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Joe Bastianich Defends His Partner Mario Batali Regarding Remark, “Bankers Are Hitler & Stalin Like” – New York

Kit Marshal — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:34:52 +0000

Culinary Tidbits . . . Joe Bastianich defends his business partner, Mario Batali regarding his off-the-cuff remarks about bankers being Hitler & Stalin like, and Bastianich is quoted as saying, “I come from that world, I worked on Wall Street for many years. I think that what was said in that room was probably misinterpreted to a certain degree. I’m one of those people so I get both sides of the story. Of course we want [finance types] to come to our restaurants.”

Eataly to Spawn More Branches Over Next 10 Years – NYC

Kit Marshal — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:32:11 +0000

Eataly is a mega-Italian-food-destination in NYC, a collection of many dining, or produce venues that are intended for sale to take home, in the sprawling food-hall complex, which one of the founders, Mario Batali, prefers to call “food temple”. Eataly—what a weird name—is somewhat overwhelming at first, until you become acclimatized to the hustle & bustle of the carnival-like atmosphere of the “super” supermarket.

Expect that Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Toronto and Mexico City, in any order, will be getting Eataly locations over the next ten years.

Eataly is a mega-Italian-food-destination in NYC, a collection of many dining, or produce venues—intended for sale to take home—in the sprawling food-hall complex, which one of the founders, Mario Batali, prefers to call “food temple”. Eataly, what a weird name, is somewhat overwhelming at first, until you become acclimatized to the hustle & bustle of the carnival-like atmosphere of the “super” supermarket.

Expect that Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Toronto and Mexico City, in any order, will be getting Eataly locations over the next ten years.

Zagat Eataly NYC

Eataly Torino

NYC 2012 Michelin Star Results 2012 – New York City

Kit Marshal — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:43:52 +0000

Michelin Star Restaurants & Bib Gourmand New York City 2012, Follow Links Below to Michelin Guide:

Michelin Star Restaurants

Bib Gourmand Restaurants

All trademarks, copyrights, logos, images, and information are the sole property of Michelin Guide

Taste Green Tea Beer and Other Micro Beers, Japan Society – New York

Kit Marshal — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:59:01 +0000

In Japan large manufacturers have tied up most of the beer market. Recently, there has been a resurgence in boutique breweries as in the rest of the world. An example of which, is the dry-hopped ale mixed with green tea made by Baird in conjunction with Stone & Ishii. All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross. Next Wednesday there will be a tasting of more than 24 beers ” (3 to 4 oz. pours of hard-to-find beer from small breweries. For more information click the following link Japan Society.

New Terroir Wine Bar, Murray Hill, East Side of Midtown Manhattan – NYC

Kit Marshal — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:33:57 +0000

JUST OPENED: Terroir at Murray Hill, 439 3rd Ave between 30th and 31st | Mon-Sat 5 pm-2 am, Sun 5 pm- midnight

Mary Lindley Murray SALUTE! (“The British generals…repaired to the house of a Mr. Robert Murray, a Quaker and friend of our cause; Mrs. Murray treated them with cake and wine, and they were induced to tarry two hours or more, Governor Tryon frequently joking her about her American friends. By this happy incident general Putnam, by continuing his march, escaped…It has since become almost a common saying among our officers, that Mrs. Murray saved this part of the American army.”)

Terroir | Tribeca: 24 Harrison Street map Mon-Sat 4 pm-1 am Sun 4 pm-11 pm 212.625.WINE (9463)
Terroir | E.ViL: 413 E. 12th St. NYC Open Mon-Sat 5 pm-2 am (food til 1am) Sun 5 pm-midnight No Phone

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Links to Wine List & Menus for Terroir appear Here

Who Will Replace Sam Sifton as New York Times Restaurant Critic? – New York

Kit Marshal — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:08:42 +0000

Who will replace Sam Sifton as New York Times Restaurant Critic, and who is even interested? They most likely will be pulling someone from within.

Donate Any Unused Stocks of Food From Hurricane Irene to The Needy – New York

Kit Marshal — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:29:22 +0000

Culinary Tidbits … Any extra food that you might have stocked in anticipation of Hurricane Irene being a “screamer” but fortunately, it fell a bit short of the mark, please donate any food items you may not be able to use to the needy and hungry here.

Momofuku-ko Restaurant, New York City

Kit Marshal — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:09:04 +0000

Logo and image are property of Momofuku-ko, New York City.

Momofuku-ko
163 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10003
(between 10th and 11th streets)

Lunch Fri – Sun
Dinner daily

They serve a lunch menu on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and it is currently priced at $175 – please allow at least three hours for consumption.

The dinner menu is served seven days a week and is currently $125 – please allow at least two hours for consumption.

Corkage charge is $45, although they do offer a large selection of wine, sake and beer as well as beverage pairings to accompany your meal. Serving superb International cooking (it is definitely not a Japanese sushi bar or karoke lounge as many are led to believe due to the name, which means “lucky peach”).

You are gladly welcome at Momofuku-ko, as long as you abide by a few stringent rules including: reservations can only be made by email after establishing an account and can only be made online through the reservation website; no photos are allowed; no cell phone conversations inside the restaurant are allowed; and few provisions for dietary-restrictions are provided. No Photos and yet, a picture tells a thousand words . . . isn’t this unfair? In spite of these obstacles, this still remains to be one of the hardest reservations to come by in NYC.

Other related ventures: momofuku noodle bar, momofuku ssäm bar, momofuku ko, má pêche, milk bar.

Thai Rock Restaurant & Live Music House, Rockaway Beach – New York

Kit Marshal — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:08:37 +0000

375 Beach 92nd Street Rockaway Beach, NY 11693
Tel. (646) 455-3991

robert@thairock.us www.thairock.us

An exciting new Thai restaurant and live music house is to be located at the site of the Rockaway Lobster House on beautiful Jamaica Bay in Rockaway Beach, New York.

Robert Kaskel, is aiming to revive the spot as a Thai restaurant and music venue, Thai Rock. He and his wife Metta, who owned a similar spot in Thailand and is now a bartender at Dojo, hope to open in late April or, more likely, in May (tomorrow they’ll start the process of giving the space a “beachy Thai” look). Kaskel says he plans to offer “real Thai cuisine, not watered down, Americanized Asian cuisine,” with dishes in the $8 to $18 range, and to ensure the food is literally home-cooked, he’s renting the apartments above the restaurant to three cooks who used to work in Manhattan. Four menus will change with the seasons (soups and stews during the winter, lighter fare during the summer): There’ll be lunch, brunch, dinner, and a “drinking menu” at the bar.

The Worst of 2010: Sam Sifton, New York Times Food Critic, Reviews KFC’s Double Down

Kit Marshal — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:33:50 +0000

★ Culinary Tidbits . . . “Sam Sifton writes that he ingested two slabs of breaded chicken, which KFC call the “Double Down”, he described it as a “slimy and unnatural moist thing”, “that the company” (KFC), “asks customers to eat with their hands”. “The chicken is watery within its soft casing of breaded “crust”, “the cheese would be familiar to anyone who has eaten food prepared by the United States government”, “the bacon chemical gives it smokiness”, “the mayonnaise sauce tangy, salty, and sweet, all at once”, “a disgusting meal”, “a must-to-avoid”.