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Subject: BS: Food Festival Time From: irishenglish Date: 16 May 08 - 12:48 PM This one's for New Yorkers. Anyone going to the 9th Avenue Food Festival this weekend. As this is right outside my door (literally), my wife and I consider it a two day festival of gluttony! Our standard operating procedure-get some food, get a drink. Get some more food, get a drink. As this goes on for 20 blocks, it makes for a fun couple of days! Let me know if anyone's going. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: bobad Date: 16 May 08 - 12:56 PM Here's a rundown of some of the fare being served up. Man, do I wish I could be there. Working up from the south end of Ninth Avenue, you will be enticed by: * chorizo sandwiches - from Esposito Pork Shop, at 38th * the best sausage and pepper hero ever - from Giovanni Esposito & Sons at 38th * clams and oysters on the half shell at the seafood stands (Central Fish and Sea Breeze) around 38th Street * soupy, spicy gumbos, crab cakes and chicken curry - from Chantale's Cajun Kitchen near 38th * suckling pig and quail stuffed with fresh Greek spices and feta cheese - from Ninth Avenue International Foods, near 40th * peppery crisp squid - from Siam Grill, near 42nd * iced coffee and iced cappuccino - from the Empire Coffee & Tea Company near 42nd * bourbon ham sandwiches, Texas chili with corn bread, mango barbecue wings and macaroni and cheese - from Good And Plenty To Go, at 43rd * carrot cake and apple pie - from the Little Pie Company at 43rd * chicken salad made with corn, black beans and jicama, and barbecued pork tostadas - from Zuni, at 43rd * meatball hero - at The Holy Cross church stand on 43rd * corn fritters gently flavored with shrimp, crisp spring rolls and nasi goreng - from Bali Nusa Indah, near 45th * spanakopita and tiropita surrounded by the most delicate phyllo pastry that you will ever find, and then baklava or strudel - from Poseidon Greek Bakery, near 45th * breads, brownies, cookies and cinnamon-raisin, garlic, rosemary or black olive fresh bread twists - from Amy's Bread, near 47th * jambalaya - from Delta Grill at 48th * pork in mole sauce, wrapped in a corn tortilla - from Tacocina at 49th * huge, inexpensive portions of Brazilian foods like bolinho bacalhau, a fried salt-cod casserole - at Rice 'N' Beans, near 50th * Greek barbeque, octopus, lamb and chicken souvlaki - from Uncle Nick's, near 50th Street * pad thai, dumplings - from Wondee Siam, at 54th * roast pork - at Ned Kelly's bar on 55th And somewhere along the way you will also come across: * alligator, shark, lobster, shrimp and catfish nuggets * burritos, jerk chicken and curried chicken * cheescakes - from Martha Francis * french pastries * fried elephant ears * full pigs rotating on spickets over an open fire * grilled corn on the cob * kokoretsi (lamb livers and sweetbreads wrapped in intestines) * paella * soft shell crab * steak sandwiches * turkey drumsticks |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: irishenglish Date: 16 May 08 - 01:04 PM Ah Bobad, Ned Kelly's has been closed for almost two years! But of all that you mentioned, our most decadent delight is the baklava from Poseidon Bakery-we take a moment when we eat it, its that damn good! Also highly recommended (and go early, and wait in line) is the fish menu directly across from the Port Authority. My lunch today seems sadly lacking when I think of all available tomorrow. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: bobad Date: 16 May 08 - 01:09 PM You should fast for a day prior to get in shape for "la grande bouffe". I would love to sample the grilled Greek style octopus - one of my favorites. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: irishenglish Date: 16 May 08 - 01:15 PM Yes....well I just got off the phone with my wife-I think its salad tonight, to let the stomach ease back a little before the bacchanalia. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: Emma B Date: 16 May 08 - 01:21 PM this is just soooo mean fellas :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: irishenglish Date: 16 May 08 - 01:25 PM Sorry Emma! I feel like Homer Simpson though. Mmmmmmmmmmmm........Food Festival........aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrhhhh |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: RangerSteve Date: 16 May 08 - 02:35 PM Bobad - people who compete in eating contests will tell you that you should never fast - it makes your stomach shrink. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: bobad Date: 16 May 08 - 02:42 PM "When you have not eaten for about four hours your stomach will be relatively empty, looks a bit like a deflated balloon and in this state, holds about 50ml. Once full, however, it can greatly expand and hold up to 4 litres of food and drink. Fasting can not therefore shrink the stomach; it simply remains in the empty, deflated state. As soon as you start eating and drinking normally again, it expands once more." Ref: The European Food Information Council |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: irishenglish Date: 16 May 08 - 03:18 PM Well....whatever, at least in my head I will think I am ready for tomorrow by not eating much! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: bobad Date: 19 May 08 - 05:17 PM So, how was it? Tell us about some of the dishes you sampled. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: Emma B Date: 19 May 08 - 05:19 PM Well I've eaten well tonight - think I can cope with it know - please tell :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 May 08 - 12:10 AM I lived in New York City for three years, and at every opportunity ate my way through Manhattan. Sometimes it would be in a neighborhood of similar restaurants, other times it would be my favorite, the classic Chinatown for dinner and Little Italy for dessert. Surely others have figured out that one? I taught it to my daughter in our last couple of visits. Wo Hop for dinner, Ferrara for dessert. San Gennaro, is that the name of the one in the fall in Little Italy? And there are others in Brooklyn also. East (or West?) Indian Day Parade and food. Mmmmm. Good times, and as long as you're walking between all of the events and you walk a couple of extra stops (or to the express station, whichever is farther) you don't need to feel guilty about the calories. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Food Festival Time From: irishenglish Date: 13 May 09 - 02:09 PM Well bobad and emma, it was so good in fact that I can only comment on it now, almost a year later, just in time for......this years Food Festival this weekend!!! My stomach is preparing! |
