Marlow & sons (New American)

funny thing, i heard about this restaurant from a fashion website which was introducing the cafe sells it's in house made handbag. The owner owns total 3 stores in the same neighborhood. 

Marlow & daughter which is the butcher shop, Diner a causal restaurant and Marlow & sons, a cafe bar. Since they have their own farm and butcher shop, in the front room of Marlow & son, you will find couple handbags hanging on the shelves which was made of their own farm raise cow hide, isn't it awesome? we eat the meat and also make a good use out of it. :)

the room is set in dark low light atmosphere,  before i got a better camera, it's really difficult for me to take good picture under this dark lighting environment. sorry~~~

let me describe the food instead, 3 of us ordered the following
1 bottle of house red wine $26

Appetizers

• 1/2 dozen oyster ($2.75 each)
• chicken liver pate (creamy slightly garlic tasty chicken liver spread on toast, with pickle on the side, yummm~~ $12.50)
• mix green salad w cream dressing (including fennels, radicchio top w blue cheese flavor dressing, simple, tasty and not to heavy $12)
• rabbit terrine (i am not a rabbit eater, but the terrine is creamy and smooth, totally love it. $16)

Entrees

• hake (pan seared hake w pinto beans sauteed with kale) i really enjoy this dish, perfect combination for the fish $23
• brick chicken (it seems a very popular dish, but i think it was just okay, maybe because i don't usually like chicken?) $22

overall the food was amazing, and we ended with it's signature chocolate tart with dash of salt... recommend to share, because it's huge and a bit heavy... :p

it's a bit pricy for brooklyn casual dinning... we end up spent abt $60 each including tips, maybe the living cost in brooklyn has already gone up that i wasn't really aware of...:( )

transit: take L train to Bedford Ave, and walk all the way on Bedford toward Williamsburg Bridge and turn on Broadway

81 Broadway
(between Berry St & Dunham Pl)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Neighborhood: South Williamsburg

(718) 384-1441

www.marlowandsons.com

Doughnut Plant (Dessert/ Cafe)

THIS IS THE BEST BEST BEST donut I EVER HAD!!!! and the BEST BEST BEST donut in NYC!!!
does it express how good it is?:p

Doughnut Plant just recently opened it's 2nd store in the city, lucky me, don't need to travel down all the way to L.E.S.
I am in love with their cake donuts.... the 2 best among all is the Tres Leches and Black Out and every season they will come out with special flavors... never too much sweets for me... lol

379 Grand St
(between Essex St & Norfolk St)
New York, NY 10002
Neighborhood: Lower East Side

(212) 505-3700

www.doughnutplant.com

Pylos (Greek)

Pylos (pronounce as pee-lohs) an authentic Greek food restaurant.
It was a girl's night out, surprisingly 4 of us ordered 5 appetizer, 4 entrees and 4 desserts... and all finished up.. not difficult to imagine how good the food was ...:)

here are the dishes

Htapothi Scharas classic grilled, marinated octopus with a balsamic reduction sauce and capers

Psari Sta Karvouna classic grilled whole fresh fish, dressed with extra-virgin olive oil and fresh lemon juice

 Krasata Paidakia classic braised short ribs, in spicy xinomavro red wine, served with porcini mushroom potato puree

Krema Mastiha greek yogurt and cream custard flavored with mastiha from chios, served with a fresh berry compote

Yaourti Straggismeno Me Vissino, Meli Kai Karydia drained greek yogurt served with sour cherry spoon sweet, thyme scented greek honey and walnuts

Christos’ Towering Galaktobourekakia delectable buttery phyllo triangles filled with greek custard and drizzled with cinnamon and greek mountain honey

128 E 7th St
(between 1st Ave & Avenue A)
New York, NY 10009

(212) 473-0220

www.pylosrestaurant.com

Broadway Shows

It seems odd that most of my new yorker friends don't go to see broadway shows unless there're visitors. and i am one of them as well..:p Here are the few that i have seen from the past 12 years and recommended. Some of them might not even play in the theater anymore...

