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Riingo (Manhattan > Midtown)
address
205 East 45th Street (inside the Alex Hotel, east of 3rd Ave.)
phone
1.212.867.5100, fax: 1.212.867.7878
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Contemporary French-American-Japanese cuisine by Marcus Samuelsson (chef at Aquavit), Johan Svensson, and Shigenori Tanaka.
Royal Crown Bakery (Brooklyn > Bay Ridge/Bensonhurst)
address #1
6308 14th Ave (bet 63rd and 64th Sts) 1-718-234-3208
address #2
6512 14th Ave (bet 65th and 66th Sts) 1-718-234-1002
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good Italian bread. Owner Giuseppe Generoso also owns Pane Antico (9124 Third Ave, at 92nd St. 1-718-680-2347), and Piazza Mercato (9204 Third Ave, at 92nd St, 1-718-513-0071) for salumi and mozzerella
Indian style Chinese food. Try the chili goat in gravy.
The Babbo Cookbook
by Mario Batali
Clarkson N. Potter. 2002, 336 pp.
"This book reads not only as a guide to modernized Italian cooking, but also as a very successful advertisement for its phenomenally successful namesake New York City restaurant. ...The recipes are excellent clearly written and easy to follow and carefully edited for the home cook but some of the ingredients and equipment called for will be difficult for laypeople to acquire, and many recipes are quite complex.
...Still, the mixtures of flavors in dishes such as Whole Roasted Branzino with Braised Fennel and Lemon Oregano Jam and Joe's Veal Chop with Chanterelles, Roasted Garlic, and Campari are irresistible. Desserts follow the same traditional-Italian-with-a-twist formula just as successfully: Olive Oil and Fresh Rosemary Cake is a refreshing version of an Italian "keeping cake," and Pumpkin Cake with Toasted Pine Nuts and Olive Oil Gelato combines traditional flavors in surprising ways." --publishers weekly
Chinese seafood restaurant, and peking duck. In Cantonese, "Tong Yan Guy" means Chinatown.
Two Little Red Hens (Manhattan > Upper East Side)
address #1
1652 Second Avenue, 1.212.452.0476
address #2
1112 Eight Avenue, Brooklyn, 1.718.499.8108
prices
$8.00 for a medium (2 person) tart, $22 for a large tart.
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Unique Pastry (Queens > Flushing)
address
135-23 40 Rd (corner of Main Street)
phone
1.718.888.7790, fax: 1.718.888.7794
prices
$1.00-$1.50 for filled sesame cakes
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The only thing they sell at this tiny shop stall are excellent Northern Chinese style sesame cakes filled with savory and sweet ingredients. The spicy beef, and spicy pork buns are superb.
Serving sandwiches, open for lunch. Located right next door to Craft, and Craftbar. Part of Tom Colicchio's restaurant empire (Gramercy Tavern, Craft, Craftbar, Wichcraft)
Wing Wong (Manhattan > Chinatown)
address
102 Mott Street (bet Canal and Hester Sts) and
also one on 111 Lafayette Street just south of Canal.
