Daniel

I am a home cook.. But check this place out, it has a really beautiful collection of Japanese Knives, neat Japanese Sushi Equipment, Yakitori Boxes, tableware and some uniforms.. Its downtown by the Brooklyn Bridge so you can plan your visit accordingly.. Here is the website.. korin

Thanks Doc.. The chicken thing wasn't a big deal.. I didnt even bother to bring it to there attention.. When we went last night at like 630 it was empty with the exception of one woman sitting in the back reading a newspaper with her dinner.. When we had gone on Friday, it was mostly a Japanese Clientele.. There were a few students mixed in however.. I would put this place along the lines of several Japanese Restaurants.. I posted a review of this place called Decible not too long ago review of decible.. Decible is more of a like a sake bar that serves food..But, they have some of the same type of dishes.. This dish is the octopus from Decible also served at Sun-Chan The also do Yakitori like several Yakitori places in Manhattan, they have donburi, house made tofu, noodles, and sushi.. And a pretty nice list of Sake.. I am a big fan of unfiltered and they have two well priced bottles for me.. The big difference I think with Sun-Chan is it is not so centered around the bar.. The restaurant is more of a "American Traditional" sit down kind of place.. I think this might be the only one in this genere that offers large entree's or prix fix meals.. Starting with a soup,salad,entree and dessert type thing.. Either way, its really unusual for the UWS so I am happy..

Went for dinner.. We started with Wasabi Octopus and the Kohada.. Liked the Octopus better this time then last. Love the radish and there was more wasabi.. Next was pickled Kohada Fish.. Its very much like Herring. This was done really well.. Along with the Kohada slices, they wrapped cucumber around the marinated fish w/ shiso leaf.. The shiso cucumber worked well.. The sliced pickled radish we enjoyed.. I think this dish is very good.. My girl ordered a spider roll.. Served with cucumber and roe.. For the yakitori we ordered 2 beef tongue, chicken skin, beef liver, bacon wrapped enoki mushrooms and a cheese stuffed tofu.. 1)The tofu (back left) was a little greasy and very cheesy.. Some people would really like these guys. 2)The bacon wrapped mushrooms on the far left were very good.. I would prefer more crispy, so next time I will request it..3)Beef liver this was my girls favorite thing of the night.. 4)Then was a piece of chicken.. They misunderstood did not bring the chicken skin we ordered.. Cooked well had a nice syrupy bbq sauce..5)The two beef tongue.. These guys were good.. Short ribs slice very thing.. Great flavor.. Threw a little of the red pepper they give you and some lemon to cut the fat.. They came out sizzling hot.. Still a few more visits to trying everything I am looking forward to.. P.S On our walk home we passed the taco truck on 96.. Al pastor and carnita. Not a bad taco at all.. If I spoke spanish well enough I would ask for double meat on the carnita.. The pastor had a great pork flavor..

I think he was also referring to 2Pork Shakur..Which by the way I still find hysterical.. I think Biggie would be into it.. He did "spread the butter lyrics over hominy grit" But, 2Pac I dont think dined on the swine..

Cuisinart Food Processor I have never used.. My crock pot I have never used.. Just got a new mandoline I havent used..Microwave, eh well a couple of times.. Actually I just heard of a funny way to get rid of fruit flies in your kitchen.. Place a ripe bananna in the microwave uncovered.. Wait for the fruit flies to gather around the microwave and then close the door and cook

Rain delivers? I had called them about a year ago and they said they didnt.. I have yet to try them, thats exciting.

Whats the quality like of the chocolate? Where is it from.. The corn flakes sound good almost like a Ritter. Also I am curious about the pop rock shot.. Can you explain it to me. Was it like a chocolate shot with berry flavored rocks? Was the drink bubbling.. Did you guys try there shake. Was the ice cream made there. Was it icey or creamy.

I agree and should have stated in my original post..I still have a question about that cellophane dish.. What temp is the dish served normally. I am a big ants climbing a tree fan and was expecting something like that.. The luke warm confused me..

