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Small Bites (小吃) Espresso 77 Splits Up, East Village Chinatown Grows

Published January 29, 2018December 4, 2018by Peter Cucè in Coffee & Tea, East Village, News, Park Slope, Taiwanese
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Small Bites (小吃) Alpha Dominche Extraction Lab, Archestratus Books & Food, Kona Coffee & Co.

Published September 28, 2017December 6, 2018by Peter Cucè in Coffee & Tea, East Village, Italian, News, Sunset Park
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Food Tour Archestratus, Bakeri, Cienaga, Meyers Bageri, MilkMade, Nixtamal, Oddfellows, Yunnan Flavour Garden

Published July 15, 2017August 17, 2018by Peter Cucè in Carroll Gardens, Coffee & Tea, Corona, Food Tours, Greenpoint, Italian, Mexican, Williamsburg, Yunnan
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NYC Cafe Roundup May 2017 East One Coffee Roasters, Odd Fox, One Bedford, Patisserie Chanson

Published June 1, 2017August 17, 2018by Peter Cucè in Coffee & Tea, New York
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  • Shiten / 志天 has to be visited at lunchtime for their kakiagedon set. While there we had to try their soba, because while titularly a soba restaurant, I had never gotten past all their other goodies to try theirs. They are good at frying, which makes for a good kakiagedon (seafood and vegetable tempura over rice). Afterwards we stopped by @ikote_official, Tokamachi’s gorgeous community center / restaurant / cafe for a little karaage snack. It was a good day for “age” (deep frying). #japan #tokamachi #niigata #seafood #fish #soba #aji #anagozushi #tempura #shimesaba #food #japanesefood #baoandbutterjapan #oishii #foodporn #foodphotography #日本 #新潟 #日本 #新潟 #十日町 #美味しい #料理 #唐揚げ #かき揚げ丼
  • I’ve visited Shiten / 志天 twice during this trip (but five times overall), once for a tremendous dinner, where we ordered all of the daily specials, primarily fish and seafood, and the next day for lunch - more on that next post. Every single dish was beautiful, but the one I’m still dreaming about is the sous vide beef liver sashimi, vibrant, sweet and bursting with flavor - only Y980! I’m not likely to have that again any time soon, at least not for anything south of $25. Other food, all ridiculously cheap: - shimesaba - vinegar pickled mackerel (Y680) - asari no sakamushi - clams steamed in sake (Y680) - anagozushi - freshwater eel sushi (Y850) - tekkamaki - tuna roll (Y750) - aji no tataki - chopped horse mackerel sashimi (Y580) - aji no shioyaki - salt-grilled horse mackerel (Y580) - shunno tempura - seasonal vegetable tempura (Y1280) #japan #tokamachi #niigata #seafood #fish #soba #aji #anagozushi #tempura #shimesaba #food #japanesefood #baoandbutterjapan #oishii #foodporn #foodphotography #日本 #新潟 #十日町 #美味しい #料理 #刺身 #しめ鯖 #穴子寿司 #鉄火巻き #天ぷら #レバ刺し
  • After two visits, I thought I couldn’t love @abuzaka.sobanosato (Soba No Sato Abuzaka /そばの郷 アブザカ) more than I already did until I read their website. Surrounded by rice fields, in a mountainous farming region of Tokamachi, Niigata that receives heavy snowfall, the restaurant grows all of its own buckwheat and rice (koshihikari) and a large portion of its vegetables, except those that it forages from the surrounding region, or buys from local farmers. For each visit, there was a line outside the door waiting for them to open, and after you eat there, you can see why. For around $15 equivalent per person, you not only get a choice of hegisoba or udon, created using their own buckwheat (some of the best soba I’ve had), but also unlimited helpings of their fresh, delicious primarily vegetable creations, including gorgeous crispy tempura. All around Tokamachi and some other parts of Niigata, you’ll find hegisoba, sometimes called funorisoba, a variety of soba made with seaweed (funori) mixed into the buckwheat, served on a tray called a “hegi” and formed into wrapped sinuous bunches that harken back to the region’s textile past. #soba #koshihikari #rice #japan #niigata #farm #buckwheat #hegisoba #funorisoba #funori #seaweed #japanesefood #baoandbutterjapan #tokamachi #oishii #food #foodporn #foodphotography #新潟 #十日町 #料理 #美味しい #satoyama #里山 #布海苔そば #へぎそば #日本 #こしひかり #ごはん
