not after this borto post

went to the reopened superiority burger--

beans and pasta w a zatar breadstick thing, super yummy. shell paasta

cornbread with lentils, friend said it was on par w her southern grandmas cornbread. lentils were rly favorful, actually kinda certified. just a dal

fried eggplant w pickled beets were super yummy.

peanuts in coke were just regular peanuts u fish out ur coke and eat it as a normal peanut idk

the sloppy joe i got was ok -- just kinda tofu in tomato sauce i guess..... and also the burgers arent that good anymore--was more bean paste than bean patty. not sure if it was a one off thing but my friends were rly sad

griddled malt cake dessert was fire.... forgot what the ice cream was but it was rly good. the brown crunchy looking things are a homemade graham cracker type thing but cardamomy and yummy

boysenberry shake was fireeee
basically skip the burger and the sloppy joe and maybe just get more of the other stuff. all vegan and very seasonal, so menu changes very frequently

threw a bbq w some friends... person who made the mac and cheese went crazy lmao
barbecue sauce was homemade, used the ribs recipe to make it
all halal meat

im gonna b going for a while

queens night market queensnightmarket.com/vendors

Halal Coocos Den
nihari - pakistani beef curry, so good. halal

don ceviche
peruvian style ceviche-- i think the best peruvian ceviche ill ever find in the us. 10/10 no complaints. highly rec if u ever wanted to try peruvian ceviche, topped w these little dried corn things u can eat

la'maoli
antiguan food, never had it b4 so was v excited
this is the fried saltfish fritters--kinda mid ngl, she ran outta everything else. nice chewy texture tho, just not much flavor/stuff going on besides the sweet sauce

thiiiiink this was from bstro
taiwanese blood sticky rice cakes.
very sweet w not much other flavor tho tbh.


burmese bites
chicken palata. halal. soooo good. they actually do deliveries of their food around ny, they have whole meals

Nile Street Eats
egyptian koshari-- macaroni pasta w ricem chickpeas, tomato sauce, fried onions on top. kinda like elevated butter noodles lolol p yummy but all starch and not like.... the most exciting since its literally just butter noodle core stuff

Cambodia Now
cambodian steamed cocnut fish curry / fish amok
this was super fragrant, might b the best ive had. i also got the mung bean soymilk. some guy was asking us if we would recommend it since he was craving limonada and i just could not explain to him how little he wld like mung bean soy milk if he was craving limonada lmao.... decent tho, not the best soymilk or anything but hit the spot

Vincent Farms Natural Foods
sierra leonian food. stewed cassava leaves. i thought this was just ok tbh but i think i was just so full i have no honest recollection of eating much of this... was the only non meat option they had

kanin nyc
halo halo -- rly mid.......... theres a lotta better halo halos out there

we were there at 9 and lots of stuff ran out already. none of these spots rly had much of a line-- longest wait was probably like 10 minutes for the halo halo since they had to shave them to order

of these i think id skip getting the halo halo, the koshari, the saltfish fritters, the taiwanese blood cakes, and the cassava leaves... i will say the antiguan spot had other stuff that sounded good but ran out, and the sierra leonian spot had other spot but we cldnt get since my friend eats halal

peanuts in coke such a southern thing lol i was thinking bout getting me some earlier today, crayz seeing it in a fine dining restaurant

is it suppsoed to be just like this lol

do u eat the peanuts first??????

usually i prefer salted peanuts no shell and in a glass bottled coke

ya i didnt think there wld b shell lol

went to chicagooooo

gene and judes -- depression dog + corn roll tamale



depression dog was honestly kinda fire lol. its basically just a french fry sando, the hot dog is just a topping
includes mustard, diced onion, sport peppers, relish. their fries r rly hot and fresh, so its actually kinda nice w the tangy toppings. sorta on the same wave as vada pav.

corn roll tamale was awful. theres no meat or filling in the middle, its a tamale tamale where the middle is just tamale...... like its basically just spiced masa instead of plain masa inside, but its soooo salty its not rly edible for me

pretty cool ice cream
not worth a trip for at all, but got it bc it was looked interesting. vegan posicles, we got the dark choco potato chip one. not too sweet

mi tocaya antojeria

veggies in some tomato-manzano chilmole

romanesco en sikil pak.... if uve never had sikil pak or rly lov veggies id rec this

prawns in salsa nayarit, might b the best prawns ive ever had. went sooo well w their buttery flour tortilals

tres leches
they forgot one of our dishes was kinda sad... also wish we got the beans instead of one fo the veggies there was a lot of hardy veggies going on
overall id rec this, a lot of rly interesting dishes and preparations

bungalow by middle brow

chilaquiles pizza on top, peach and corn on bottom

mushroom pizza

blueberry crumble cheese boat bread

all fire
mushroom pizza is a top tier mushroom pizza, corn and peach was my fave it was so good, chilaquiles was fire too. i wish the chilaquiles one was slightly more saucy since the tortilla chips absorbed some of the sauce, but still rly good. bread boat was so yummy and fluffy/chewy. bread was rly good as well, butter was yummy. if u had to skip something skip the bread. beers were rly interesting too

