Spicy buradi chicken Kati roll from biryani cart
from ny mag: “The chickpea-flour fritters at this Flatiron restaurant are unsurpassed — properly thin and shatteringly crisp, with Parmesan and parsley whisked into the batter. They’re shoved into a Tomcat seeded brioche bun slathered with creamy ricotta and speckled with tangy caciocavallo. One heavenly bite and this could be Palermo.”
i think i ate this whole sandwich in three heavenly bites. where’d it go? i want another. SO GOOD.
Hello friends, how goes it? Yes I know I haven’t been posting much. What can I say? Life and it’s responsibilities beckon. But I had to share this link after my recent dining experience at Pulino’s.
Pulino’s is Keith McNally’s latest restaurant in downtown Manhattan. It’s his take on the rage du jour - Neapolitan pizza. And obviously it’s packed. EVERY NIGHT. Good for Keith. I’m psyched for his success.
With that being said, two weeks ago I went to Pulino’s on a beautiful Wednesday evening. When I got there, I was told the wait for a table for two would be 30-40 minutes. Normally, that’s my maximum wait for a table anywhere in the city. Not because I’m hot shit but because there are so many good restaurants here that waiting for a table at a specific restaurant really need not happen.
So the initial 45 minutes go by. I meander over to the maitre d’ and ask how much longer he’s thinking. Ten minutes he tells me. To make this long story short - we wound up waiting one hour and 40 minutes for our little perch of a table.
The problem in this isn’t that I waited that long. I could understand if they told me my wait would be around 90 minutes and then I chose to wait this long. The problem is that these idiots told me my initial wait would be 30-40 minutes. Had they told me it would have been over an hour, of course I would have gone elsewhere. Like I wrote earlier, there’s just no need to wait that long for a table in this city. Topeka we are not. But they lied to me. They fucked me. AND I WILL NEVER STEP INSIDE A MCNALLY JOINT AGAIN.
That’s why I love this ONE STAR NY TIMES REVIEW so much. HA!!
UPDATE: And I forgot to mention another reason you need not EVER eat at Pulino’s: KESTE!!!!! Keste is the best Neapolitan pizza parlor outside of Naples. And I’ve never waited longer than 15 minutes for a table there.
The rents recently had the pleasure of spending a long weekend in Quebec City. They ate. They drank. They had a great time.
As for me, I have the pleasure of having some very thoughtful parents and it was in my honor that they brought back a bag of cheese curds and a St. Hubert melange a sauce aka sauce packet of poutine gravy.

Twas a ridiculously simple process. Slice up some russet potatoes that I bought from the farmer’s market this morning. Soak them in salt water for about 10 minutes to remove all that mucky starch. And then I fried them up in a mixture of safflower oil and vegetable oil (it was all I had).
It took about 14 minutes on medium-high heat to get them to the desired golden crispness. And then it was devoured. Quick. Merci Mere et Pere.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
