Category City

Best falafels, best zucchini cakes, and the best lamb kebabs in NYC at Taboon

July 17, 2012 · by · in Dinner, Mediterranean, NYC, Taboon · 2 Comments

Taboon (773 Tenth Avenue, between 52nd and 53rd Streets)  is a restaurant in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of NYC that consistently serves excellent Mediterranean food in a very nice atmosphere with white brick walls, and bright light coming in from its many windows during the day. The brick oven near the entrance will keep you […]

The best spicy tequila cocktail in NYC – at Tequileria Maya

July 16, 2012 · by · in Drinks, Late Night Meal, Mexican, NYC, Tequileria Maya · 1 Comment

Inspired by this post by InsideFoodPro, I have been keen to visit Tequileria Maya in the Upper East Side for a few weeks now.  The opportunity to check it out came along when a couple of friends wanted to meet for late night drinks on a weeknight. The “Pepino” cocktail (house infused jalapeno tequila, with cucumber, […]

At a South African Wine bar

July 13, 2012 · by · in Dinner, Drinks, NYC, South African, Xai Xai · 2 Comments

On a recent week night, we went fora late dinner to Xai Xai (a South African wine bar that also serves small plates in the Hell’s Kitchen area of NYC).   South African wine bar sounds exotic and exciting, especially if one has never been to one such. The other couple of South African restaurants […]

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