9 December 2009

thai green curry

my second or third bowl

I love green curry, so I am taking note to remind myself how much better it is when you don’t forget the lime at the end! I happened to have squash and sweet potato on hand, which made the dish look as wonderful as it tasted–but my favourite ingredient was [...]

1 November 2009

SanRasa on staten island

I heard there was a ‘little sri lanka’ on staten island, so I booted over there and had lunch at SanRasa restaurant, not too far from the ferry terminal, on Bay street.

The food was worth the two-hour trek (due to weekend subway rerouting, grr) to get there. We started with some yummy fried lentil patties [...]

1 August 2009

thai home kitchen

New Yorkers really love their Thai restaurants. They also like being seen to be trendy. Finally, they seem to have pretty bland palates. Because most of the Thai places I’ve been to suck–unless you like eating vaguely Asian-like food in a dimly lit hipster bistro. [...]

27 April 2009

go! go! curry

go! go! curry

inspired by the village voice, I decided to head all the way down to west 38th for this japanese curry shop.