Billy Elliot 

1/27/2011 a nite after a serious snow storm in new york, girl friends and i kept our date on, gear up with our snow wear... glad we didn't miss the show, it was a fascinating performance, especially the main character Billy Elliot (played by Jacob Clemente) i was very touched by his dancing and singing..

The Imperial Theater
249 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
Neighborhoods: Theater District, Midtown West

(212) 239-6200

www.billyelliotbroadway.com

Promise Promise (closed)
As a Glee fan, I knew Kristin Chenoweth from the TV show, got attracted to her broadway show with Sean Hayes from Will and Grace...

www.promisespromisesbroadway.com/

The Phantom of the opera

this is a classic that no one should ever missed.....

Majestic Theater
245 W 44th St
New York, NY 10036

www.thephantomoftheopera.com/new_york/

The Lion King

an unexpected performance to me, at first i was reluctant to see the show, thought this would be just for kids, but end up, i was impressed with it's costume, stage set up and of course the story and music.

Minskoff Theatre
200 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036

(866) 870-2717

www.lionking.com

Ave Q

New World Stages
340 W 50th St
New York, NY 10019

www.avenueq.com

Les Miserables



Broadhurst Theatre
235 W 44th St
New York, NY 10036

www.lesmis.com/home_usa

Blue Man Group

434 Lafayette St
(between 4th St & Astor Pl)
New York, NY 10003

(800) 258-3626

www.blueman.com

De La Guarda (closed)

an Argentine theatrical troupe, soars 40 feet above the audience in this entertaining combination of circus and performance art. Suspended by cables, performers swing from the ceiling and occasionally scoop up audience members for a skyride. With great music, spectacular lighting, and a full-blown rain storm, this show is something you'll never forget.
The audience stands and moves throughout the entire performance. The show also uses water, mist, and fog.

The Smith (American)

have heard good review about this restaurant, always crowded for brunch/lunch/dinner. a sister restaurant of another brunch spot Jane in Soho. finally got a chance to check it out on a random sunday night w friend. 

while i was waiting, the bar was packed with young ppl drinking beers, wines and snacks on wide  selection of bar food. even for a none beer drinker as i am, all got tempted to order a cup to try...

here were what we ordered 

• Tuna tartar and side dish brussels sprouts for appetizer
• mussel (came with fries) and chicken salad which has green apple, walnut and baby arugula for entree 
• finally, an amazing sweet to death apple pie sunday for dessert (i was totally in the zone to enjoy my meals and forgot to take food pictures...> < )

the food seems quite consistently good, would definitely go back any day soon...

btw, they have daily specials, worth the bucks. 

55 3rd Ave
(between 10th St & 11th St)
New York, NY 10003
Neighborhood: East Village

(212) 420-9800

www.thesmithnyc.com

Pekoe cafe

I was sooo disappointed with few times of trail and error to visit few "popular" cafes in Taipei, none of their dessert/ food were impressed.. however,  found another great cafe near by my apt... press 2 LOVE LOVE
a life style cafe, which open by a food writer 葉怡蘭, serve great selection of delicious home made desserts, coffee and tea (this is quite difficult to find in my opinion, since i am a picky new yorker!!)
in the store, you can also purchase various famous "local souvenir" from taiwan. ex. 宜蘭三星蔥油(scallion oil), 雙連麻油(sesame oil) etc.

PEKOE食品雜貨鋪‧CAFE
地址：台北市松山區敦化南路一段295巷7號
電話：02-27002602
http://www.pekoe.com.tw

眼鏡咖啡 Megane Cafe

Megane Cafe

right across from my apt, this really tiny small cafe was a great found during my visit this time.. went there w my BBF on a raining day, the place was not packed which gave us a quite time to catch up... :) LOVE their matcha milk... LOVE LOVE LOVE...

眼鏡咖啡Megane Cafe
電話：02-2708-4686
地址：台北市大安區四維路52巷6號
closed on Tuesday