more chicago

chicago pizza and oven grinder company

mediterranean bread w some house salad
bread was kinda interesting lol..... idk how to describe it its just a very flat flatbread and has a lot of oregano on it... idk if i like it or dislike it

the star of the show


the pizza pot pie


they bake it in a bowl and turn it out.
under the cheese its tomato sauce w a ton of sausagey bits. rly yummy. the bread itself is like... olive garden breadstick core bread rolled thin lol so nothing crazy. the veggie version is rly not worth tho

rly long wait, recommend making a res

little goat dinner



the little goat latte was actually so good.... goat milk, cardamom and maybe other spices. reminded me of mongolian milk tea mixed w chai

shrimp and grits was rly good, the disco fries were pretty sweet so having the pork belly on the side was nice since that was even sweeter. had this like coconut cream caramel sauce on it.
with the pork belly on the side it wasnt too sweet
i got the ribeye sando... it was very non memorable

cheese-it sundae--was way too sweet for me
apparently the paratha burrito is good tho

pequods pan pizza, made a res same day

soooo good. we got half plain cheese half garlic basil, the garlic basil hit hit. the caramelized cheese crust was fire. i will say tho-- i ate this and realized i made basically this before: kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/crispy-cheesy-pan-pizza-recipe

sawada coffee--the military latte was rly good. only matcha/coffee combo ive had that i liked. croissants they have are miserable tho

we also got this street style biryani i forgot from where.... i think its a legit street style biryani but wish their raita wasnt just basically a tub of plain unseasoned yogurt

elis cheesecake. actually rly rly good, was almost gooey in the middle.

mr beefs on orleans




got the italian beef delivered and idk delivery aint hitting for this i think, bread got soggy and i forgot to select any toppings so it was just plain meat and bread.... ran to a nearby pizza spot to get some gardiniera halfway thru
without toppings its a very clean beefy flavor which actually was rly pleasant and tasty, its just very one note
i just wish the bread was crispy but i guess then it would just be a regular french dip.
pizza puff (another niche chicago only thing) actually was fire lol its like a chimichanga but inside its a tastier hot pocket id eat it again

daisies
i wanted to eat somewhere that had a midwestern ~touch but wasnt pizza or hot dog lol
this was it

homemade ruffles n dip -- rly yummy

tomatey bread- yum. has bone marrow oil on it

fritto misto -- battered fried cheese curds, artichokes, mushrooms. the cheese curds were actually hitting

black trouffle corn jalapeno ravioli... this was fire 10/10

beet agnolotti w smoked trout roe and dill. defs very pierogi-core, i think chicago has a lot of polish immigrants. tasty

pappardelle w mushroom ragu-- good, u dont miss the meat at all but not super special aside from that

pierogi w mussels potato and mushrooms (champagne of beers). rly yummy, had a lovely tartness

blueberry brown sugar cake w bay leaf ice cream and toasted milk crumb

cinammon cream torte -- really yummy, my personal fave. the poached peaches hit hit

last chicago
kasama

mais con leche 11/10


chicken adobo, garlic rice, papaya slaw.... chicken wasnt all that flavorful tbh wish it was more saucy, wlda helped a lot in terms of what my expectations were. that said, it was a nice light lunch, they added nori to it which added a lot of flavor. i think if u dont go in expecting chicken adobo flavors at all it hits crazy

fruit tart w brown sugar cream -- very sweet, not for me... i think it was a good fruit tart but im not a huge fruit tart girl ig
ube and huckleberry basque cake -- this was just ok, think the desset program at dasies is better

cookie i dont recall but not my fave.
overall was slightly disappointed, but i do wanna try their tasting menu one day

choco cake from loaf lounge, apparently the blt is top tier but didnt get it. cookie was mid ngl

pat's pizzeria and ristorante (theres another pats thats take out only, its not that one)

this was so thin it was shocking. just a giant pizza cracker

like..... crazy

Nah sasuke going crazy

Just ordered Iraqi cuisine

Iraqi cuisine 10/10 one of the best meals Ive had in a while

Beef kabobs. 10/10. Amazing chargrilled taste. Tastes like a burger off someones backyard charcoal grill.

Lamb chops. 10/10. Nice, juicy, fatty ass lamb chops. Fire. Not sure what that sauce was. Maybe some kind of fig or apricot or tamarind sauce. Very sweet.

Lamb shank. 9.5/10. You can tell this has been cooking for hours.Juicy and tender.

Iraqi beef samoun. 9/10. Juicy pieces of beef inside pita bread.

Two sharwarmas, one beef and one chicken. 9/10

Phenomenal

Looked so fire that I looked it up to tell one of my Michigan to try it

163 miles away tho

Jalapenos in banh mi >>>>>

Lot in here that I'm taking notes on starting with the Indonesian spot

You were talking now you gotta step up

@boruto_dad what are some of your favorite pasta spots in NY?

Thanks for linking the market

Market itself looks so fire and a lot of these individual spots look worth a visit on their own