Category City

Ah Cacao in Cancun

In NYC, we get pretty good Mexican food and drinks, so much so, that one is spoilt.  Mexican cuisine is considered cool, and of the moment – see this post in the NY Times. A few years ago, I went to Cancun and had the most miserable experience when it came to food.  Talk about […]

An unexpected surprise – Seasonal vegetable salad at Back Forty West

In a restaurant that calls itself a “burger joint” and is best known on Yelp for its “pork face nuggets”, you wouldn’t necessarily expect to find creative, seasonal, dare I say, inspired vegetarian dishes populating the menu.  But Back Forty West in Soho, the successor restaurant to the former neighborhood gem Savoy, delivers a number of surprises.  […]

Whole-wheat everything bagel with Scallion Tofu at Bagel Cafe

I am no bagel expert , I do not claim to know the hall marks of the ideal bagel, nor do I know the best way to eat a bagel.  Turns out that bagel eating is a pretty democratic process, as I have found on reading many discussion boards, such as this Chowhound board and […]