Scenes from a delicious, mouth-tingling Sichuan fi

Scenes from a delicious, mouth-tingling Sichuan fish soup meal in Flushing, at @fishwithyouusa … 😋🌶️🐟

This is the first U.S. location of a popular Sichuan-based chain. How lucky are we to have it right in Queens?! I’ve long loved this kind of spicy-sour, pickled-cabbage fish soup, having eaten it before at Sichuan restaurants in Queens. But as my friend @naphime has told me, it’s usually served in very large portions. At this fast-casual restaurant, it’s served in smaller individual or double portions. (The single portion is still very generous!)

Here’s what we tried:

• wood ear mushroom (always a fave!) and tasty pork panko skewers

• the signature hot-boiled sauerkraut fish with tender snakehead, pickled cabbage, chilies, rice noodle + sliced bamboo shoots (this was my favorite, just perfectly balanced and the right amount of spice for my palate)

• boiled basa fish with pickled cabbage and green peppercorn, plus two add-ins we chose: black fungus + baby cabbage (also delicious; spicier and saltier than the signature one)

• wheat milk tea, the perfect sweet + creamy accompaniment

•white rice from the wall of rice cookers

Thanks for having us, @fishwithyouusa! We will definitely be back.

#eatsinqueens #flushingfood #flushingeats #flushingqueens #flushingchinatown #sichuanfood #sichuancuisine #chinesefoods #supportchinatown #queensfood #queenseats #nyceats #chinatowneats #buzzfeedfoods #foodbeast #newforkcity #queensfoodies #nycfoodinsta #nycfoodguide #nycfoodiefinder #nycfoods #chinatownnyc #spicyfoods #fishwithyou #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

We somehow didn’t know Cuban pizza was a thing i

We somehow didn’t know Cuban pizza was a thing in Miami. We were only briefly there this weekend en route to the Keys, but we swung by Hialeah, the heavily Cuban neighborhood north of the airport. That’s where we tried our first Cuban pizza, from a strip-mall eatery called @star_chiguas_pizza.

First thing to know: It’s not always star-shaped! That’s something they offer here, La Estrella, as a sampler of several different toppings: bacon, ham, vegs, chorizo, pepperoni. It’s a thick, soft, and doughy pie; heavy on the cheese (and grease); deliciously crisp-edged. Very little tomato sauce is used; the cheese is mozzarella with some Gouda thrown in.

It’s pretty satisfying! We devoured it in the car heading to the airport, ripping off greasy pieces because I forgot to ask for it sliced (this was personal size). This isn’t going to win any pizza awards, but I’d totally try another pizza Cubana in Miami next time we are down there. Apparently banana pizza is a thing too …

Who else has tried pizza Cubana?

#pizzacubana #cubanpizza #miamifood #miamieats #hialeahflorida #hialeahfood #starchiguaspizza #miamifoodies #floridafood #traveltoeat #roadtrip #roadtripfood #cheeselovers #regionalfood #eatyourworld

This is one of my favorite restaurants in Southeas

This is one of my favorite restaurants in Southeast Florida: the Pelican in downtown Lake Worth, located about a mile from the beach. It’s an unassuming mornings-only diner with a classic American-diner menu, but also terrific Indian-Pakistani food and some brilliant East-West fusion breakfasts. Think lamb keema omelets, aloo gobi omelets, bowls of dal with your eggs, and a terrific dish called eggs Nissa (a spicy scramble with Indian spices, tomato, chiles, feta, and ginger).

I had the pleasure of interviewing chef-owner Tara Sami, who was born/raised in Karachi and lived in Delhi prior to emigrating to Florida in 1985, for a story years ago; now whenever we are in the area, like we were in February, we try to stop in. She’s told me that this pairing of eggs with a curry is not really a thing in India, but growing up, her mom would do it all the time, and serve her children leftover curry with eggs in the morning.

Everything I’ve tried off the Indian menu is fantastic at the Pelican, but my favorite dish is the more traditional nihari, a meaty “morning curry” popular in both India and Pakistan. Slow-cooked beef shank or boneless chicken (which I usually get, as I rarely see this without beef) are typically available, served in a rich, spicy, spectacularly delicious curry alongside rice and naan (more like pita on our last visit) for lunch, or home fries, naan, and two eggs cooked to order for breakfast.

