r/FoodNYC

Gao Xiao Pa

Big ol' hat-tip to u/justflipping for the word on this one. I read that this place gets slammed on weekends so I took the opportunity this morning to check it out. I actually tried to go last Thursday via the LIRR, but the fire killed that plan quite definitively. (Today was E > 7 then 7 > 1.) Anyway, the $6 roujiamo was as excellent as advertised. Got it spicy. Check out the chicken. I'd never had a flatbread like this before, incredibly flaky, impossible to not litter the sidewalk with pieces of it. I suspect they're like that rice roll cart on Hester Street so I'd say go at off-peak hours.

M&O Market

On Wednesdays they do their roast beef, which is nice and tender. They have a little tablet for ordering now but not everything is on there. I usually just pick one of their creations, which in this case was a hero of roast beef with havarti, shrooms, and horseradish mayo. Great stuff and rather cheaper than what one might pay at some more hip places (looking at you, Court Street Grocers, although I do like you).

White Bear

Their wontons are still as good as ever. There's something they do to the pork mix in these that gives it a bit more dimension than, say, what's in the dumplings at Shu Jiao Fu Zhou (although those are quite different, and exceptional on their own terms). $10 for a dozen, still cash-only. Eat em in the park. Watch out for that oil.

Claude Bakery

Their heirloom tomato croissant appears to now be a permanent menu item, or at least long-term seasonal. This has Swiss under the tomato and shredded 2-year mimolette on top. I don't think the Swiss is necessary, and Claude's tomatoes seems to be a bit less consistent than Radio Bakery's, but Claude is (for me) right here and Radio Bakery sure as hell isn't.

Apollo Bagel

Don't give a fuck about whether they're "real", they're excellent. I'm not much for seafood in general so this is a sesame bagel with scallion cream cheese, tomatoes, capers, olive oil, and salt and pepper. The capers are an extra $1 but let me tell you, I get them every time. And of course I always go on weekdays to avoid the lines. This was from the WV location.

Wegman's

Including them for the sole reason that they have premade beefs-on-weck for purchase and they're not half-bad. The roll is what it's supposed to be, and the sandwich is big enough to make two meals from if you have a smaller appetite like me. The horseradish that I picked up from the EV Meat Market was underwhelming, though, very little bite.

Hard for me to justify that this was the 2nd most expensive meal of my life, > $700 after tax and tip. I don’t think I’m an omakase fan but I’ll probably still check out Sushi Sho.

Omakase priced at 450, I got the supplemental uni/hairy crab for 80, iced green tea was 20. Not pixtured, ice cream with caviar was 50 but they comped it for my first visit.

YOLO. To each their own.

Hello from Ginza! Is anyone else pumped for the opening of Sushiro in NYC? I didn’t think it could get better than Kura, but, my goodness, Kura sucks compared to what we just experienced here. Super excited for it to open! If you’re on the Sushiro marketing team, please DM me!

Their mini dumplings tasted really good, as well as their crab & pork soup dumplings. I just wish they provided more mini dumplings and didn’t add a bunch of lettuce at the bottom of the container to give the illusion that there were more than there actually were.

Website: https://www.dinbrooklyn.com/

Hey folks, trying to earn some supportive husband points here.

My wife is hosting an event tomorrow night in DUMBO, and I’m helping her fill the last few seats.

It’s a mix of marketplace/panel/community event around sourcing better local food in NYC. Farm to People, Seasonal, Groundcycle, etc.

If that sounds interesting:
https://luma.com/e2cx7juu

(There’s also a discounted ticket option; code is in the info at the link.)

This is a long shot but does anyone have a recipe that comes close to the monkey bar chocolate cream pie? I want to attempt to make it at home!

I love cookies and my girlfriend loves me. For my birthday she hunted down 12 different cookies that we either have been curious to try or that have been claimed as the best at some point or another. Here are our rankings and a bracket competition. Disclaimers below:

1. We’ve had levain and insomnia before.
2. She organized them so I would not know where they were all from (with the exception of levain and insomnia)
3. We DID NOT eat each cookie entirely. Probably would have gone to the hospital. We each sampled between 1/8th to 1/4th per person.
4. All cookies were generally representative of a chocolate chip cookie (a few variations as recommended).
5. None of the cookies were reheated, all were eaten at room temperature. They were all picked up day of.
6. Cookie #1 was the insomnia cookie cake, since it covers the label on the paper.

Below is the key for the numbers in the bracket.

1. insomnia
2. schmackarys
3. levain
4. hani's
5. think coffee
6. gramercy tavern
7. from lucie
8. petit chou
9. smor
10. win son
11. librae
12. balthazar

VARIETY BURGER
grass-fed beef brisket, liver, heart & bone marrow with caramelized onions & fontina on a sesame milk bun, served with beef fat-fried potatoes

I am shocked this is not on the top of any lists of best burgers in the City. The smoky beefy flavor comes through naturally from a wild and incredibly varied blend of cuts that are masterfully blended with the perfect onions and choice of cheese, toasted home made bun, beef tallow fries… just incredible. I was too mesmerized to capture the cross-section.