I know, I know. We went at 230 and the buffet ended at 3.. The place looked like it was recovering from the rush. The dumplings were really good.. My girl's aunt and uncle live in the area, I would definitely try the dim sum..

That is great. Absolute Bagels might deliver to you..

Indian and a little expensive is Indus Valley.. Thai food I go Lan Vietnamese- Saigon Grill Italian I go to Celeste no delivery and more expensive is Spiga no delivery.. I havent been but, Gennaros is talked about too and they deliver.. I just went to this yakitori place on 103rd called Sun-Chan.. Barney's Green Grass delivers! Citarella's Delivers in case you need more meat. Spanish food I get from Cafe con Leche and for a cheap half a chicken Flor De Mayo.. There is a soul food/southern place called rack and soul that I have heard about.. I dont know if they deliver or not.. Sushi my girl will order from Haru.. I rarely have food delivered but, these are some of the places I have liked..

Went for lunch today.. It was pretty good.. We started out with cold sliced beef.. Had great gelatin in it.. Had the spicy cellophane noodle dish.. It was ok.. It was slightly warmer then room temp.. Dish wasnt too exciting had a nice heat and liked the cilantro.. Pork and crab soup dumplings.. Really enjoyed the filling .. The dumpling was rather thin and caused a lot of them to break apart.. The pork was great: Spicy chicken dish.. This was my least favorite.. It had a nice heat, it had a peppery flavor but was a little weak and was one dimmensional. Pan fried noodle with seafood and vegetables.. Noodles were good, liked the bok choy and mushrooms.. Sauce was a not too exciting white sauce... I didnt love the restaurant, but we enjoyed it..

Alinka, Congratulations on the good news! Looking forward to seeing Moscow.. Have a great time..

Yah.. Thats a nice little stash you got over there.. Love the name.. Notorious P.I.G.. Love Piggy Smalls too.. "Piggy smalls is the illiest".. Looking forward to seeing this set up you have over there..

Just back from dinner.. Had a fun time.. We sat right in front of the grill.. They use a gas one.. Check out the menu on menupages.com.. Its the same besides the daily specials.. Which had a very nice looking shortrib. We started with cold dishes. Octopus Wasabi, Radish and Boiled Little Sardine.. Both dishes were done well.. Octopus: Sardine: Next we ordered from Yakitori.. We got a bunch.. Chicken meatball, chicken skin, gizzard(not pictured),duck,pork belly,beef liver bacon wrapped enoki mushrooms,and ginko nuts.. Inexpensive and done really well considering they dont use Charcoal.. The lady making it was really funny.. She would run into the back and talk to people while dancing around.. She put out a fire on the grill by patting it with her bare hands.. She had her small kitchen space well under control. Our seats: First was Ginko Nuts on top, Duck in the middle and Pork Belly on the bottom.. Ginko Nuts were perfectly carmalized.. The duck was sliced too thin for me(I am willing to say it might be connected to the three dollar cost), but still very good.. The Pork was just excellent.. Ode to Chicken: On top CHicken Skin, in the middle Chicken Meatball, bottom is the straight up Chicken.. Chicken Skin was just as good as you would think.. Chicken Meatball might have been frozen but was still good, the Chicken was good.. Bacon wrapped Enoki Mushrooms and Beef Liver.. The mushrooms were great.. Second to Yakitori Totto.. The Beef liver tasted a little sour.. There was a gizzard in there too that we ate.. Fish: Rice Ball: This was a rice ball that had spicey Cod Roe.. Rice stuffed with Spicy Cod Eggs and then grilled.. She would brush with BBQ Sauce while rotating.. It cooked on the grill for 20 minutes.. Leaving the outside crispy.. We could not stop eating this thing.. Inside: We then ordered oysters wrapped in foil, Grilled Whole Saury($6.50!) and some Sardines.. Wrapped: Here it is.. Three or four Oysters, Enoki Mushrooms, Ginko Nuts with a little butter.. The mushrooms were steamed perfectly.. A thing to think about for your next bbq.. Sardines.. I think they were stuffed with Roe. You ate the whole thing and they were great. Grilled whole Saury.. This fish is a favorite of mine.. I think of it like a firm little baby blue.. Just great.. The skin was crisp and salted.. Lovely.. A destination on the UWS with in 20-30 blocks.. There are many things I am looking forward to trying.. The have a sushi bar we didnt even look at yet.. They had some nice Sake offerings.. We drank two different bottles of unfiltered.. One bottle was $9 the other was $11.. Food bill was $69... We left well fed and well served.. This place will be in my rotation..

