New York Food Adventures

Adventure in Brief: Nepalese That Tastes Like Home

July 22, 2009
Adventure in Brief: Nepalese That Tastes Like Home Cabbie name: Nyima Tsering Age: 29 Home country: Nepal Nationality: Tibetan Currently resides: Elmhurst, Queens Years in New York: 10 Years driving a taxi: 5 What he misses about Nepal: Spending time outside Best thing to do in New York: Play basketball with friends Worst thing to do in New York: Drive a cab Favorite restaurant: Hanami How he found it: Other cabbies Why he likes
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The Taxi Astrologer’s Masala Dosa

July 20, 2009
The Taxi Astrologer’s Masala Dosa Regardless of the amazing characters I’ve met, the remarkable flavors I’ve been led to and the serendipity that keeps working its way into each journey, I still leave the house in a state of terror when I know I’m about to jump into a taxi adventure. Getting in a cab and having no idea where
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Posted in Dosa, Ganapati Temple Canteen, New York Food Adventures, Queens, South Indian, flushing, uttapam | No Comments »

Diamond in the Bronx

July 13, 2009
Diamond in the Bronx “Do you want to go to the Bronx?” I’d hopped out of the cab on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. (a.k.a. Seventh Ave.) in Harlem, bounded over to La Marmite, discovered it was closed, and returned to report the bad news to Godfred. The taxi driver had spent the last twenty minutes slogging through 65 blocks
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Lady Cabbie, Spicy Ramen and Tofu for the Gods

July 6, 2009
Lady Cabbie, Spicy Ramen and Tofu for the Gods If it hadn’t been for Wendy, the one-shoed cabbie from Flushing who moonlights as a construction worker, I would have passed right by Tokyo II Japanese Kitchen & Sushi Bar. Not because the place looked shabby (I’ve got a soft spot for holes-in-the-wall, as long as the food is good). Not because there were
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Posted in Agedashi tofu, Korean ramen, Long Island City, New York Food Adventures, Queens, Tokyo II Japanese Kitchen | No Comments »

Fire in Queens

July 1, 2009
Fire in Queens The first thing I noticed when I opened the menu at Tangra Masala – the Indian-Chinese restaurant recommended by Mizanur, the star of last week’s taxi adventure – was the sea of chili pepper symbols. 108 chili pepper symbols. 108 hot and spicy dishes out of 159. (Yes, I counted them. I’m nerdy like that). Having
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Posted in Elmhurst, Indian-Chinese, Lollipop chicken, New York Food Adventures, Queens, Tangra Masala, hot sour soup, manchurian beef | 1 Comment »

Curry in a Hurry

June 23, 2009
Curry in a Hurry To a seasoned New Yorker, the fact that I ended up at ‘Curry Hill’ on my first Big Apple taxi adventure is about as surprising as finishing a food quest at a steak house in Buenos Aires. Still, I was thrilled when a Bangladeshi cabbie named Mizanur dropped me off at Curry in a Hurry. “I
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