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Last Books Read

(T) This Perfect Day - Like a blast from the past, I felt like a 10 year old again reading this 1970 Ira Levin sci-fi. How life might be if everything around us was controlled to be efficient and healthy. Surprisingly, nakedness and sex plays a big role...
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(T) In Defense of Food - Eat food. Not so much. Mostly plants. An informative read on why Westerners spend so much time trying to eat right and almost always get it wrong.
****

(T)Are You There Vodka? It's me, Chelsea - The ramblings of Chelsea Handler. Pretty funny. Good candy.
****

(T) Namesake - I didn't enjoy this book. At all. I do now crave Indian food.
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Latest Restaurants

Enoteca Barbone -Still awesome Italian/Babboo rip-off. I really like the owner, prices and pasta.
****

Slurp - New Vietnamese restaurant in LES. We were the only ones there. Comparable to Compuchea, but better and cheaper
**

SavorNY - A FoodCandy article on the wall! Tapas from around the world. Pretty good
***

Taisho Yakitori - Best in groups, Taisho is maybe my favorite restaurant in the city, currently.
*****

Clinton St Baking Company - An LES brunch favorite, the pancakes and crab cakes are some of the best we've ever had, but the line outside on a weekend make it something only worth it on the weekday.
***

Chickie Pig's - Literally across the street, Chickie Pigs servers up thin, oval-shaped pizzas in a brick oven. Focus is on the crust and not the toppings.
**

Banjara - Finally! Good Indian. Embedded in the 6th St Indian madness is Banjara with delicious curries, dosas and samosas.
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The E.U. - A new chef prepares European comfort food including a thick and rich cassoulet, braised short ribs and Chicken and Dumplings along with a wide assortment of european beers. Very good.
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Falai - Modern Italian. Homemade Pasta. Creative Dishes like Beet & Lobster Risotto. One of the best meals had in NYC so far.
*****

Cafe Glechik - A Ukrainian cafe in Brighton Beach known for their dumplings. Try the veal and the Siberian.
***

Rosario's Pizza - A tourist favorite of the LES, we read about this in one of our guide books. Pretty good pizza, but nothing special. Stay with the cheese.
*

Trattoria Spaghetto - Also mentioned in our guidebook, this Italian eatery actually turned out a better than expected lunch.
**

NY Noodletown - A decent Chinatown stop for Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup. Reminds me of Canton Wonton Noodle House in Seattle
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Good Restaurant Drought

Posted on March 22, 2008 by eternal

While K has been eating it up all over town, I’ve been going through what can only described as a good restaurant drought. And by good, I mean bad. I have forgotten what a wonderful meal tastes like. Other than staying in and having no appetite, the meals we have gone out for have been mediocre as of late and I find myself trying to remember our last great meal. Falai, Baboo, Enoteca Barbone, The Orchard, Blue Ribbon, Casa Mono and Joe’s Shanghai seem like distant memories. We struggled the other day to find a place in Soho the other night and ended up with boring burgers at Bar 89. I ate maybe half of mine, partly due to my stomach and partly because it just didn’t taste that good. Where will we find some more awesomeness?

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