Posts Tagged ‘Dining’

Left Bank Bread in Broadway Garage

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People often wax lyrical about the peasant simplicity of bread. Yet, in our foodie-fetish culture, we tend to fussy up our breads—with sesame seeds, sourdough, olives, raisins and wheatberries or strange starter brews. Give me a Gourmet Garage 18” French white mini-baguette ($1.69), crafted by Long Island City’s Tom Cat Bakery, and you have given
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Bar Bao Is a Bit Bar Blah

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Michael Bao Huynh, whose résumé includes stints at Mai House and Bun, has brought a few dishes from his previous establishments to his new venture in the former space occupied by Rain. The cinnamon-spiced lamb lollipops from Bun, the iron-pot chicken featured in the New York Times and many others are all available here, but
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Chicken Oyster, Anyone?

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I had read about Soba Totto’s everything-from-the-chicken yakitoris (such as “chicken oysters,” taken from the “rare” part of the chicken thigh), so I was curious, but not without trepidation, as the Times Square shuttle hurtled me to my destination. Once inside this hushed mahogany-toned restaurant, I felt brave enough to nibble the juicy “soft chicken
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GOOD THINGS COME ON SMALL PLATES

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Walking into Salumeria Rosi I thought of Brooklyn’s The Jakewalk, a low-key bar that serves wines and whiskeys by the glass, a changing menu of artisanal cheeses and quality charcuterie, as well as inventive small plates. Yet Salumeria Rosi harkens back to the neighborhood Italian venues that Jakewalk and other trendy Smith Street restaurants have
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I’LL TASTE MANHATTAN

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Cambodian Cuisine restaurant doesn’t inspire confidence. A flat-screen TV dominates the spartan space, which was totally empty. Still, I was hopeful, because in my native Northern Virginia you can find fantastic pho or magnificent mee krob at virtual “holes in the malls.” Yet my cold spring rolls were slimy and bland, and my sweet and
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MIX-AND-MATCH YAKITORI

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Perhaps more than anywhere in America, Manhattan has the skill and resources to make silk purses out of sows’ ears when it comes to reimagining interior spaces. A few weeks ago, I reviewed a dapper upscale restaurant called Apiary, which resides in a former grungy Laundromat. In yet another complete transmogrification, the oddly named but
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