaded thing, it's not for you. also the empinada appetizers are great. i heard very good things about the tuna, the pork chops and the salmon burger is always great.

+ pear martini in the garden = heavenly :D