Food & Fashion
Because, despite today’s spring-like weather, the world still sucks and we wanted to say something mean about someone, we dropped in at the Housing Works Bookstore and Café’, located on Crosby Street, and our faith in humanity was slightly restored. Main floor and mezzanine look more like an eccentric—though literate millionaire’s library. And, just like Barnes and Noble (which, we’re told, is mean to puppies), in the cafe section tables awaited and we read and we ate—knishes, quiche, sandwiches, soup, [...]
Posted in Books/Films/Media, Food & Fashion on March 7th, 2010 | 
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Until yesterday, the Bellini—a cocktail/nuclear device equal parts Champagne and peach juice—did not appeal to us. We’re more Jack on the rocks types. Then we swaggered into Cipriani at 55 Wall Street, whose owners have gained fame for refusing to serve food critics, and were surprised. We are not saying the fruity cocktail is worth $16 a glass—few cocktails are—just that this drink is pungent and slightly amazing, provided you get it, as we did, freshly-mixed.
Posted in Food & Fashion on February 25th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Because we are old, we half expected the doormen standing guard to the entrance of the Ace Hotel’s Lobby Bar, to grimly bar us. Located at 20 W. 29th Street, near the corner of Broadway, the space is casually hip, unpretentious, though spectacular–a big room with comfy chairs and couches, and free Wi-Fi—thus the many people hanging out all day (don’t these people work?), driving the nice waiters bonkers. Nestled into that spectacular lobby, are a coffee shop and a [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 16th, 2010 | No Comments »
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The beautiful thing about this country, no matter how un-chic you are, how empty your wallet, the stores on Madison Avenue still buzz you in. So we are walking past 940 Madison Avenue, a former Chase Manhattan bank, transformed by architect Peter Marino into the flagship for designer Bruce Hoeksema’s VBH uber-luxury line of bags and jewelry. Gorgeous place, but spooky. In fact, aside from the five staffers and security guards, VBH is post-Apocalyptic empty. Customer-wise, we are it. Still, we make [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
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Wisdom has it, that pizza prices keep pace, more or less, with subway fares.
Not so at 2 Bros Pizza and 99¢ Cent Fresh Pizza, with three and four locations respectively in Manhattan.
Bite per penny, we choose 2 Bros as the best cheap slice in Manhattan. Plain slice costs a buck (tax included); two slices and soda are $2.75. Just as tasty and nearly as filling as Ray’s – for less than half the price. We’re partial to the branch at [...]
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on January 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
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Every so often, someone comes up with an idea that’s so friggin’ genius we lap our heads with admiration and envy. Sushi? Karaoke? In one place? Damn! Damn! Damn!
EAST JAPANESE RESTAURANT, 366 3rd Ave, New York 10016
Thanyawan Ausaraurak
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
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WE LOVE QUICKLY, the bubble tea store at 11 Pell Street in Chinatown, for serving our most favoritist drink, taro milk tea with black tapioca. For either $3.75 (large) or $2.75 (small), we could choose blueberry, taro, passion fruit, and green apple. We also—and this is so friggin’ cool—got to choose the “bubbles”—jelly, cake, pudding, sour cream.
– Simon Chu
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 13th, 2009 | No Comments »
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Simon Chu sweet tooth
WAY #1: DOUGHNUT PLANT.
We love artificial flavoring, but we make exception for the doughnuts at Doughnut Plant. All doughnuts are made with—yechh—natural ingredients, filled daily with fresh fruit jelly. Even glazes are made from fresh fruits and nuts. We are seriously thinking of getting healthy.
Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on December 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
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sweet tooth
Last night at Don Hill’s, the unpretentiously pretentious Soho performance space, the fashion meter jumped so fast, it broke. House of Dieh’s 2009 Style Wars, was so hot we nearly ripped off our Gap jeans and LL Bean overcoat, wrapped ourselves in toilet paper and aluminum foil, and vamped the miniature runway. Indeed, the competition, judged by Jenny Shimizu and other second-tier mini-celeb, burned the runway to a crisp. Baby designers had 4 ½ minutes to dress a model, and they did so with astonishing results. Our faves: the girl with the NBA-sized paper ball on her head, the girl with plastic glasses and cardboard box skirt, the wire-hanger dress, the club’s wallpaper, and the praying mantis mannequin.
Least fave: Rob Schneider’s brief, dorky visit in a suede, fur-lined vest.
Yeah!
Posted in Food & Fashion on November 8th, 2009 | No Comments »
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A calm place, with an ethnic look, that never gets crowded. We expected the all-Indian, all-vegetarian food to suck because one of is not a big fan of Indian food and likes meat; but it was actually really good. Fast service.
Posted in Food & Fashion on July 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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