It is so satisfying and delicious. Definitely save this if you are headed to this part of Florida!

#lakeworthbeach #lakeworthflorida #pelicanrestaurant #indianbreakfast #nihari #morningcurry #southeastflorida #floridafood #floridafoodie #floridaeats #palmbeachcounty #thepalmbeaches #pbceats #traveltoeat #foodtraveler #eatyourworld

Last call for Eats in Queens Restaurant Month! To

Last call for Eats in Queens Restaurant Month!

Today is March 31, the last day diners who donated to @qns_together’s food relief fundraiser can score 10%-20% off at amazing Queens restaurants like @698cafe in Flushing.

We had an incredible 10-dish Sichuan-Cantonese feast at 698 recently, organized by @naphime for Eat Something New in Queens members. Highlights included the spicy Hakka boiled fish, sautéed dry squid with veggies, honey walnut jumbo shrimp, spicy + numbing beef, and the special 8-treasure duck. The restaurant has a beautiful space including several upstairs party rooms (complete with karaoke!). Until EOD today 698 is offering 10% off for Restaurant Month discount pass holders.

But hey—it’s not over till it’s over. Go use your passes today and THANK your restaurants for supporting this huge food relief fundraiser in our borough. Restaurant Month ends today but you can still donate to Queens Together’s efforts, and you can still sign up for the Eats in Queens newsletter, which I edit, for all the latest about how the funds will be spent this spring (see links in bio).

#eatsinqueens #queensrestaurantmonth #queenstogether #queensfood #queenseats #queensrestaurants #queensfoodie #queensfoodies #flushingqueens #flushingeats #flushingfood #nycchinatown #sendchinatownlove #chinatownnyc #newforkcity #foodbeast #sichuanfood #cantonesefood #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

A few weeks ago I checked out @kasthamandapnyc in

A few weeks ago I checked out @kasthamandapnyc in Woodside, one of the #eatsinqueens Restaurant Month spots offering 10% off to @qns_together discount pass holders (through 3-31!).

It’s a very nice, sleek space with an attractive bar. I was most interested to try something I don’t see on the menus of my usual Nepali haunts in Jackson Heights, and I found it in this platter, a fabulous little sampler of Nepali snacks: momos, of course, as well as fried chicken, sausage, wai wai chatpate (crunchy instant noodle snack), aloo sadeko (spicy potato salad), and badam sadeko—the sadeko, or marinated mix, I rarely see around here, with peanuts.

Nothing was very unfamiliar to me, but this would make a wonderful little intro to Nepali cuisine and flavors for the uninitiated. It’s a great lunch to share with a friend too.

The other interesting dish I spotted here (and brought home to try) is keema noodles, a spicy noodle and ground meat dish very similar to Sichuan dandan noodles. It was delicious!

#woodsidequeens #nepalifood #queensrestaurantmonth #queensfood #queenseats #queensfoodie #nycfoodguide #nepalimomo #himalayanfood #sadeko #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

A leisurely lunch at @iloveparaguayrestaurant in S

A leisurely lunch at @iloveparaguayrestaurant in Sunnyside this past weekend, in honor of @qns_together Eats in Queens Restaurant Month 🙌. This restaurant is now participating in @sunnysideshines Restaurant Week, offering a 3-course dinner for $35 (through 4/3). It’s a great time to go!

I wanted to try all the Paraguayan things; it’s a cuisine I don’t know much about. Not pictured are the delicious snacks we ate while waiting for a table (pro tip: reserve ahead of time on weekend afternoons!): a flaky chicken empanada, two types of cheese-and-meat-filled chipa so’o (tasty and very filling baked corn/yuca pastries), and plain cheese chipa.

Our family of 4 split the two daily soup specials—pollo con vori vori (chicken with little corn-flour dumplings) and pescado 🐟—and a picada de carne y chorizo, the platter of skirt steak and chorizo with fried yuca and fries. We had to try some Italian-influenced Paraguayan food too, so got the popular plump gnocchi with stewed chicken.

