NYC Tastes

As I look back on the past year I'm shocked by how much delicious food was involved.  I didn't come even close to hitting all the restaurants on my 2013 Wish List.  I made it to only two out of fourteen...yet I still consider this year an incredible success of food and drink moments for both old favorites and brand new places.  To the list! Best Wings-  Pork Slope/Talde This is a complete tie between Dale Talde's two Brooklyn restaurants.  Both are fried in rice flour for an ultra crisp exterior; the first coated in garlic, butter, Sriracha, Franks Red Hot and honey while the second combines crunchy peanuts, sweet chili and hot sauce.  I can't choose between the two and with both restaurants being just blocks apart there really isn't a need to:) Best Foie Gras-  Marc Forgione There aren't enough words to adequately describe how silky and luxurious the Foie Gras is at Marc Forgione.  This may have been the best thing I've eaten all ye...

There's no shortage to breakfast sandwiches in New York City.  You can find them all over- diners and bagel shops, street carts and bodegas.  They're literally everywhere.  So when I ordered one at Court Street Grocers last Saturday, located inside the new Gotham West Market, I was expecting the usual lot.  A split roll with greasy bacon and overcooked eggs....but what I got was simply amazing. Let me start with the eggs which were scrambled so perfectly soft even my hard to please father would be impressed.  These were then topped with one of my favorite cheeses of all time the creamy, rich Cabot clothbound cheddar.  Then they add two strips of thick and salty smokehouse bacon, a flurry of fresh arugula and stuff it all inside a buttery toasted ciabatta roll from Balthazar Bakery.  OMG...words can't describe how delicious this sandwich tasted.  I was actually staring at it in slow wonder when Ivan of Ivan Ramen walked by and said "Isn't t...