  • With three visits to Tokamachi under my belt, it’s surprising I hadn’t been to Takahashi (お料理処 たか橋) yet, a wonderful izakaya. In addition to a new-to-me drink, the tomato sour (tasted like tomato soda with alcohol), and a lot of beer and highballs (a big thing in Japan - there are even several canned versions in vending machines and every convenience store stocks them), we had an array of superlative dishes. We were just starting on our otoshi (お通し), food to have with your drink, of deep fried fish and eggplant, when a glorious sashimi platter was brought to the table laden with hamachi, amaebi, squid, scallop, tuna, ahi, shimesaba and akadai among other things, and we gradually worked on it throughout the meal, as other dishes followed quickly after including sweet, crunchy deep fried shrimp, tamagoyaki, juicy, moist, flavorful karaage, fluffy croquettes, prosciutto salad, delicious broiled mackerel and culminating with the classic meal-ender, yaki onigiri. #japanesefood #izakaya #tokamachi #niigata #japan #food #foodporn #foodphotography #baoandbutterjapan #otoshi #fish #seafood #sashimi #karaage #tamagoyaki #yakionigiri #tomatosour #日本 #十日町 #料理 #唐揚げ #お通し #卵焼き #oishii #美味しい #新潟
  • First meal in Tokamachi at fave soba shop Nishino included tempura of course plus udon along with the standard hegisoba. Unfortunately some of their great non soba dishes are only available for dinner. Afterwards we hit the onsen and enjoyed delicious local carrot and tomato juice. #soba #hegisoba #funorisoba #tokamachi #japan #niigata #food #foodporn #foodphotography #japanesefood #baoandbutterjapan #料理 #そば #へぎそば #布海苔そば #日本 #十日町
  • Akasaka coffee hideaway @glitchcoffeebrewed is the pourover offshoot of @glitchcoffeeroasters and is on the basement level of @9H capsule hotel. The friendly barista takes the time to produce each drink (hot or iced) from one of the handful of beans available each day. Mine was a beautiful clean floral Ethiopian. Along with the original Glitch, this is one of the better shops in Tokyo. #coffee #cafe #thirdwavecoffee #thirdwavewichteln #specialtycoffee #coffeeroaster #tokyo #japan #cafe #cafeculture #baoandbutterjapan #akasaka @pourover #カフェ#コーヒー #東京 #日本 #赤坂
  • It’s sad that my photos are so awful and don’t catch the wonder of @takupan_yakumo, a tiny bakery in small town southwest Tokyo that we happened upon last year on the way to Yakumo Saryo and made a pilgrimage to this year. I can’t even describe the beauty of their melon pans, maple buns, pear brioche, pain au chocolat. Everything is so cheap too. We bought 10 things this time around on the way to said restaurant and then gorged on them after checking out the Mori Digital Art Museum. You must get there. #yakumosaryo #takupan #bakery #tokyo #japan #dessert #pastry #タクパン #yakumo #meguro #東京 #日本 #八雲 料理 #パン #food #foodporn #japanesefood #baoandbutterjapan
  • After a fun afternoon exploring Yanesen with my old NYC buddy @monkichichan, we dined at Nezu bib gourmand udon spot Kamachiku (釜竹). The homemade udon (thick and thin varieties) is top notch and the space is gorgeous, housed in an old redbrick storehouse. One interesting otsumami (drinking food) we ordered was tuna guts. The lighting was terrible though so please excuse the photos. #tokyo #japan #nezu #yanesen #restaurant #udon #japanesefood #baoandbutterjapan #東京 #日本 #根津 #釜竹 #料理 #food #foodporn #foodphotography #eeeeeats
  • I don’t know how many people would get out to Jiyugaoka, but the best pourover of the trip so far - a clean sweet Kenya from @andcoffeeroasters (and a good espresso too - from @fuglencoffeetokyo) was acquired @alphabetacoffeeclub, a multi-roaster cafe and craft beer shop with clean blond wood design and friendly service by skilled baristas. Good job ladies. There is a good craft beer can selection plus a handful of draft beers - nice tap handles. Maybe I can get down there toward the evening before I leave to sample both liquids. #coffee #cafe #cafeculture #thirdwavecoffee #specialtycoffee #craftbeer #japan #tokyo #jiyugaoka #日本 #東京 #コーヒー #咖啡 #thirdwavewichteln #baoandbutterjapan #coffeeshop #tokyocoffee #tokyocoffee #東京カフェ
  • Really good old school Ikebukuro yakitori spot filled with locals including many families. It’s possible a foreigner had never darkened their doors previously. Yakitori was fatty, juicy and real-er than the refined sort you would have in Torishin for example. I wish I had a photo of the liver but I dropped it on the floor. We wanted to try more stuff but minimum order of 2 skewers of each type. Loved this spot and would love to return. #food #foodporn #foodphotography #japanesefood #tokyo #japan #ikebukuro #yakitori #baoandbutterjapan #日本 #東京 #池袋 #焼鳥 #料理

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