NYC Tastes

I love  Marathon Sunday in NYC.  The entire city is just bursting with such excitement, positive energy and of course an insane amount of people.  I will never make the mistake of trying to watch near Central Park or the UES again. Now I always head to Brooklyn where endless police barricades and crowds ten people deep are nonexistent. The unusually warm weather this year also gave me the perfect excuse for one more al fresco dining experience at Bar Tabac. This cozy Parisian bistro has been a Cobble Hill staple for years serving up a wonderful weekend brunch complete with jazz music inside and two seaters around the front perfect for enjoying the warm autumn breeze.  It was so nice outside I almost suggested a trip down the road to one of my favorite old school bars Zombie Hut.  Mr. T and I had actually just been the week before when our "one quick drink" turned into one huge scorpion bowl.  There's just something so fun about that crea...

Every summer I here the chatter start on the food blogs and message boards about the great ethnic food carts out at the Red hook ball fields. So much chatter in fact that when my friend mentioned going opening weekend I jumped at the chance. We headed over on the IKEA ferry and walked through the quiet and somewhat desolate park over to the fields. There were only about 9 or 10 trucks total I would say. I was expecting more but after all the eating we did I don’t think any more are needed. I was all about getting a pupusa so I jumped at the first truck I saw. There was no line so I ordered a chicken and cheese one. I was given my order almost immediately and I have to say I was really disappointed. There was barely any chicken or cheese inside and all I tasted was dry, mealy corn. This was my first pupusa so I figured I just didn’t enjoy this El Salvador delight. So I ambled over to a taco truck and tried out the Carne Asada Taco first. I liked the spicy grilled chunks of meat ...