Tag Archives: New York City

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

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

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, […]

An afternoon in SoHo looking for food – Part 1 – at an Asian Grocery store and restaurant

On a recent afternoon in SoHo (NYC), I was looking to get lunch at about 2 PM after wrapping up some meetings (whatever happened to brown bag lunches that day?).  I was very thrilled to see on Yelp, that a Tarallucci e Vino location was just a couple of blocks from where I was standing. […]