I was recently invited to try 4 new healthier bowls from Oxido, a modern Mexican eatery in Flatiron that focuses on high quality food made from scratch. Instead of the usual rice, these bowls have quinoa instead, which is higher in protein and dietary fiber, which in turn keeps you fuller for longer. Below are the 4 new bowls:
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Chicken Rice (Com Ga) from Bird’s Eye Vietnamese
While looking around at all the lunch options available at the Winter Brooklyn Flea & Smorgasburg this past weekend, I was drawn to Bird’s Eye Vietnamese. I’m always eager to try something new, and I’m definitely not as familiar with Vietnamese food as I am with some other cuisines. I ordered the Com Ga ($11), which is basically chicken rice, with fresh sliced chicken, ginger fish sauce, herb aioli, cured egg yolk, Vietnamese herbs & pickled vegetables. Chicken rice sounds like a simple dish, but Com Ga is deceiving in this regard. It is anything but simple, with complex flavors making this one tasty meal.
Jewel of India
My Mum and I had friends visiting from California last week, and they chose ‘Jewel of India’ in Mission Bay to catch up over lunch. The restaurant is now under new management and has undergone renovations. The service was friendly and welcoming and the restaurant itself feels warm & inviting, with very comfortable chairs (a…
Na Na Thai Restaurant
Recently I had one of those days where I didn’t eat a lot during the day as we were so busy moving furniture in and out of the house for new carpet, so by the time it was dinner time we were both positively starving and in need of a really good feed. I had…
Enchiladas Verdes
Ever since I visited Mexico a year ago, I couldn’t stop thinking about the enchiladas I ate there. I decided to try making them myself and wrote a shopping list of the key ingredients: tortillas, salsa verde, chicken, Mexican cream and queso fresco. Corona, Queens is a mainly Hispanic neighborhood and consequently there is a…