I had been wanting to try an arepa from Caracas for the longest time. Finally, this past week I went there and ordered the La de Pernil ($8) with roasted pork shoulder, tomato slices and spicy mango sauce. This was actually my first time ever having an arepa. It’s a Venezuelan & Colombian staple, served…
Archives for May 2014
Strawberry Filled Cupcakes from Ladybird Bakery
Ladybird Bakery in Brooklyn is one of my favorite bakeries in the city, hands down. They have an amazing selection of cupcakes, cookies, cakes, pies and slices and each one I’ve tried (and I’ve tried a lot) is amazing. Their Strawberry Blossom cupcake ($4) is no exception. Strawberry cake, filled with a chunky, real strawberry…
The Colours of Spring
My favourite part of Spring is the beautiful flowers and trees that blossom, making for striking photographs full of colour. New York City had a particularly cold and long winter, which seemed to drag on so it’s a welcome relief to the senses now that Spring has arrived. If you read my blog regularly, you’ll…
Mofongo With a Side of Goat
I didn’t know what Mofongo was until this past weekend. My boyfriend suggested we go to a restaurant in Washington Heights called La Casa Del Mofongo, which features Caribbean and Latin cuisine. Mofongo consists of green plantains which are deep-fried until they are crisp on the outside and dense on the inside, which are then…
Key Lime Cheesecake From Epicerie Boulud
Cheesecake is either a hit or miss for me. Either it’s too rich or I don’t like the crust or the fruit isn’t great. That’s why I was blown away by the Key Lime Cheesecake ($7) at Epicerie Boulud. Every component of this cheesecake works. And that’s a very hard thing to master. Tart and…
Pop-Up Cat Cafe
For a city that has practically everything, New York was missing one thing: a cat cafe. That is until Purina ONE decided to open one in Manhattan for 4 days only. The mission behind the cat cafe was a worthy one indeed: all the cats in the cafe were up for adoption, searching for their…
Chili Fish from Grand Sichuan
Chili sauce, whole red chilies and Chinese peppercorns blast your taste buds with the Braised Sliced Fish With Chili Sauce ($18.50) dish at Grand Sichuan, in the East Village. The Chinese waiters seemed surprised to see me eating this dish, as they asked my friend a couple of times if I was alright eating spicy…