Tag: openings

12/02/14 4:56pm

A Tale of Two Korean Sweets

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At the new Deli Manjoo Korean sweets are selling like hot cakes.

PLEASE NOTE DELI MANJOO IS CLOSED

“Is there a Korean donut place like that one in Eater,” my doughnut obsessed pal asked via text message the other day. “Not sure,” I responded, but there are at least two places that sell piping hot Korean sweets. Deli Manjoo, the newest, opened in the bustling J-Mart supermarket a few days ago and is doing a brisk business. (more…)

closed, Cocohodo, Deli Manjoo, Flushing, K-tropolis, Korean, New World Mall, openings

12/01/14 1:10am

Plant Love House Brings Thai Street Food To Whitney Avenue

Plant Love House’s yum num tok.

PLEASE NOTE THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED

It’s a good time to eat Thai in Queens. Arguably this has been true since Sripraphai Tipmanee opened her namesake restaurant in Woodside some 25 years ago. Of late though, Woodside and Elmhurst have blossomed into a Little Bangkok, with the emergence of spots like Khao Kang, Paet Rio, and Eim Khao Man Gai. The latest entrant into this arena of deliciousness is Plant Love House. Judging by the logo of a street cart, this is back home hawker fare. This oddly named restaurant run by Peak Manadsanan and her family opened a week or two ago with an abbreviated menu in a space that had housed a Tibetan restaurant. Before that it was a Chinese noodle and dumpling house, so you could say that things have sort of come full circle. (more…)

beef, chicken feet, closed, Eim Khao Man Gai, Elmhurst, Khao Kang, noodles, offal, openings, Paet Rio, Peak Manadsanan, soup, Thai

10/27/14 11:46am

Cannelle Patisserie Now Open in Long Island City

Seven Questions For . . .

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Breakfast of champions via L.I.C. and Brittany.

For seven years French pastry fans have made the pilgrimage to Cannelle Patisserie. There, in the Paris of East Elmhurst, situated in an otherwise unremarkable strip mall, they found cases lined with flaky croissants, praline cream-filled Paris-Brest, and other specialties of owner Jean-Claude Perennou’s native Brittany. Now Perennou has opened a second shop in the heart of Long Island City, practically a macaron’s throw from the East River waterfront. (more…)

bakeries, Cannelle Patisserie, French, Jean-Claude Perennou, Long Island City, openings, pastry

09/18/14 10:35am

Joshua Smookler’s Mu Ramen Opening Next Month

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Joshua Smookler the man behind Pete Wells’ favorite ramen has been a busy man of late. In between the birth of his daughter and the run-up to Mu Ramen,which is set to open mid to late October, he was kind enough answer Seven Questions.

Will you be unveiling any new ramen?
Yes, we will have four types of ramen that will be seasonal. Three of the ramens will always be on the menu; Mu Ramen, Spicy Miso, and the Tonkotsu 2.0. I have not decided which four we will open with but we will always have five ramens on the menu and one rotating on a weekly basis.

What types of ramen could they be? It could be anything from Tsukemen, Foie, Duck, Pata Negra, Parmesan, Seafood, Shoyu, Yuzu, Paitan, Kimchi…basically these ramens I have mentioned I have already made.

They are all very delicious, but I want to keep it fresh. So we will see which are popular and which are not. It really depends on the guests, how I feel, and what inspires me. (more…)

authenticity, foie gras, Japanese, Joshua Smookler, Long Island City, Mu Ramen, noodles, openings, ramen

06/30/14 10:13am

Tastes Like Team Spirit, Arepa Lady’s Restaurant Now Open

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An arepa de choclo in all its cheesy, gooey glory.

One of the coolest things about Roosevelt Avenue during the World Cup is the team spirit and national pride that pervades the street. The air crackles with energy, particularly after a win. And on Saturday, Colombia won, and they won big. It was the first time that the national team made it this far, and folks in the street were partying like it too, dancing and waving flags until late into the night. Saturday also marked a monumental win for Colombian street food. The family of The Arepa Lady, the patron saint of Colombian street food in Jackson Heights, opened the doors to their restaurant.

I like to think that this street food dream team’s opening helped buoy team spirit back home. I know it buoyed my spirits. Ever since I heard several months ago that there was going to be an Arepa Lady restaurant, I’ve been watching the space with eager anticipation.

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Arepa Lady, arepas, Colombian, Jackson Heights, openings, Roosevelt Avenue, soccer, street food, World Cup

Lower East Side

06/11/14 9:27am

Russ & Daughters Cafe Kicks It Way Old School on the LES

Photo: Kelli Anderson/Russ & Daughters

I’ve always been a big fan of Russ & Daughters the antediluvian appetizing shop that is one of the last vestiges of New York City’s Jewish Lower East Side. So I was particularly excited when the Russ & Daughters Cafe opened. I haven’t had a chance to fress there yet. My good friend Noah Arenstein beat me to the schmaltz and was kind enough to file this dispatch. Take it away Noah . . .

Entering the new Russ & Daughters Cafe, I can’t help but feel a dizzy gratification by the fact that one of the most anticipated openings of 2014 in New York City is a full-service restaurant from a 100-year-old purveyor of the type of smoked fish most easily associated with my grandparents’ generation. (more…)

appetizing, Jewish, Lower East Side, old school, openings

06/02/14 10:08am

Pye Boat Noodle Brings Real Deal Thai to Astoria

Pye Boat Noodle has been open for about three weeks.

With the exception of Poodam’s a wonderful Isaan spot that closed a while back, Astoria’s never been known as a hotbed of Thai cuisine and culture. That distinction belongs to Woodside, land of Sripraphai and Zabb Elee, as well as several markets, even a Thai temple. Pye Boat Noodle a three-week old eatery that opened on a stretch of Broadway better known for old school butchers and falafel than Southeast Asian noodles looks like it’s going to put Astoria on the map for Thai food though. (more…)

Astoria, noodles, openings, soup, Thai

03/24/14 9:35am

Comforting Thai Hawker Chicken Comes to Elmhurst

Eim Khao Mun Kai is the latest addition to Elmhurst’s Thai scene.

The first thing I noticed about Eim Khao Mun Kai was the chorus line of bald chickens hanging from what looked to be a street food set-up. The second thing was the aroma. The perfume of gingery rice and chicken stock was incredibly comforting. Eim serves one thing and one thing only: Thai style chicken and rice or khao mun kai, known elsewhere in Southeast Asia as Hainanese chicken and rice. In fact it’s listed on Eim’s menu as Hainanese chicken and rice. After walking by the month-old shop twice while on the way to a bowl of cold busting soup at Pata Paplean, I finally gave Eim a try. (more…)

chicken, Elmhurst, Hainanese, openings, street food, Thai

Sandwich Wednesday

03/12/14 12:01pm

Souper Soup and a Triple Decker at ‘Jewish Phoenix’ Sarge’s