Sun-Chan 2707 Broadway, New York 10025 Btwn 103rd & 104th St Phone: 212-749-5008 I was excited to read about this place and was looking forward to going here tonight.. They havent been answering there phone.. Anyone know what the story is..

The scammer in me thinks whoever wrote this is a genius.. This guy is basically asking hot girls to send him there photos and phone numbers.. I would doubt a restaurant is doing this.. I want to do an ad.. A famous hotel is looking for attractive people to sit by there pool and get free food and drinks.. Please send a picture of yourself in a bathing suit with your phone number..

Well, I am ready to say this is not a good way to prepare Monkfish.. The texture is all wrong and cant compete with lobster.. I pan fried mine.. In order to replicate the texture of a lobster, you would really have to roast the fish until it dries out.. The best way to make a sandwich, would be to deep fry.. This is a poor version of a lobster roll.. Sandwich, Noticed the last string while taking the photo.. Once I put the sandwich in my hand, photo time is over. This is not a better or cheaper or even good version of a lobster roll.

I borrowed the idea from you to truss it. As a practice round, I cut a little piece and tied it into a mini-medallion.. I made the Buerre Monte Sauce and poached the medallion for 11 minutes at 170-80.. I took out the string and poured some of the Butter Sauce on top, the first green I grabbed was beet.. It was really good.. I might do something else for the sandwich.. Maybe roast it first and then finish in the sauce.. I personally like the crispy texture that comes from the high heat.. Or maybe pan grill and then finish in sauce.. Or I think the ultimate but I refuse to at this point would be to deep fry and then add to the sauce on a sandwich.. But I havent drank that much........yet Edit to add: I am about to cook it.. I would love your suggestions for a sandwich.

Thanks for the info anpanman, Is there a similar site you can suggest?

I bought a monkfish yesterday.. I was planning on cooking it for last night's dinner, but I made the little one something so good, I ended up splitting it with her.. So now, having not eaten lunch, I am starting to dream of tonights dinner.. After going through all the ideas in my head, I thought of something interesting.. I call it a "Poor Man's Lobster Roll".. Basically, I want to poach the Monkfish in butter.. Then place on a Hot Dog Roll.. For the side I will make a beet, fennel,watercress, slaw/salad thing.. But I digress, knowing how versatile monkfish is, I was wondering what people's favorite preparation method or actual dish is.. Have you had it roasted,broiled, boiled, poached, grilled,fried, steamed, ceviche? Do you stuff it? Roll it, bread it, rub, or marinate? So, how do you like it?

Thanks for your help.. I will report back!

Drove past this restaurant yesterday morning..I am a big fan of Izakaya or little apps.. Has anyone been.. Where are ya Raji? P.S. I found a good resource for Japanese Restaurants in Manhattan.. http://www.aozoranyc.com

I personally would not like carmalized onion red pepper on a baguette to start.. Are you going to eat this sitting down, or just standing around.. Are you going to have one baguette on a plate and eat with your hands or knife and fork.. Or if you are doing baquette maybe do several kinds.. I might do like a Bresaola with bitter greens to start.. Or maybe a tuna tartare to start instead of the baguette.. Or work a crostini into a salad.. The linguine sounds very good.. If you can find yourself razor clams, I think this is a more "exotic" presentation... To use a razor clam you just need to steam for a minute and remove the clam. .Then treat it like a scallop.. Here I might do a meat course.. You had asked about Venison.. If you found it, I would make like a 6-8 ounce piece each.. I have rubbed it in an equal portion of cracked pepper and juniper berries.. Or serve the meat with the crostini of peppers,onions and goat cheese on the side of the steak.. Dessert sounds great..