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(New York) – So I was in Soho with my friends and we couldn’t get a table, not even a space in the bar, in restaurants that I wanted to try. It was 7pm…

(New York) – My friend from New York brought us here and I love the food. Vietnamese food is totally different from Filipino flavors but I can definitely relate to it. We’re one big happy Asian family after all. Pho rocks!

(New York) – Dimsum used to be a Sunday ritual to me. Not anymore. With Sunday specialty brunching becoming very popular and appropriate (referring to Bloody Marys, Bellinis and Mimosas that cure hangover, just a personal belief and no scientific claim)…

When I learned that Oyster Rockefeller was first created here in New Orleans, I swore that I would not leave NOLA without trying the real authentic version of this dish. Luckily, I only need to walk 5 minutes from my hotel to the birthplace of this famous oyster dish, Antoine’s.

(New York) -  It’s 11am and there’s already a 45-minute wait. It was a freaking Monday and not even lunch time yet! Well, if the food is good, I mean great, people will flock and wait no matter what.  That’s exactly what we did and we had a wonderful lunch at Ippudo. The soup is [...]

(New York) – Finding a Filipino restaurant that gives justice to our cuisine is a joy. Before flying back to Chicago during my last visit to New York, my friends brought me to Tito Rad’s for a quick Filipino lunch. I was expecting a combo meal of rice, soup and a dish. But Tito Rad’s [...]

(New York) -  Peter Luger has been feeding New Yorkers, and people from all over the world actually, with the finest steaks even before Philippines achieved its independence in 1898. Yes, it’s older than anyone of us. But the dry aged steak here will never be outdated. I re-visited Luger during my last New York [...]

(New York) -  There must be something about a restaurant if people are cheerfully willing to wait for more than an hour to get seats for dinner. I was forewarned by some of my New Yorker friends about the notorious wait at Momofuku but such warning does not have any impact on me.  It thrills [...]

(New York) -  This city can be really exhausting.  Waking up early to start travailing the touristy routes, shopping, food tasting, meeting up with local friends, club hopping and so forth. Coming to New York surely breaks the monotony of my life in Chicago but it solicits some verve. Sometimes I just want to sit [...]

(New York) – I love almost all kinds of cuisines and you bet that Filipino food is on top of my list. Everywhere I go, I plan to visit a Pinoy restaurant if some place exists. Well in New York, you got abundant options to choose from. So, I researched and found 2 seemingly good [...]

(New York) – There are probably hundreds of restaurants in Chinatown and to pick a place to eat is an arduous task when me and my travel buddies only allotted one meal to try this famously tumultuous New York area. I made a shortlist of food places and I let the locals pick the topmost. [...]

(New York) -  This is one place that excites me the most about coming to New York.  Right on the 3rd floor of Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle, there stands a petite bakery serving extraordinary baked goods, chocolates and some French bistro fares. For those who are not aware, this boulangerie is owned by [...]

(New York) -  Do I need to explain more why I can not fail to visit Max Brenner in Union Square during my recent trip to New York? It’s all because of this slice of heaven: Chocolate Marshmallow Pizza. It started with plain pizza dough, covered with generous chunks of Max’s chocolate and seamlessly topped [...]

(New York) – Who would have thought that rice pudding can be such a hot culinary phenomenon in New York dining scene? Yes, Rice to Riches which serves more than a score of different kinds of rice puddings is super hot in Soho.  Many people, both local and tourists alike, flock to this rice nirvana [...]