I forgot to tell you!

I've moved. Goodbye, Blogger/Google+! I'm now at Wordpress, offering you one point of view and more food porn. Come say hi. Stomach Monster wants to eat.

Still eating...

PB and bacon sandwich from Eisenberg's


Ricotta pancakes with blueberries & brown butter at Roberta's


Fried Chicken at The Dutch


Roast chicken, creamy mashed potatoes and other good shit by Ryan


Full English at Chip Shop


The goodness from Sky Ice


Grilled Haloumi salad with grilled lemons


Brunch at Egg. WHY DOES HE DO THIS TO ME??!


Profiteroles and creme caramel at Bouchon


Tamales at Calistoga Farmer's Market

After all this bullshit I've only gained 5 lbs since November. Feels like 20 though. Fall: the best time to get back to running. HELP.

In case you're wondering...

Hill Country, 11pm


Olive & Vine after putting in an apartment application


Brunch at Milk Bar with Robyn after viewing an apartment (now mine)


'ino Antipasti plate


Roberta's Bee Sting pizza at MSP


Anchovy spaghetti by Ryan and fennel-zucchini salad by me


Bensonhurst Sandwich from Olde Brooklyn Bagel Shoppe


Dinner at Franny's post beach

...I'm still eating

breakfast massacre diptych

breakfast massacre diptych, originally uploaded by sgoralnick.

I love Steph Goralnik's photos.

Lots of feelings

Roberta's
261 Moore St, Brooklyn (Bushwick sick)

Self-imposed late pass. My first time to try Roberta's. I went with Mimi and her roommate Thom this weekend - Caturday was sunny and nice, so we biked out there and shared a bunch of pizzas.

There was a 40 min wait so we had some drinks at the bar. The bloody marys are pretty damn good - it's not just straight up warm juice from a can diddled in some ice cubes. This is mixed well with Tabasco, horseradish, etc etc and served with a pickled jalapeno in a mason jar.

This is the Bee Sting, with soppresatta and honey (get it, bees). The honey was unexpected but not too sweet. I used to hate pizza for the longest time. Mostly because all I ate was Domino's (college days) but also because it's so much melted cheese! This had the perfect amount.

Millenium Falco, with Berkshire pork sausage. I dunno, that's kind of like making a burger out of filet mignon but it was pretty damn tasty.

We also ordered a calzone with prosciutto and pesto inside. My first calzone ever! Now all future calzones will have to live up to this one. If I wasn't trying to be polite I would've skipped the knife/fork and just doublefisted it into my mouth.

Most Neapolitan style pizzas (thin crust) get soggy. At Eataly they will warn you of this. At Roberta's there are no excuses. Because they don't need any. No sog, and I actually tried to eat all of my crusts. THAT MEANS SOMETHING!

Anyway if you can stand the wait this place is definitely worth the trip out to Bushwick. Just look for the string of sparkly stilletos and sneakers hanging from a wire. You'll know you're home.

Decadent lunch

Choice Greene
Greene @ Grand (Clinton Hill)

This is a neighborhood favorite of ours. Yesterday we went to Choice Market at Lafayette and Grand for breakfast. Alex got pastrami hash with a fried egg and salad ($5.95) and I got a bagel with lox, cream cheese and the works ($6.50). We sat at the communal table with some other locals and enjoyed our meal.

Today for lunch I went to Choice Greene, which is one block away from Choice Market. I got two sandwiches:



Smoked duck breast with fennel and peach-rosemary spread on a baguette


Bufalo mozzarella, sundried tomatoes and walnut pesto on rosemary foccacia

We each split a sandwich and finished off the red cabbage/red onion salad I made last night.

I also got a quarter pound of smoked Ridgewood ham, made by Herve at Ridgewood Smoke Shop. The guy helping me mentioned that they're looking to partner up to produce some seasonal charcuterie together, first up some tasty cured pork from a rare breed of pig, the Mangalitza. Check it out - a pig in sheep's clothing! I was really happy to hear this news as Choice is one of my favorite spots in the neighborhood to grab some quick quality snacks.

Monday night she-na-ni-gans

Gahm mi ok with L18, originally uploaded by lazysundae.

Gahm Mi Oak
Korea town

I haven't been here in a long time - last time was birthday sul long tang with Ryan, I think.

Tonight I went with a small crew from work, Sam, Andrew & Jonathan. Sam had been talking up "sundae" which is korean blood sausage made with sweet potato noodles. "Hug in your mouth" he said. "WTF" I replied. Then I dipped it in a bit of chili salt and stuck it in my mouth. What ensued was warm, meaty, huggy goodness. It fills your mouth with a rich softness - I've never eaten anything like it.

Pictured is the large pork plate we shared, blood sausage on the top, pork knuckle at the bottom, pig ears, liver and cheek in the middle.

We each had a bowl of sul long tang as well, that comforting beef bone soup with noodles and rice. I wish I had an umma for sick/cold weather to make me this every night.

Next narf fest: breakfast at the Breslin with Mimi, Andrew & Sam. We get fat at work. It's how we do.

I am the Mayor of Terakawa Ramen

Terakawa
18 Lexington Ave @ 23rd St (Flatiron/Gramercy)

Ricky told me about this spot, which opened just last year. It is much newer than Ippudo but they have somehow managed to make it look like it has been there for years, a dirty Tokyo ramen stall in the middle of the Flatiron district.

It's a short jaunt from work, and it's quick enough for me to be able to lunch out of the office. The first time I went I had the Mayu Ramen, which had roasted garlic oil. On the tables are sesame seed grinders, fried garlic shakers, chili powder, white pepper...

The broth was delicious and the noodles just the right amount of chewy.

We also ordered gyoza which appeared to be housemade. Perfect little dumplings with paper thin skins and juicy meaty insides.

I went again later that week with Seanpatrick who was in town for the new year. I had the Tantan Men, slightly different but still delicious. Ground beef, bean sprouts, scallions and curly noodles.

There's nothing better than a hot bowl of tasty ramen on a cold day.

Lazy Sunday dinner

Lucky you, two posts in one day. I made this chicken recipe tonight. It's pan-seared chicken with beer-mustard sauce. You pan sear the chicken first - I did it in my cast iron skillet - then roast it in the oven. Then with the chicken fat, you make a roux and add shallots, beer, chicken stock, mustard, maple syrup, thyme... The recipe calls for oil when pan searing the chicken but I left that out.

Served it with rice and kale braised in chicken stock, balsamic vinegar and meyer lemon juice.

Really good, not that much of a pain in the ass, and enough for lunch tomorrow.

Scotch eggs for breakfast

Scotch eggs for breakfast, originally uploaded by lazysundae.

It's been a while.
New job, very busy.

I first had Scotch eggs at The Breslin. It's a British dish, here's my rendition:

1. Add egg to hot water and bring to a boil. After about 2 mins, turn heat off and leave eggs in the hot water.
2. Meanwhile take spicy Italian sausage out of its casing and set it aside.
3. Prep your dredge baths: egg, scrambled; panko bread crumbs; flour.
4. After 5 minutes in the hot water, take the eggs out and run them under cold water. Peel them.
5. With both hands, flatten out the insides of the sausage and wrap them around the eggs, making sure all sides are covered.
6. Heat oil in a deep saucepan, about 1" deep.
7. Dredge the egg-sausage in flour, then the scrambled egg, then panko breadcrumbs.
8. Fry in the oil, turning so that all sides are cooked, about 2-3 mins on each side.
9. Drain on paper towels.
10. I served mine with a salad of arugula, pickled zucchini and ricotta salata - something acidic and slightly spicy-bitter to cut the fat of the sausage.