City Grit

Couple months ago I attended the Dim Sum Y'all dinner at City Grit, run by Sarah Simmons. Then I went back to take some behind the scenes photos and I (smartly) picked the nights that Chef Drew Robinson from Jim 'N Nicks BBQ was guest chefting. And oh my was it awesome to take photos and to be in the kitchen surrounded by pork belly, homemade ham(!), sausages and pimento cheese (if you've been a regular at the Big Apple BBQ Block Party, you'll know about this dish), and bbq pork shoulder.

Chef Josh Gentry, of the soon-to-be-open Little Donkey in Birmingham, Al did his dinner the night before and was there to help out Chef Robinson, was constantly blasting music and kept everyone pumped out during dinner service.

Anyone wanna take a road trip to Alabama?

Feast Your Eyes

I'm quite excited to tell you that I'm part of "Feast Your Eyes" photo show by the New York Photo Festival. You can probably guess that this show is all about food. It'll be awesome to see works by other photographers all in one place. The two images below are the ones that got accepted. Left is Nate Smith, Alexis Krisel and Sara Kramer from Allswell in Williamsburg and on the right is Nicole Chaszar of Sea Bean Goods.

So if you're around this coming Friday Jan 6th, come on by to the show at the powerHouse Arena (37 Main St and Water St) in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The show starts at 6pm till 9pm and will be up till Jan 27th. For more info check out their site.

Also with the success of my Foodaissance show at the James Beard House last September, I'm planning to do another show some time this year. Yeah!

Thank you for your support! Here's to an awesome 2012.

2011 In Food

January Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles Also be sure to check out the little video I made at Roscoe's

Dino's has good zucchini fries.

My first time EVER in Thai Town.

February Fried fish sandwich from Van Horn.

Dean St.

March Matt and I return to our favorite lunch spot, Blarney Rock Pub.

Lunch at Bill's Bar and Burger.

Behind-the-scenes at Liddabit Sweets.

April Nate Smith's pop-up dinner "Pick Your Part".

May The return of New Amsterdam Market.

Foodspotting party at one of my favorite restaurant.

June Pork torta from Puebla Mini Market.

Found my favorite bowl of oyakodon in Midtown.

Behind-the-scenes at Robicelli's.

Behind-the-scenes at La Newyorkina.

Behind-the-scenes at Anarchy in a Jar.

July New craving, Filipino food.

Found my new favorite dim sum spot.

Behind-the-scenes at Sea Bean Goods.

Took a day trip to Rockaway Beach.

August Celebrated my 8 years in NYC with beer floats.

Fried everything seafood in Jackson Heights.

Last week of M.Wells.

Ice cream day at New Amsterdam Market.

September Awesome fried chicken dinner at The Brooklyn Star.

Fried preserved eggs are delicious.

New favorite sandwich joint in Rancho Cucamonga.

Behind-the-scenes at Jane's Sweet Buns.

October Two years of talking about it, finally had lunch there.

Great for beer and meat lovers.

November Excellent fish and chips in Greenpoint.

Dim Sum Y'all!

Three years of talking about it, finally made it for lunch.

A place I can go every single night to eat and drink.

December I love you bagel.

Behind-the-scenes at Leckerlee.

Allswell Friends & Family Night

Last Friday I got invited to friends and family night at Allswell, Chef Nate Smith's new restaurant in Williamsburg (124 Bedford Ave at N. 10th St).

The whole night was fantastic. I was mostly in the kitchen while Nate, Alexis and Sara were pumping out dish after dish. I"m thrill to go back and eat some more because the food that night...oh the food that night was so delicious. Also they have the awesomest wallpapers.

Check out all the photos in the slideshow.