Tag Archives: NYC

Almayass: Good but not Amazing Armenian-Lebanese food

Almayass is a relatively new Armenian-Lebanese restaurant in Gramercy / Flat-iron district in NYC – it opened in Spring 2012.   It is owned by a brother-sister duo (Varak and Alidz Alexandrian) with other family members contributing to the menu design and the decor.  Many reviews that I read were favorable including this one from […]

At a South African Wine bar

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 […]

An afternoon in SoHo looking for food – Part 2 – at a Chocolate Boutique

You might have read my previous post about a disappointing experience eating at Kelley and Ping (an Asian grocery store and noodle shop).   In case you were wondering, I could not and did not finish any of the items that I ordered. So, here I was in SoHo and still hungry.  I wonder if […]