Category Archives: Review
Restaurant Week 2.0: Lunch at Nobu
As promised, it’s August 1st and we’re back up and running. It’s been more than 90 degrees for the past week with no relief, and all I want to eat is gazpacho and sushi. It’s Restaurant Week again in NYC, … Continue reading
The Upland Ups the Ante in the NYC Dining Scene
The Upland is the latest in the Starr Restaurant brat pack – the others of course being Morimoto, Buddakan, and El Vez. More homey than the glitzy, nightclub feel of some of the others, The Upland is a place you … Continue reading
Easter Brunch at Cookshop
I just found my new favorite brunch place. This is saying something in the oversaturated, overindulgent market in New York. Just ask the New York Times. While I won’t go as far as to say Brunch is for Jerks, like … Continue reading
WastED: a Culinary Revolution In the Making
I ate garbage for dinner the other night – and I liked it. What’s more, I paid for it. Welcome to WastED, a Manhattan popup designed to do what its name implies: educate about waste, and in this case, food … Continue reading
NYC Restaurant Week Part 3: Lunch at Brasserie
Restaurant week has come and gone. It was a fleeting three weeks where you could get dinner at participating restaurants for $38, and $25 at lunch, both for three courses. Stop #3 for me was Brasserie, located in Midtown East. … Continue reading
NYC Restaurant Week Part 2: David Burke’s Kitchen
It’s not restaurant week anymore, but David Burke’s Kitchen thinks the tradition is so fabulous that they’ve extended it through March 13th. Just to reiterate, this magical event occurs twice a year, during summer and winter, and what’s even better … Continue reading
NYC Restaurant Week Part 1: Butter
It’s restaurant week!!! Unbeknownst to me until recently, this magical event occurs twice a year, in the heat of summer and the doldrums of winter, and what’s even better is it’s not actually a week, it’s THREE. For $38 at … Continue reading
Four-star treatment at Le Bernadin
How have I not written about Le Bernadin yet?! It was the first four-star restaurant (my yardstick being of course the New York Times) that I visited in New York; a well-balanced symphony of impeccable service and delicious seafood. A … Continue reading
New-Age Chinese with a Side of Trendy at Buddakan
Buddakan is a holy food temple that pays homage as part nightclub and part restaurant. This is where you wear those impractical stilettos every female New Yorker has but seldom deems worth to sacrifice podiatric health. This is where you … Continue reading
A Classic Experience at the Iconic Russian Tea Room
Visiting the Russian Tea Room was one of those touristy things that you have to do while living in New York, just once — like going to the top of the Empire State Building and taking the ferry to the … Continue reading
Written In Chocolate 