New York Eats: The NoMad

The NoMad

The NoMad Hotel

1170 Broadway & 28th Street

New York, NY 10001

Tel: +1 (347) 472 5660

Website: http://www.thenomadhotel.com/#!/dining

Housed within the NoMad Hotel, The NoMad opened its doors in 2012 to much acclaim. It shouldn't have come as a surprise as the people behind The NoMad are the same who took over the 3 Michelin Star Eleven Madison Park from Danny Meyer of Union Square Hospitality Group. Like the interiors of The NoMad Hotel, the restaurant was also stylishly decked out, staff were well dressed and the crowd was mostly working professionals, although that could have been because I was there during their lunch service.

The NoMad made it to our list of restaurants to visit purely for this reason you see below.

Roast Chicken for 2

Foie Gras, Black Truffle & Brioche

New York Eats: Shake Shack

Shake Shack

New York

For the list of outlets, visit http://www.shakeshack.com/home

Shack Burger & Cheese Fries

Who doesn't love a good burger? I know I do. And if you're familiar at all with the "burger scene" in the US, you'd know Shake Shack. Some people might disagree but I'd say this is the East Coast's answer to In-N-Out Burger.

 

New York Eats: Russ & Daughters, Katz's Deli, Doughnut Plant

Russ & Daughters

179 East Houston Street

New York, NY 10002

Tel: +1 (212) 475.4880

Website: http://www.russanddaughters.com

Katz's Delicatessen

205 East Houston Street (corner of Ludlow St)

New York,  NY 10002 

Tel: +1 (212) 254-2246 

Website: http://katzsdelicatessen.com/ 

Doughnut Plant

379 Grand Street

New York, NY 10012

Tel: +1-212-505-3700 

Website: http://doughnutplant.com/ 

What happens when you're on holiday and there's never enough time to squeeze in all the things you want to eat?... You put them all in one meal!

And that's exactly what happened one morning on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

 

 

Our first stop was to Russ & Daughters.

 

New York Eats: Le Bernardin

Le Bernardin
155 West 51st
New York, NY 10019
Tel: +1 (212) 554 1515
Website: http://le-bernardin.com/

This is the first of my posts about our US tour! And we're starting it off with an enjoyable meal we had at Le Bernardin.

I've always been intrigued with Chef Eric Ripert's food. And even more so recently as I've found myself to gravitate towards lighter seafood dishes (although I still enjoy my roast pork ever so often). R had been to Le Berdardin on a previous visit to NYC in 2008 but I guess he must have liked it enough since he insisted on bringing me there. If I were him, I probably would have been more selfish and insisted that we try some place new. I guess that's why people usually refer to their partners as their "better" half.

I'M BACK!

So I've finally pulled off what I've been busily planning for a whole year - I tied the knot! It was a crazy time leading up to it and to be honest, instead of reading up about food, I have spent the whole year getting nose deep in wedding blogs and just checking out pretty pictures that I saw in magazines and the internet. So now that all of that is done and dusted, I've finally bought a new copy of Lucky Peach (hopefully no more Cosmopolitan Bride) and am going to settle into married life slowly.

The exciting thing about getting married (in my opinion at least) is going on a honeymoon and that's where I'm getting to with this post. I just got back from a mini tour of the US and we sure ate our hearts out. In fact, it was an 'eating-moon', not so much of the "honey". In any case, let me get through my photos and hopefully I will have something to share soon. Even if I have no words, I'm sure the pictures will help do the talking.

Sit tight!

red obsession

Oh hello. It's been a while hasn't it?

I've been busy and currently, I'm knee deep with the Sydney Film Festival. It's my 3rd festival since I've got here and each year there have been films that have captured my attention and imagination. In my 1st, there was Jiro Dreams of Sushi which was just pure food porn although I know there was a greater story behind - one of the art of perfection, succession and a father/son relationship. In the 2nd, there was the story which followed the plans for succession of Michel Bras' eponymous restaurant in Laguiole, France. The documentary resonated with me and brought back very fond memories because R and I had just visited Bras a year earlier from watching the film at the time.

This year's "foodie" movie was not about food per se but about the drink - wine. Maybe it's because I've never been much of a wine drinker so watching and learning about Bordeaux wines have made me wonder - will I appreciate wine better once I've had a taste of the 1982 Lafite? What makes a bottle of wine worth tens of thousands of dollars? How GOOD really is good wine? Wine is really, a whole art by itself and one that I have much to learn about (that is if I know how to drink a little better). Anyhow, I think the film, other than focusing on the topic of wine, really raised other issues such as globalisation. In fact, if you watch the film, you would realise that the movie is not all about wine because the same issues could be transposed into any other situation today. Anyhow, I won't spoil too much of what it's about. Have a watch of the trailer and you'll see. Intriguing and in my opinion, a must-watch.