Salli Vates

I love love love Capogiro dark chocolate gelato. Recently, I sampled Il Lab's Thai chili chocolate sorbet (too much chili for me), lychee lemongrass (nice and tangy, but very very hard) and rosewater poppy gelato (couldn't taste the rose at all).

These descriptions are driving me crazy with hunger, I have to get to Tailor as soon as possible!

This isn't all you can eat by any means, but Kanoyama has an "early bird special" for around $12, I think.

That's what I feared... I can't say enough how magical our dinner was when Liebrandt was the chef. My non-foodie husband oohed and aahed over every course. I've never seen him so excited about a restaurant; he even asked if we could go there for our anniversary.

Thanks LPShanet. I was actually underwhelmed by Public; I guess I'll either book that trip to Chicago, go back to WD-50 or wait for Liebrandt to come back.

I love Malagueta in Astoria if they're still open!

has anyone been lately? I was so disappointed about this, because I had one of the most exciting meals of my life at Gilt before the chef change. With Urena gone (thankfully WD-50 is still here), what are some of your recommendations for more adventurous food?

Docsconz, I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting! Hi there.

Thanks. My Dad, who was just there, had said it was going to be nuts. I am not opposed to lunch at all! I'll happily check out your thread. Thank you. We've just been having a vigorous discussion here and if you go back a page or two you'll find more. I'm surprised the Tour de France would increase reservations. It doesn't reach Paris til the end of the month. Are you open to eating at lunch? Never a problem. ←

Hello eGulleters, I have a restaurant crisis! I'm going to Paris next week and have not made a single reservation. Since the Tour de France is going on, it seems that many places are booked. Do you have any ideas for this poor foodie?

Any publicity is good publicity, in many cases. It's true how the food blogs have proliferated! When I first started food-blogging back in 2002, there weren't that many of us... Bread Chocolate Coffee Yoga, Leite's Culinaria and what is now A Full Belly (the author lived in NY before moving to SF) were up, I think. It's quite a challenge after 5 years to 1) keep eating and 2) keep writing, but I still find such activities very satisfying. And I love reading other food blogs and message boards such as eGullet (especially eGullet!).

You might find these articles interesting! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3254884 http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3254605

OOOh. I loved La Terre in Shibuya... they had this orange chocolate cake that was the most amazing thing ever. One layer of dark chocolate decorated with a mandarin orange, one layer of orange with little bits of candied orange... oh dear.

I saw Ed Levine's posting I think I should have worn different shoes, or something. Also, it seemed like the majority of the "friends" showed up right when I was *finally* about to receive the promised reward! Like Ed from Serious Eats! I'm so glad people are giving him crap for that in the comments to his post. I mean, I understand, it's a long line, you're bored, you make your friend hold your bag and you go to Barney's Co-Op or whatever. But still bumping into someone and joining them on the line? Eh. ←

The fior di latte was really great. (The line was pretty frustrating! People walking by would "run into someone they knew" and then just kind of stick in line ahead of me. )

thanks for your replies. I ended up having a great time! if you want to read about it I posted a bunch of blogs about it. I haven't totally updated it.... for example I wanted to post about Toriyoshi, some great Kamakura oshiruko and some Western pastries I had in in Japan (including a killin' fleur de sel croissant and a mandarin orange Valrhona chocolate cake), but will soon.

Thanks. I was there about 10 years ago and ate myself into a coma. Was wondering if there were any new hot places... sure there are millions... just trying to plan a little in advance. I'd heard rumours that Tsukiji will be closing or moving? 10 years ago, I rode on the back of a fish cart.

Sorry, didn't see the previous post! I'll check it out. Hello, I'm going to Tokyo tomorrow for about a week. Any must-try places? I love all Japanese food: sushi, sashimi, natto, ankimo, unagi, tempura, soba, ramen, udon, donburi, nabemono, etc.

Hi! I've had a food blog since 2002. www.sallivates.com Some of my favorite food blogs are www.nycnosh.com, chocolateandzucchini.com, Words To Eat By, I Was Really Just Very Hungry, A Full Belly.

Jeniac, that looks so delicious!

I was much more partial to Chikalicious than Room 4 Dessert. Chikalicious was also the very first dessert bar in NYC.

I just picked up a bunch of hoshi imo at Sunrise Mart. I've been waiting for these delicious treats to come in for weeks, calling Katagiri, Maruma, JAS etc.

One of my Japanese cookbooks has a recipe for tofu "steak" with shimeji mushrooms and a sauce made from cream, white wine and butter. It was actually pretty good. But the thought of milk and miso is not an appealing one!

I love the natto made from the small soybeans mixed with raw egg, hot mustard and soy sauce over rice. I often have this for breakfast or lunch with a bowl of miso soup. That's fascinating, I never knew that there were more kinds of natto made with different beans. I also saw that there is a natto pasta sauce, has anyone tried this?

Kitchen Arts & Letters has a few copies of the March/April issue.