Food Event Fiend

Surveying the countless Indian and Pakistani restaurants in Jackson Heights, Tahir Kamil wasn’t impressed with food he found. A native of New Delhi, Tahir knew the dishes he sampled didn’t taste  authentic and he decided to open a restaurant to set the record straight. In 2004, Tahir opened Kababish and soon after, a line of [...]

After devouring the most authentic North Pakistani kabab roll this side of Lahore, I stand outside the tiny Jackson Heights eatery named Kababish and ask Chef Barbar about their kabab spice mixture. I rattle off the following spices and he nods in approval after each one: Cardamom, Cinnamon, Coriander, Garam masala. Thrilled that we’ve cracked [...]

Bushwick just got a whole lot more Sicilian with the February 1st opening of Arancini Bros. — New York’s first and only Sicilian rice ball eatery. Arancini means “little oranges” in Italian, which is exactly how these hearty rice balls look after a dunk in the deep fryer. Breaking a rice ball open reveals creamy [...]

Your mission should you choose to accept it — eat your way through China via Flushing Queens. Golden Mall Flushing Foodie Hot Spot #1 Golden Mall – It’s dingy, but oh so tasty Adventurous eaters and Flushing locals know to hit this two floor “mall” of hole in the wall eateries serving the good and the [...]

Lo Mein with Pork and Pickled Cabbage    Ahh Christmas in Chinatown. Men spitting in the streets. Being jostled and bumped into every five seconds by locals. A hunched over old Chinese woman angrily waves her cane so people get out of her way as she walks. Whites and Chinese yell in different languages over [...]

Real Mugs for real coffee drinkers Will New Yorkers travel to an out of the way neighborhood, wait twenty minutes in line, and pay $3 or $4 for a cup of coffee? They will at Stumptown Coffee Roasters in Red Hook, Brooklyn. As a non coffee drinker, I was perplexed about what compelled people to [...]

Bev likes to laugh at the fact that I write a food blog, yet I’ve never been to many of the great food places she’s been to. What can I say….I focus on food events and don’t have much time or money to hit the bazillion latest and greatest foodie hot spots. But this past [...]

The curb is the only place to sit and rest at the Atlanic Antic The Atlantic Antic is the mother of all street fairs held annually on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. The fair stretches a full mile from 4th Avenue west towards Hicks Street. Street vendors, live music, food stands, beer stands, bikini clad [...]

Garlic, shallots, chard, and beets Ah market day. I’m extremely overdue for the New Amsterdam Market, the brainchild of Robert LaValle formerly of Slow Food. Last February, I interviewed the Market’s Program Director, Cerise Mayo, about her work curating the Market. Today, I saw the physical result of so much hard work. This public market [...]