Experimenting.

The picture on the left is after some playing around on GIMP whilst the one on the right is the original. I am posting to see if there is a difference with the images.

Gone with the wind.

So anyway this place will not be updated anytime soon, or for the next month or two, because where I am right now is real sad and has no good places to eat. Furthermore my exams are due in a month so I really should be concentrating on my reading and not food, for now [...]

Vanessa’s Dumplings

This is a place to go if you need to try bad dumplings so as to appreciate the good ones i.e. Fu Zhou Cuisine a.k.a Dumpling House. Located a few doors down from Dumpling House on Eldridge St, I only went into this place because it was 9am, I was craving some dumplings and it [...]

August

August, on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, NYC, was a place recommended to me by a dear friend, Pau. Pau had a gift voucher valid only on weekdays and she was too busy with work so she gave it to me. August had a lunch Prix Fixe menu and I was decided the best way [...]

Fabian’s Cafe and Pastry

Fabian’s Cafe and Pastry in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Bedford Avenue was a place I discovered by chance. Having arrived by the subway to Brooklyn at 9am, I reckoned no shops would be open and walked around aimlessly until I saw a Fabian’s that seemed to be open and had cute teacups hanging from a ribbon [...]

Sponge Pudding in all it’s glory.

Fat Buddha in D, England, has an amazing sponge pudding. Its a little square chocolate sponge cake topped with the most heavenly hot chocolate fudge and vanilla ice-cream on the side. The contrast of hot and cold is simply sensational. The whole dish is seriously chocolaty and rich.

It looks like a chocolate fountain.

Mussels baby!

I was shopping in a supermarket, Waitrose, when I spotted their fresh Scottish mussels going on sale. US$2 for a kg. It used to be US$4. So I happily bought a kilo and brought it home to cook. Using a very simple recipe of garlic, tomato puree, fresh tomatoes and lemon juice, I made this:

A [...]

What I did not eat in New York.

Pizzas
Hot dogs
NY Cheesecake

2 Little Red Hens

I hiked all the way from Greenwich Village to 86th Street 2nd Avenue to try 2 Little Red Hen’s famous Brooklyn Blackout Cupcake. This was the ultimate chocolate cupcake that had chocolate icing on it and chocolate pudding in the middle.

This cupcake was all chocolate and nothing else. The pudding did nothing for me as [...]

Chanoodle (updated)

Located on 79 Mulberry Street, this was my trip’s biggest surprise. When I first walked in, most of the tables were occupied by Caucasians and I swore under my breath (there wasnt even chopsticks on the table!) I have this issue with Chinese restaurants being filled up with the non-Chinese but here I was visiting [...]