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Madras Café

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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 » [ Share / Bookmark + ] 

Super cheap, super tasty Chinatown food walk.

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Chinese Lunar New Year coming up this Sunday. Year of the pig, or “DingHai.” Chinatown is not how it was. In the old, pre-Giuliani days — we’re talking 1988 — we stupidly wandered down Mott Street during the absolute climax of the celebration (the climax, in contrast to our one-second toaster pops, lasted a mind-blowing 48 hours), bottle rockets, cherry bombs, M-80s missing our eyes by nano-meters–total lawlessness. More perilous than the old July 4ths (again, pre-Giuliani). These days, we’re [...]


Posted in Food & Fashion, The City on February 15th, 2007 | No Comments » [ Share / Bookmark + ] 

Cheap date

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The Horn & Hordart commercials used to claim “you can’t eat atmosphere,” probably why fancy million-dollar interiors never impressed us, also probably why we did Krystal’s Cafe, the best Filipino restaurant in Manhattan. It wasn’t just the tokwat baboy and the Kare kare that filled our gut and took our breath, it was also place. Simple tables, nice waiters, cheap food. We spent $40 for two, and no way could we finish. Went home with four doggy bags.
We weren’t done. [...]


Posted in Food & Fashion on January 20th, 2007 | No Comments » [ Share / Bookmark + ] 

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