Monthly Archive for January, 2010

NYC Winter Restaurant Week

Published on January 31, 2010 in events and new york city.

It’s about the half way point of this year’s NYC Winter Restaurant Week (Jan 25 to Feb 7). It’s that fun time of the year where you can dine at $$$+ restaurants for about $$+. Participating restaurants are offering Restaurant Week Menus which features three-course, prix-fixe lunches for $24.07 and dinners for $35. Prices do not include beverages, tax, and gratuity. Restaurant week menus are available every day excluding Saturdays and only some restaurants on Sunday. For more details on participating restaurants, visit here. Reservations to some restaurants can be made through OpenTable.

I’ve been busy for the past week, but I managed to allocate some time this upcoming week. I made my reservations and will be heading to the Thalassa Restaurant for dinner later this week. The Thalassa Restaurant is located at 179 Franklin Street between Greenwich St and Hudson St in the TriBeCa area. It’s a Greek restaurant with lots of tasty seafood their menu. Their restaurant week menu is available here. I think I’ll go for either the Lobster Bisque or Grape Leaves for appetizer, the Pan Roasted Skate for the main course, and conclude the meal with the Baklava (one of my favorites) for dessert. I’ve never been there, but their menu sounds pretty good.
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No-knead bread cookbook and a cast-iron dutch oven

Published on January 15, 2010 in cookbook, kitchen and recipes.

I ordered two items on Amazon earlier this week: Jim Lahey’s my bread cookbook and a Lodge Logic cast-iron dutch oven. Even though, I selected the free super saver shipping, it only took a few days. They arrived in the mail today! Yay!


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Dim Sum at Golden Unicorn, New York, NY

Published on January 13, 2010 in new york city and restaurant.

Last week my buddy and I decided to venture to Chinatown for some dim sum. We hopped on the subway and headed towards Golden Unicorn Restaurant located at 18 East Broadway, between Catherine St and Market St. This restaurant is actually inside a business office building. When we walk in to the building, there was a small hallway with a handful of people waiting for the elevators. Next to the elevators, there was a lady at a little podium. She greeted us and told us to proceed to the second floor for dim sum. Since we went on a weekday, it’s not very crowded and we didn’t have to wait. During crowded times, she’ll give you a number and you’ll have to patiently wait until they call your number.

We were quickly seated. They brought out the teapot and placed the stamp card on the table. Now, we were ready to dine!
In no time, we were bombarded with dim sum pushcarts. It was neat how each cart had pictures and names of the types of dishes on the front. That way, you knew what was offered in the cart.
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