Each Friday, A Guy In New York publishes “This Week in NYC Reviews (TWIR),” with quick links to New York City restaurant reviews and mentions from the previous seven days in blogs, magazines, and newspapers.
Also see our roundup of Michelin 1, 2 and 3 star restaurants with links to reviews …
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• Robert Sietsema liked Mazorca … “picada mixta mazorca ($18.25), an amazing square-foot haymow of meat randomized with lime wedges, lettuce, purple onions, sliced tomatoes, fibrous fried yuca, salty skin-on potatoes, and miniature masa cakes called arepitas. The meat roster includes grilled beefsteak, cumin-laced chorizo, pork ribs, and crispy pork skin. Rifling through the heap is half the fun.” … 83-17 Northern Boulevard, Queens, 718-205-2484
• The Bruni Digest looks at Frank Bruni’s recent review of Cafe d’Alsace …
• Off The Broiler had dinner at Chinatown Brasserie … “serving what I would probably call ‘Tweaked’ American Chinese food with interesting twists, along with very hardcore Hong Kong Dim Sum.” … web site, 380 Lafayette Street, 212-533-7000 … doesn’t “really have words that can adequately describe just how amazing the pizza that Domenick DeMarco makes at” DiFara … (previous reviews: A Year In Food (TWIR, December 2, 2005), Clareified (TWIR, August 26, 2005)) … 1424 Avenue J, Brooklyn, 718-258-1367 [slice] … writes that Market Cafe is “an eclectic sort of regulars neighborhood bistro joint serving really top notch food at very reasonable prices” … 496 9th Avenue, between 37th and 38th Streets, 212-967-3892 [MenuPages | NY Mag | Village Voice | openlist | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
• NYC nosh visited Salud, a “mostly tapas joint just off the main drag of downtown’s rapidly changing South Street Seaport area” … favorite dish is “paellita, or mini-paella” … 142 Beekman Street, between Front and South Streets, 212-566-2220 [MenuPages | openlist | Yelp | Citysearch]
• Veal Cheeks writes that “The jewel of the evening” at Salut Kosher Restaurant “was lagman, a lamb and noodle soup, given surprising flavor by cilantro, cumin, and a sharp taste of anise. The broth was rich and aromatic. The bowl had a distinctive taste that I will long treasure.” … 63-42 108th Street, at 63rd Road, Queens, 718-275-6860 [NY Mag]
• Adam Platt gave 1 star to Quality Meats … “In a city teeming with mediocre veal chops, the one at Quality Meats is among the best I’ve tasted, but the best dish of all was the suckling pig, cooked to a kind of melting, crackly crispness and mingled, ribs and all, with a savory apricot sauce.” … “Three stars for the room, and three stars for the suckling pig. But this is a steakhouse, and the steak is good, not great.” … web site, 57 West 58th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, 212-371-7777 [MenuPages | Urban Daddy | Citysearch]
• Pascale Le Draoulec is grateful for Le Miu … “Finally: An innovative Japanese restaurant that a) isn’t in the Meatpacking District and b) doesn’t price its sushi like diamonds.” … web site, 107 Avenue A, between 6th and 7th Streets, 212-473-3100 [MenuPages | Citysearch]
• Mona’s Apple likes the outdoor terrace at La Bottega despite the slow service … “I think every New Yorker should go to La Bottega” … web site, 88 9th Avenue, between 15th and 16th Streets, in the Maritime Hotel, 212-242-4300 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch] … and “went cuckoo” for the soft-shelled crabs at Blue Water Grill … web site, 31 Union Square West, at 16th Street, 212-675-9500 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | openlist | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
• VittlesVamp says that although Dona “was a culinary winner” she has “no urge to return … Quite simply, it wasn’t a fit. Between its decidedly Midtown East address, over-dressed and overly-botoxed clientele and its overly-pimped decor complete with wall-to-wall zebra carpeting – reminiscent of Carmela Soprano’s version of “classy” – we just couldn’t take pleasure in Dona’s ambience” … (previous review: Adam Platt (TWIR, May 26, 2006)) … web site, 208 E. 52nd Street, near Third Avenue, 212-308-0830 [Diners Journal | NY Mag | Citysearch]
• The Girl Who Ate Everything says Cafe Kashkar has manty, which she describes thus: “Take a normal sized Chinese dumpling, enlarge it by 400%, inject it with Uygur superpowers and you’ll get something that looks like manty.” … “these are some tasty, meat juicy dough bags” … also liked the lamb pilaf, samsa, and the geiro lagman … web site, 1141 Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 718-743-3832 [Twenty Bucks a Day | NY Daily News | Village Voice]

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