Category Small plates

Disappointing experience at Fatty ‘Cue West Village

I had heard so much about Fatty ‘Cue – a minimalist barbecue restaurant in Williamsburg where barbecue meets Asian spices and flavors – that it was on my must-visit list of restaurants.   Most of the reviews were superlative and everyone seemed very excited about the Manhattan location of Fatty ‘Cue.  So, on a night when other Open Table […]

Delicious contemporary lebanese vegetarian dinner at Ilili NYC

One of my favorite places for a delicious meal is Ilili, a contemporary Lebanese restaurant that has a wide range of vegetarian (and vegan) options.  The restaurant is no new-comer in the NYC restaurant world – I think it has been around for at least 5 years (please do not quote me, but I do […]

Fine Dining at Le Basilic in Cancun

This is another post in the Cancun series.  Le Basilic is a fine-dining Mediterranean restaurant in the Hotel Zone in Cancun.  If you read a few of my prior posts on Cancun, you would have read about my preference to eat local food where the locals eat, so why would we eat at a Mediterranean restaurant? […]