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NYC Dispatch: Tasting Colombian in Queens
Here's what happens when you get to chatting with fellow drivers at the taxi garage before your shift starts: you end up at a Colombian restaurant in Jackson Heights face to face with a plate of pork belly. Ready, Set, Soul
As we studied the menu on the wall - pigs feet! oxtails! jerk chicken! ham hocks! - I remembered taxi driver Troy Johnson's recommendations. Troy was the reason my three co-adventurers and I were at RCL, and I wanted to be sure we tried his turkey wings and smothered pork chops. Is it possible to find a great Argentine empanada in NYC? (Bicentennial Edition)
If you're wondering why the Empire State building is lit up in blue and white tonight, it's in honor of the Argentine bicentennial. I didn't plan it this way, but it seems only fitting to break down the latest quest for a great Argentine empanada in New York on the country's 200th birthday. Is it possible to find a great Argentine empanada in NYC? (Part III)
My expectations were as high as my hopes when I met my co-adventurer at La Porteña, a butcher shop turned Argentine steak house in Jackson Heights, for another round of empanada testing last week. I'd heard rave reviews about their empanadas from near and far...
When Dessert Kicks (Bangladeshi-Chinese) Dinner to the Curb
As we made our way from Manhattan to Queens, the cabbie began reminiscing about the Chinese food in Bangladesh: "It's different. It's not fast food there." And he told us about a place in New York that makes Bangladeshi-Chinese "75% close to the way we cook back home." Choice Eats for Cabbies: Post Script
50-something restaurants, four boroughs, a sell-out crowd of very hungry New Yorkers, food bloggers and those who love them converged at Monday's Choice Eats extravaganza on Lexington Ave. I went with a very specific mission: to find the very best cabbie-friendly dishes on the Bacchanalian buffet. Tagine Dream, Halal Burger Reality
Cabbie Mohammed's favorite spot for tagine turned out to be less restaurant, more sandwich counter and all men. Every one of them glanced at me with a look that suggested I was in the wrong place before shifting their attention back to plates of halal burgers and fries... Food of the Poets, Courtesy of Kamal
It's no surprise that Persia and Afghanistan nurtured some of the greatest poets the world has ever read. If you were exposed to ingredients like rose water, angelica powder and barberries on a regular basis, you might also be moved to pen some verse... Three Hungry New Yorkers Take on Tandoor
Saturday afternoon, fearless foragers Salem P. and Jenny M. met me at Tandoor, where we were looking forward to tasting the chicken tikka masala and onion naan that Kamal Aftab always gets when he goes - and to seeing whether the cabbie's recommended restaurant was actually worth a food pilgrimage... Tangra Masala Reloaded
Cue burning lips, watering eyes, and flaming skin. Five spoonfuls in, I noticed I was the only one in the restaurant wiping her nose. Once I got past the combusting chilies, there was garlic, cilantro, and ginger upon ginger. If an exclamation mark had a flavor, it might taste something like Manchow soup. 
