Most Thai restaurants have a particular angle, a subset of the broader Thai cuisine that they specialize in. Usually that’s regional: northern, northeastern/Isan, southern, central. Boran doesn’t; they have characteristic dishes from all across Thailand. And it’s all great, at least all that I’ve tried. Obligatory when going to a Thai restaurant with my partner […]
We stopped at Beijing Dumpling House for lunch on our way to JFK recently. Beijing Dumpling House is, as the name suggests, a Northern Chinese restaurant, although the chef is from Guangzhou. They make excellent dumplings (not a surprise) but also noodles and other Northern specialties. The dumplings we got were fried chicken and basil […]
On Sundays, and only on Sundays, at the back of a market in Jackson Heights, you can get what I believe to be the best Mexican food in New York City. I’m from Chicago, which has amazing Mexican food. Ever since moving to New York, I have missed Chicago’s Mexican food, in particular carnitas, barbacoa, […]
Onam is the official state festival of Kerala, a state in far southwestern India. Though traditionally a Hindu festival, Onam is celebrated by Malayali people (i.e. people from Kerala), regardless of religion. Kerala is one of the most religiously diverse states in India. Hindus still make up a slight majority religion in the state, but […]
