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Daniel

Daniel

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I don't doubt that it would be good.  But would it be underseasoned and overcooked?

Upon request..

Actually, I still couldnt :laugh:

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Nathan

Nathan

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yeah...but that's different

or, as a good Italian friend of mine once said after trying an American pizza (NY-style) for the first time:

"this is very good. I like it. But, why do you call it pizza?"

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raji

raji

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pizza

bagels

hamburgers

Jewish deli

Italian deli

Hell, Korea by way of Mexico deli. Where else are there 4 huge deli slicers within every square 100 feet

All Japanese food except compared to Japan

Cheapass Cantonese and now Sichuan food

The 99cent hotdog/pizza poverty budget

South Indian Vegetarian food - try finding that ANYWHERE

Real Thai, Malyasian, Viet, Indonesian food

New American and bistro-style eating

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donbert

donbert

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Daniel,

The banh mi place I always go to is "Viet-Nam Banh Mi So 1", on 389 Broome.  I'm pretty sure it's the same one you mentioned.

That was my favorite place too until Pan told me about Banh Mi Saigon Bakery (on Mott between Grand and Hester). Now I'm torn between the two. Banh Mi Saigon only does pork and chicken but they're better than the version at Viet-Nam Banh Mi So 1. Viet-Nam Banh Mi has other kinds of banh mi so it's a toss up depending on what you're in the mood for.

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raji

raji

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yeah...but that's different

or, as a good Italian friend of mine once said after trying an American pizza (NY-style) for the first time:

"this is very good.  I like it.  But, why do you call it pizza?"

The whole "real pizza is what we call focaccia thing", right?

The euros are just bitter they didn't think of it first. Took some American ingenuity!

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NYC and Tokyo

Nathan

Nathan

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Raj said:

"South Indian Vegetarian food - try finding that ANYWHERE"

try Chicago. Not only does Chi-town have the best Indian in the country...Devon Avenue is famous for having several south Indian vegetarian restaurants.

I'm serious, check it out.

google it if you don't believe me

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weinoo

weinoo

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Pastrami

Pizza

Pickles from the pickle guys on Essex

Various smoked fish from Russ & D; + their whitefish salad

Kossar's Bialys

Great burgers in bars

Fries at Balthazar

Gray's papaya hot dogs

Anything with kimchee and bacon at Momofuku

Heirloom tomatoes, corn, apples, et.al. from the Greenmarket

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raji

raji

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Raj said:

"South Indian Vegetarian food - try finding that ANYWHERE"

try Chicago.  Not only does Chi-town have the best Indian in the country...Devon Avenue is famous for having several south Indian vegetarian restaurants.

I'm serious, check it out.

google it if you don't believe me

Chicago does have a large enclave, and I've heard stories of Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods.

Still, maybe you aren't going to the right places in the NY metro area

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NYC and Tokyo

Bux

Bux

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Chinese food, preferably in Chinatown, although that Chinatown could be in Queens as well as Manhattan. I'm not a fan of take out food. Stir fries suffer ignoble damage. (Put good pizza in cardboard box and it suffers in terms of taste and texture as well.)

Appetizing, as a noun. Basically smoked fish and non-meat NYC Jewish specialties. Barney Greengrass on the upper west side and Russ and Daughters on the lower east side. In both cases, it's always been take out for me, Barney Greengrass serves tables.

The great Jewish traditions of bread baking have all gone downhill. There's little to be found in the way of great bagels or rye breads. Kossar's still makes bialys worth seeking out. Fortunately other bakeries have sprung up and overall, bread in NY can be great.

Top of the line dining, French or otherwise. Daniel, le Bernardin, etc. Younger talent. Blue Hill, WD-50, etc.

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Nathan

Nathan

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Raj said:

"South Indian Vegetarian food - try finding that ANYWHERE"

try Chicago.  Not only does Chi-town have the best Indian in the country...Devon Avenue is famous for having several south Indian vegetarian restaurants.

I'm serious, check it out.

google it if you don't believe me

Chicago does have a large enclave, and I've heard stories of Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods.

Still, maybe you aren't going to the right places in the NY metro area

I don't dispute that NY has south Indian vegetarian.

what I disputed was your proposition that it didn't exist elsewhere.

raji

raji

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Raj said:

"South Indian Vegetarian food - try finding that ANYWHERE"

try Chicago.  Not only does Chi-town have the best Indian in the country...Devon Avenue is famous for having several south Indian vegetarian restaurants.

I'm serious, check it out.

google it if you don't believe me

Chicago does have a large enclave, and I've heard stories of Chicago's ethnic neighborhoods.

Still, maybe you aren't going to the right places in the NY metro area

I don't dispute that NY has south Indian vegetarian.

what I disputed was your proposition that it didn't exist elsewhere.

It's extremely difficult to find, but where you can find a large population of South Indians, doable, not very outside of the US. My worst experience was, there wasn't 1 place in a country of 130 million, Japan, even with a decent number of Indians there. Not a single dosai. Anywhere.

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NYC and Tokyo

Daniel

Daniel

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Daniel,

The banh mi place I always go to is "Viet-Nam Banh Mi So 1", on 389 Broome.   I'm pretty sure it's the same one you mentioned.

That was my favorite place too until Pan told me about Banh Mi Saigon Bakery (on Mott between Grand and Hester). Now I'm torn between the two. Banh Mi Saigon only does pork and chicken but they're better than the version at Viet-Nam Banh Mi So 1. Viet-Nam Banh Mi has other kinds of banh mi so it's a toss up depending on what you're in the mood for.

Nice.. I will definitely have to go..

H. du Bois

H. du Bois

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- Nathan's hot dogs, eaten either before or after a ride on the Cyclone

I have personally found it a mistake to eat them before.

I find that eating them before adds to the drama.

SylvB

SylvB

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I've been living in Paris and I really miss :

A sunday morning brunch : Bagels lox etc...

PLugars steak

Chinese take out

Hot Pastrami

A good cheesecake

These things might be out of fashion these days but when you live abroad you miss the basics.

H. du Bois

H. du Bois

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I forgot - two New Yorky things I craved badly when I was living abroad:

- pickles

- iced coffee (the rest of the world hasn't got the ice thing down yet)

Pan

Pan

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As a foodie who's visiting NYC soon, I'm curious to hear specific recommendations, with addresses.  :biggrin:

Most of these places have their own separate threads, I think, and there are also all the "THE BEST" threads - check out the linked list pinned at the top of this forum if you haven't already.

You can also start a thread asking for specific kinds of recommendations. I'm sure people will be happy to offer helpful suggestions.

Michael aka "Pan"

 

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