Posts Tagged ‘Snack Attack’

Aztec Treat on the IRT

Written by admin on September 23, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

Hop onto the subway at 96th street and Broadway, and you’ll witness the easy coexistence of 21st-century urban life and centuries-old Aztec tradition. A young man bops to the beat of his iPhone while plucking open a steaming cornhusk. Suddenly a whiff of hot corn masa issues from his perfectly formed tamale. Tamales were invented
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From Counters to Cubicles

Written by admin on September 17, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

When I first visited my sister’s office at a large Midtown ad agency, she introduced me to Mangia or, at least, the carryout counters that provide so many workers in soulless cubicles with heartwarming Italian fare. Problem was, it was so crowded I never got to sample the dizzying array of antipasti, pastas, hot entrees,
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Mmmm…Mojitos and Yummy Yucca, too

Written by admin on September 10, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

I had resisted the siren call of the mojito as if drinking one of these Cuban concoctions of cane sugar, lime, mint and rum would brand me as a character in Desperate Housewives, a “mojito mom” who drinks with the gals while dishing on her hubby. The mojitos at Havana Central, however, are irresistible, and
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Beyond Bulgogi

Written by admin on September 2, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

If you think Korean food is only about bulgogi and kimchee, head to Woorijip. This spare restaurant bills itself as a provider of “Korean Comfort Food.” But “comfort food,” for the young Korean office workers who pack Woorijip at lunch, means “unusual delicacies” to the uninitiated. I eagerly grabbed my large Styrofoam container and went
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Blessed Bisque

Written by admin on August 26, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

Waiting two hours to eat a $13.95 Lobster Pound lobster roll at the Brooklyn Flea was the first thing my husband and I did when we dropped our kids at the camp bus in July. It’s the kind of time-wasting activity that having kids in tow keeps you from doing; but actually, I have to
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When Only a Dumpling Will Do

Written by admin on August 19, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

When an uptown girl gets a dumpling desire, she has to go downtown. However, with dumpling houses creeping north from Chinatown, a girl doesn’t have to go below Canal. On St. Marks Place, I was more than delighted with Dumpling Man’s filling little packets, made in Northern Chinese “Shang Jian” style. Sure, you can’t get
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Diminutive Dominican, Gargantuan Portions

Written by admin on August 13, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

Blink and you’ll miss this sliver of a restaurant. Yet at lunchtime, stalwart Latino men stand three deep behind the orange counter waiting for two harried women to serve Dominican specialties like cow’s foot soup and cuchifritos. Standing outside I noticed a giant white board that seemed to price every dish at $2. “Roasted fish
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Have You “Et” at Pret?

Written by admin on July 22, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

It took a visit to a Pret a Manger wannabe to realize just how good Pret is. The British “ready to eat” sandwich chain with the French name has been a New York City fixture since 2000, but I’d never “et” at Pret until my intrepid snacking companion said of the wannabe, “It’s trying to
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Behind the Bodega

Written by admin on July 16, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

“Welcome to wonderland,” said the plump Mexican man in a black suit. My sister, Carol, looked dubious. After all, she had just walked to the back of a Tenth Avenue bodega. But her face brightened when she saw me, sitting in a narrow mirrored corridor festooned with festive Mexican decorations. Tehuitzingo reminds me of the
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Tiny Takeout Delivers the Goods

Written by admin on July 8, 2009. Posted in Eat & Drink

“You cannot discover new oceans unless you are willing to lose sight of the shore.” So said the message in my chocolate fortune cookie. I had already fulfilled my destiny by trekking from my familiar Upper West Side shore to the wilds of York Avenue. There I found Charley Mom, a tiny takeout with two
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