Red Mango or Pink Berry yogurt

These days if you walk around New York City, you will spot either a Red Mango or Pink Berry yogurt around. Yes it is a new trend in New York City. Both stores were originally from Korea, (I was told they are so popular in Korea, Red Mango has over 140 locations in Korea since it opened in 2002.) Read more

Rice Pudding in NYC

Rice to Riches is a very interesting place; It sets up like an ice-cream mini store, with various rice pudding with different favors. Although the place is small and seating area is very limited, this is a great hangout place. Read more

Lombardi pizza

How good a slice of pizza can be? I was told Lombardi offers the city’s best Pizzas, so I went to try a pie this past weekend. I arrived around 8pm, and there was still 30+ people waiting outside the restaurant. I waited in the cold weather for a almost 2 hours and finally was offer a seat in a smaller room next to the main dining area (which was great, it was a quiet room and you don’t eat next to the big crowd). Read more

Café Centro at Park Ave

Café Centro is centrally located at Park Avenue. It is a busy place during lunch time, a well known place for business lunch and gatherings. I’ve been there for both lunch and dinner. Food was excellent in both occasions, but I personally prefer my dinner experiences. Read more

Crave

I went to Crave during the NY restaurant week and was offered the pre-fix menu. This is a small cozy restaurant locate at Brooklyn NY; surround by beautiful Carrol Gaden’s brownstones houses. Crave is nicely decorated with dark wood and simple design. Read more

Barking Dog Luncheontte

Barking Dog is great for Sunday’s brunch, they serve big breakfast and delicious French toast. Although this restaurant is always busy and tables are small (in fact, with coffee, orange juice and a huge serving plate, I was afraid to break my cup/glass)! Read more

L’Ecole, The Restaurant of The French Culinary Institute

L’Ecole is an interesting restaurant; it is operated by student chiefs. Students cook under supervision of the chef-instructor, and its seasonal menu changes every six weeks. I recently tried their pre-fix menu, and the whole dining experience was just excellent, and I plan to go back when the menu changes. Read more

Chinese steam buns

Have you tried the Chinese steam pork buns with crab meat? They are small steam buns with soup inside. There are two kinds: steam buns with pork or with crabmeat. Read more

B.R. Guest - Vento

Vento is one of the B.R. Guest Italian restaurant in New York meatpacking district. It is a lovely 2 floors restaurant with nice seating area, lots of window; decorated with brick wall and wood beams. Read more

Iron Chef’s Nobu in NYC

I am a Japanese food lover, and Nobu is one my favorite Japanese restaurants. Nobu’s sushi is fresh and delicious. Iron Chef Nobu Matsuhisa is a well known chief in USA, his innovative cooking style combines American cuisine into traditional Japanese food. Read more

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