Hill Country Chicken’s Maker’s Mark Bourbon Pecan Pie
Made with fresh pecans, brown sugar and Maker’s Mark whiskey, this pie adds something sweet (with a boozy kick) to enjoy with their amazing fried chicken and biscuits.
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Westville’s Pumpkin Pie A la Mode
Since Apple Pie is the pie to which all others are compared, it’s difficult to say which version is the absolute best. We’re always looking for that one slice of apple pie where the apples aren’t too limp or too crisp. We’ve found what may be the perfect, simple apple pie at Westville.
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Bubby’s Sour Cherry Pie
Stuffed to the brim with four pounds of sour Michigan cherries and flavored with a hint of almond and lemon, just thinking about a slice of this could bring a smile to anyone’s face, but particularly to those cherry pie connoisseurs.
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The Doughnut Plant
As if Crème Brulée and doughnuts were not extravagant enough on their own, The Doughnut Plant has fused the two in one of their most popular creations: the Crème Brulée Doughnut.
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Le Comptoir
Le Comptoir’s brunchy riff on Crème Brulée, the French Toast Brulée comes in an oblong soufflé dish and looks like a mass of bread and sugar at first (which, by the way, is perfectly acceptable on its own).
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Café Cluny
There is nothing elaborate about a half a grapefruit for breakfast, but the one at Cafe Cluny comes with a marvelously crunchy and caramelized seal, taking your average breakfast to new places. We think that’s a perfect way to jump start your morning. The bruleed raw sugar coating on top mingles with the grapefruit’s tart juices for an agreeable blend of sweet and tart. Order a cappuccino and a freshly baked croissant to accompany it and linger ’til...
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Perbacco
At Perbacco, Chef Simone Bonelli blends her love of traditional Italian cuisine and modern innovation. For an appetizer, try the Crème Brulée di Parmigiano Reggio, a delightful dish where 18-month aged Parmesean cheese is used as the base.
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Norma’s at The Parker Meridien
Nutritionists have long advocated a low-fat, protein-rich breakfast, but a morning diet of Greek yogurt and steel-cut oats can get old fast. Thankfully, the chefs at The Parker Meridien’s Norma’s have crafted a fresh take on the latter, incorporating the brulée technique into their oatmeal.
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Seasonal Eats – Basil
There are few herbs as universally loved as Basil. While we often associate the fragrant herb with Italy — Pesto or Tomato & Mozzarella come quickly to mind– it actually comes from Asia. Thousands of years old, Basil’s considered sacred in the Hindu and Greek Orthodox religion. It’s often used to cure arthritis and asthma. While you might think of basil as a summer herb, early fall is prime season for basil on the East Coast.
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Roberta’s
In a city that’s known for its pizza, the Roberta’s guys are doing their best to stand out. From their intense video trailers for their special events to their aggressively informal approach to cooking and food, this place screams Brooklyn and is anything but a stuffy restaurant. They’re known for their creatively named pies and unique ingredient pairings.
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Wong
Ever have duck for dessert? Yeah, we hadn’t either until we discovered Wong and their truly original Roasted Duck Ice Cream. It may seem like an odd combination at first – savory duck meat and creamy ice cream – but it’s actually an ingenious creation meant to evoke the idea of Peking Duck.
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Momofuku Ssäm Bar
David Chang has won over the hearts of many with his epic large format feasts, from the Fried Chicken Dinner at Noodle Bar to the Smoked Lamb Shoulder with Rice at Ma Peche. While we’d happily sit down to get our fill at any of these group meals, when we have a hankering for some duck, we round up a few of our food loving friends and reserve the Rotisserie Duck feast at Ssam Bar.
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Kin Shop
Harold Dieterle isn’t afraid of a little (or a lot…) spice at Kin Shop, his modern Thai restaurant in the West Village. He turns up the heat in many of the dishes on the menu, including his Braised Skate and Calamari Curry with Pickled Green Peppercorns and Northern Thai Style Curry Noodle. But one of the hottest dishes on the menu is the Spicy Duck Laab Salad.
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Sripraphai
If you’re looking for a good excuse to visit Queens this weekend, SriPraPhai Thai Restaurant is reason enough. Ask any New Yorker where you can get some decent Thai food, and if they know what they’re talking about, they’ll point you here.
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Peking Duck House
If you’re an aficionado of Peking Duck, this Chinatown joint is a rite of passage. The gargantuan menu features regional cooking of Shanghai, Szechuan and Peking and there’s plenty worth trying. Their signature dish happens to be a flawless rendition. (Dare we say it’s one of the best in the city?!)
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Bar Corvo
Brooklyn is brimming with delectable dining choices, but Crown Heights is still a relatively underserved neighborhood. Luckily, the guys behind Al di Là (one of the restaurants that helped launch Park Slope as the cool place to open a restaurant) have set up shop on an unassuming block in the area. And with the food they’re serving up at Bar Corvo, home-style Italian fare like Calamari with Almonds and Lasagna al Forno, we’re confident they’ll help develop another busy dining mecca in Brooklyn.
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Ayada Thai
The second Thai restaurant (the other is Sripraphai) to make our duck list also happens to be in Woodside, Queens, where there’s a thriving immigrant community. Like the food at Sripraphai, Ayada Thai’s dishes are as authentic as they are inexpensive. If you love spice sans the sweetness that often comes with Thai cooking (in America), this will be your happy place. This quaint eatery, outfitted with photos of the Thai royal family, is like something out of Bangkok. The menu’s admittedly pork-heavy menu, but there’s also a terrific, crispy duck salad, made with lean, juicy strands of duck, pineapple, cashew in a chili sauce. Not to mention the Panang Curry, a luscious coconut milk curry with the same delicious, duck...
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Falling For Eggplant
If you think eggplant can only be found in the summer, well, think again. Eggplant’s high season runs through fall, which means these next few weeks might be your last chance to sample this nightshade vegetable grown locally. We like to think we know a lot… but we had no idea that eggplant isn’t a vegetable.
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Where To Break The Fast This Yom Kippur
For those of us who love food, Yom Kippur is a challenging holiday to say the least. If you’re not Jewish, just imagine not eating or drinking anything at all for an entire day. After fasting for 24 hours for this Jewish Day of Atonement, you might find yourself craving a humongous dinner. It’’s a good idea to have a game plan once the sun sets on Wednesday night, so you don’t pass out from hunger. New York has some of the most famous Jewish delis in the world: Russ and Daughters, Barney Greengrass, and Katz’s are all equipped to cater your dinner of whitefish, lox, smoked sturgeon, and chopped liver on bagels, bialys and rye bread. Kutsher’s Tribeca has an entire menu dedicated to breaking your fast on Yom Kippur, featuring luxe latkes topped with caviar and a...
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Gotham Bar and Grill
Talk about a classic New York dish: The tuna tartare at Gotham Bar and Grill has been around since the late 80’s and it’s still going strong. (Eater recently featured it as one of it Untouchables.) Chef Alfred Portale dreamed up the dish while sitting at a sushi bar, which is why he uses sushi-grade yellowfin tuna (his purveyor is the same as the guy who use to deliver fish to his favorite sushi spot, the late Sushi Hatsu). Portale likes to build food vertically and his tower of tuna is visually captivating. He makes his tartare with finely diced tuna mixed with shallots, salt, pepper, and some fresh herbs. The tower itself rests on a bed of Japanese cucumbers and comes topped with three baguette spears and a tangle of frisee. It’s an architectural masterpiece that sits about six...
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