Category Archives: Restaurants

Discovery Shores Boracay – Birthday Dinner

I saw it in the works. The celebrant’s husband got up from his beach bed shortly after breakfast and talked to the manager of Discovery Shores Boracay‘s Indigo Restaurant.

“What do we want?” he asked our group. We threw out some standards.

Fish!
Prawns!
Squid!
Pork belly!

The manager wrote down the requests on a piece of paper and nobody thought about it after that. In the afternoon, the staff began setting up what would be the most beautiful outdoor dinner I’ve had. You could feel all the love in it, and I have to say it was a magical evening for all.

Fancy table set-up. The staff worked all afternoon on this. You could see the love in their eyes.

The memorable dishes of the evening below:

Steamed crab over rice noodles.

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Mas La Grillade, New York

We are lovers of the grill, and so we found this restaurant that specialized in smoke and flame. We came to celebrate a birthday, and toasted in the soft color of the skylight seated at the center table of the second floor. Some dishes worth mentioning below:

Duck and peach crostini.

Duck and peach crostini.

Grilled Squid and Arugula Salad with Espelette Pepper and Basil Oil

Grilled Squid and Arugula Salad with Espelette Pepper and Basil Oil

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ChickP Brooklyn

Aside from the fact that I used to live on the same block as this new restaurant, this joint opened right around the time Kulushkat did a few blocks away, and I was curious to compare the two places. There is something comforting about the whole pita-falafel-hummus combination other than how yummy it is, it’s usually quick, inexpensive, and makes you feel like you’re making the healthier choice.

We ordered the Falafel Trio ($11) which includes their three falafel flavors (spicy, spinach, regular) and an abundance of sides. Now I like sides. A-side from this we also ordered their roasted beets (yum) and baba ganoush, which was very rich in grilled flavor and was light and creamy. Very good. Happy tummies for $16. (The one downside: cold pita? Wtf?!)

We’ll be back!

Chick P
490 Bergen St
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-783-1525
http://www.chickpbrooklyn.com/

Al Di La Trattoria

I wrote about Al Di La Trattoria previously because of my favorite dish there, their Tagliatelle al Ragu. But there is lot more that Al Di La has to offer, making it a favorite joint in the Slope as far as authentic Italian food. This place doesn’t take reservations so we prefer waiting in line as early as 5:45  for the first dinner seating. If that is too early for you, they have a wine bar around the corner where you can wait for your seat. We’ve never tried it, we’re too impatient for the wait.
Dining at Al Di La is as much a pleasure as learning that the restaurant was the love child of two chefs who fell in love in Italy and brought the cuisine to Brooklyn.
A special: Crudo with red radish.
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Paella at Blue Ribbon, Brooklyn

Paella is among my favorite dishes. A good paella always brings me back to Barcelona, to a moment in a an old-fashioned restaurant, savoring the saffron flavors of the moist and tasty paella that was cooked leisurely to order.

My favorite paella outside Spain

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