Year: 2010

On our way back from Queens, and a quick stop at our favorite Filipino restaurant, we made a stop at Güllüoglu Baklava. I was previously unaware of this fantastic Turkish cafe that serves no less than 12 different kinds of baklava, apparently for more than 130 years in Istanbul. We got a few mini portions of fistikli baklava (pistachio baklava) and a piece of ekmek kadayifi (bread sponge cake with syrup). I much preferred the baklava and would pass next time on the sponge cake. But I need to go back because I was told they also serve the best ispanakli su boregi (spinach pie) in New York.

26 sandwiches in New York.

Borough Market is between the river Thames and Borough High Street in South East London
The Cadogan Arms on Kings Road in Chelsea.

Last week I rode down to Rivington Street to try some bao at Baohaus. I ordered 3 of them – ‘skirt steak’, pork belly and chicken. The pork belly was very tasty but the beef one was a bit dry, and at $4 a bao, not really worth it. So I decided to supplement the 3 bao with an order of Prosperity Dumplings.

Waysider restaurant for breakfast. Day 1 – Homemade biscuits, cheese grits and eggs. Day 2- homemade biscuits, grits, eggs and smoked beef sausage.

Le 16e arrondissement de Paris

Perpignan to Paris, encore.

Continuing my goal to have a really good breakfast, I decided to try Keith McNally’s Pulino’s Bar-Pizzeria. I know the corner of Bowery and Houston is not the most scenic breakfast spot, I would recommend trying it. I ordered a small pizza funghi with fried eggs, mushrooms, pancetta, mascarpone and grana. It was delicious. It had all the flavors I like plus the sunny side up eggs. Despite the constant din of the traffic, it was a great start to the day. Next time I think I’m going to try the pizza with nutella and sea salt.