Category Small plates

Amazing Fatoush salad at Tanoreen NYC

A friend of mine suggested that we have lunch at Tanoreen – a Middle Eastern restaurant with Mediterranean aromas (says the restaurant’s website) in Bay Ridge (Brooklyn).  Bay Ridge is an hour’s commute from midtown Manhattan but felt totally worth it after my lunch there on a recent afternoon. I loved the food at Tanoreen. […]

Not too many vegetarian options at Madison Square Garden

Last weekend, I was at Madison Square Garden for guitar / music festival and was keen to find vegetarian and healthy options to eat (as always).  While my attempt at eating vegetarian food was unsuccessful, I had a delicious chicken hot dog at the Simply Chicken by Jean-Georges concession stand. I was somewhere between Section […]

Gol Gappa shots at Moti Mahal Delux NYC

I don’t eat Indian food at restaurants often, not because I dislike them, but because I cook (and eat) Indian food at home regularly and the dishes that I make are often lower in calories too (isn’t that true of most home-made food?).   Every now and then, however, I do eat Indian food at […]