Dave Cook@EIT

Eating In Translation examines interesting, usually inexpensive food in and around New York, and occasionally farther afield.

 New York
Joined June 2008
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Seen in passing, on a much nicer day: Shad Crossing (2004), glass mosaics designed by Ming Fay and fabricated by Franz Meyer of Munich, in the Delancey St.-Essex St. station, Manhattan
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Cheesesteak kinfolk? A pirata de carne asada, in which a flour tortilla is wedded to yellow cheese before being heaped with strip steak (and onions, at your pleasure), Tacos Domingo, First Ave., Manhattan. Several options at the salsa bar; Whiz is not one of them.
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New York-area food events, September 24-30: When it's windy, it helps to have food with a handle! bit.ly/nyfoodevents-septembe…
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Rice with seafood redux: arroz chaufa de mariscos, fried Chinese-style with octopus, mussels, shrimp, squid, and perhaps clams, too, at Simple Peruvian, Ridgewood, Queens
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Thiebou djeun (white; with snapper), Mado, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., Manhattan. Uncommon: tamarind sauce on the side, for customizing tartness. Typical: trios of men, at other tables, digging into communal portions of this Senegalese dish, each with his own tablespoon.
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Rough-and-tumble salt-baked soft-shell crabs, and the Chinese greens of the day, at Great N.Y. Noodletown, Bowery, Manhattan. Also shown: the storefront by night, years back.
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Armenian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, German, Greek, Guatemalan, Himalayan, Indonesian, Italian, Mexican, more: bit.ly/nyfoodevents-septembe…
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Pe ywet thoke, blanched pea leaf and peanut salad, and nga hin, fish curry (both comped), at Burmese Bites, recently transplanted to a sunny corner of Astoria, Queens. Looking forward to exploring the greatly expanded menu!
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Hot and sour soup, and a lunch-special baby eggplant with spicy garlic sauce, at Szechuan Gourmet, which just completed its move from West 39th to West 105th, in Manhattan Valley, on the site of the old Szechuan Garden
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A heapin' helpin' of esquites Fritos, and the makings thereof, by Frutilandia Gaby of Passaic, New Jersey, at Sunday's Festival México Herencia Hispana, East 116th St., Manhattan
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Cheesecake, decorated with caramel and chocolate, from the Metamorfosis stand, raising money for senior care in Acapa, Municipio de Tlahuiltepa, Hidalgo, at Sunday's Festival México Herencia Hispana, East 116th St., Manhattan
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Armenian, Central American, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Filipino, Greek, Himalayan, Indonesian — New York-area food events, September 10-16 — Italian, Korean, Macedonian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Norwegian, Polish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese bit.ly/nyfoodevents-septembe…
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Poppy seed cheesecake, East Village Meat Market, Second Ave., Manhattan
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Since dim sum is best shared, I watched this cart wheel on by — and several others, too, each with its own temptations — asking only for a photo. My consolation on this first visit to Wu's Dynasty, newly opened on West 70th St., Manhattan: crispy pan-fried noodles with seafood.
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Seen in passing: Shafique's Sweet Betel Paan and the even more compact Paan by Bondu, two tiny corner shops making a living for their proprietors on Diversity Plaza, Jackson Heights, Queens
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A Brazilian street fair in Astoria highlights my roundup of New York-area food events for Labor Day Weekend bit.ly/nyfoodevents-labor-da…
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Herb-laced, leaf-wrapped, grilled Kachin chicken from the bountiful table of Ma Jar Bu, at the recent street festival organized by National Humanitarian Fundraising for Myanmar (NHFMM) in Elmhurst, Queens. More photos from past years: bit.ly/NHFMM-photos-2021-202…
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An excellent lamb "burger," replete with off-cuts as well as muscle meat, at Mongolian Momo King, which has staked out a small storefront at 327 East 12th St., Manhattan. Also shown, take-one milk candies at the counter — caramel, also camel.
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From late spring: my last "lady's cake" (a.k.a. wife cake, sweetheart cake, lao po bing) from Ka Wah Bakery, Eldridge St., Manhattan. Several months ago Ka Wah quietly went dark, and the shop front (shown a baker's dozen summers ago) is now shuttered and signless. I miss it.
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A fatty lamb liver skewer, and noodles with grilled lamb (too bad the tea-scented chicken rice was 86'ed this afternoon!), at Qazaq Halal BBQ, which recently settled down in a storefront at 5513 Metropolitan Ave., Maspeth, Queens
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