Canteen 82...taste of Shanghai..And A new Columbus honor

Lo Mein

2/3 update by sophie age 8 "THE FOOD IS REALLY GOOD! I DONT KNOW WHY IT GETS BAD REVIEWS. I WOULD GIVE IT GOOD REVIEW. IT IS NOT A VERY CROWDED RESTRANT I ALSO LIKE THEIR LOMANE NOODLES."

spicy shrimp

Rice Cakes

Third soup dumpling order

Trudging happily through Central Park I was hopeful as always in my quest for good Chinese food...(park slope is a Chinese food desert). A taste mirage? NO. And of all places,the upper west side of Manhattan, where old poker games were often fueled by greasy glop and chemistry set wonton soup and dough ball dumplings.  Truly a wonderful Columbus Day eve...because at 467(not 1492) Columbus Ave (and 82 st) we found three kinds of soupy dumplings...even vegi...you may know them at juicy buns...xiao long bao..or dumpling squirters..OMG good.  And rice cakes with chicken and shrimp and moo shoo that tastes fresh and clear, not corn syrupy or mushy. Sambah spice shrimp were large and succulent. There are good vegan selections and a warm cousin like vibe from the wait staff. Comfortable and familiar but outstanding...like the first time I had a # One or hand pulled noodles. Sophie liked the  lo mein...that's important. I wish you were all there spinning a lazy susan that could quench you all.

MOO SHOO

TRIANG0LO...THE WALKABOUT SURPRISE

Great fall STOP IN JACKSON HEIGHTs COMMON GARDENS FOR EVE'S BIRTHDAY PICNIC. WARM GATHERING OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. So close to Jackson Diner dosas...but maybe the Mandoo dumplings and Korean restaurants or Tibetan  or Chinese pulled noodles or Vietnamese OR Thai? ...We could go to Sunnyside and see new restaurants where we lived...or LIC John Browns Smokehouse...lets walk....or we could go to Parkside where the boccie court sits outside in the park and then bring back lemon ices for our friends. From the LEMON ICE KING (KING OF CORONA_SIMON AND GARFUNKEL).

But wait...what is this ..96-01 Corona Ave..corner triangle building..new...ENTER...

Enter a small joyful place ...meet the family that delivers and a waiter who seems to have joined this family. Have some pinot grigio and Gorgonzola/walnut/apple risotto. Taste the red snapper with beans and the perfectly dense bread and the yard of spinach

ravioli. This is the end of the rainbow. One suggestion: state price of special.We will go back. Try it you will like it. Excellent food and presentation and the kind of rare neighborhood feel that makes it destination worthy (thanks, Mario)...or the way to satisfy a walkabout hope.

And a pint of cherry ice.

Snapper Special

We did walk to the King . Call ahead 718 271 1250.

SUNSET COVE, Tarrytown

DPs in the Hampton Inn on Chapel st , Albany. I

Tres Sorbets

I like the fresh warm pretzel nuggets and the Thai fried rice and shrimp...the great wine list and friendly staff.

Last of the pretzel nuggets.

PEEKAMOOSE in BIG INDIAN,NY

water melon salad...trust me

Starting with the marshmallows roasting on the patio, I loved this restaurant. Id love it anywhere...not just because it was one of the only places opened on Labor Day. The basil spicy mussels and chopped salad and water mellon salad(too traslucent to show in photo ;too transcendant to leave out) and the corn salad and the fochachia bread..they all were what you'd want.

AUTUMN CAFE ...Oneonta

Band played while we shopped and ate

fish cakes

Blocks of farmers stands and crafts and yard sailing. And then a quaint cafe with perfect lunch items including a TLT (tofu lettuce and tomato). The fish cakes were memorable and the fries were large and crispy.

STONE AND THISTLE FARM and FABLE Dining



steak and garlicky pineapple

jeanne's special quiche

East Meridith New York...a mile from our Harmony Hills yurt...and a place to gather with a diverse table of strangers in a warm environment with a farm tour by Farmer Tom Bklyn carpenter turned turkey and beef and pig farmer and cooked by his wife Wall Streeter turned cook. Meet Tom on Fridays at the Union Square market or saddle up to dinner on the farm or both...you wont be sorry. As for the dinner itself, the tender steak ,the tomato gazpacho, the custards, the NYS wines, all get high marks.







 

Our nearby Harmony Hill Yurt