To drink, I had the cocido latte, a sweetened yerba mate drink that felt like dessert. (Speaking of, the desserts look amazing, but we had no room left, and an expiring parking space!)

We enjoyed it all! The pastries + soups were my favorite, but everything was very good, and we repurposed those meat leftovers into campechano tacos the next day. 😋

We will definitely be back—who has a favorite Paraguayan dish we should try?

#eatsinqueens #queensrestaurantmonth #sunnysiderestaurantweek #sunnysidequeens #sunnysideeats #queensfood #queenseats #nycfoods #nycfoodguide #forkyeahfoodies #paraguayanfood #iloveparaguay #queensfamily #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

Last week I took my two kids out for Eats in Queen

Last week I took my two kids out for Eats in Queens Restaurant Month to @thequeensboro, a favorite local restaurant that’s done so much for the Jackson Heights community these past three years. Scott was away and I welcomed the opportunity to not cook for a night! Scoring 10% off with the @qns_together discount pass only sweetened the deal (as did the kids’ Shirley Temples, naturally 😜).

It’s hard for us to come here and not eat the garlic clam bread, the blistered shishitos, the grapefruit-studded Brussels sprouts salad. I literally cannot stop myself from ordering these! The kids also split grilled shrimp skewers (a generous portion with two sides; we got fries and the tahini broccoli) and I tried something newer to the menu, the tasty nduja sourdough toast, topped with bread and butter pickles—a delicious spicy-sweet contrast.

It was a fabulous meal (yes, we took leftovers!), and as we played @rorys_storycubes between bites, I loved watching the restaurant fill up, the board games come out (@shenanigansny was setting up just before we left), some friends coming and going—the Queensboro truly is a neighborhood spot, and we always run into people we know there. Grateful it exists!

Where are you eating next for EIQ Restaurant Month? It’s still on through 3-31!

#thequeensboro #eatsinqueens #jacksonheights #jacksonheightsqueens #queensrestaurantmonth #queensfood #queenseats #nycfoods #queensdining #queensfoodie #supportlocal #nycfoodguide #forkyeahfoodies #queensfamily #queenskids #diningwithkids #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

Eats in Queens Restaurant Month, week 1, is in the

Eats in Queens Restaurant Month, week 1, is in the books. Three weeks left!

How many participating restaurants in our fair borough did you make it to so far? How many discounts did you take advantage of?

Using our @qns_together discount pass we scored 10%-20% off this week at the following:

• @beecafenyc + @kasthamandapnyc in Woodside
• @lalysrestaurant, @samudraindianrestaurant + @otmcoffee in Jackson Heights
• @hoipolloinyc + @gonggan.nyc in Flushing
• @nangma_restaurant_ in Elmhurst

Donate to Queens Together today to get your own discount pass if you haven’t yet! (Link in bio.) Remember, your donation goes straight to food relief work in the borough, so all this eating out supports not only our restaurants but our neighbors in need.

#eatsinqueens #restaurantmonth #queenstogether #queensfood #queenseats #queensfoodies #supportlocal #nycfoods #queensfoodie #jacksonheights #elmhurst #flushingfood #woodsidequeens #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

Eats in Queens Restaurant Month starts tomorrow, M

Eats in Queens Restaurant Month starts tomorrow, March 1! And it will run all month long. Which of the nearly 200 participating eateries are you going to visit?

When you donate $25 or more to @qns_together’s food relief efforts, you get a discount pass for use at all these eateries during Restaurant Month. Check the link in our bio for all the details on who is participating and how you can donate now and start using your discount pass tomorrow!

I have too many favorites to list, but featured in this reel (and offering discounts of 10%-20% all month long for anyone with the discount pass) are the following:

@zaabzaabnyc
@thequeensboro
@arepalady
@angel_indian_restaurant
@bhanchhaghar
@otmcoffee
@myleticias
@hugesannyc
@shallotnyc
@jojubanhmi
@mariscoselsubmarino
@samudraindianrestaurant
@standalonecheese
@demole_sunnyside
@tropicalislerotishop
@maxisnoodle
@andrewbelluccispizzeria
@ricaspupusasny
@bistroeloisenyc

If those don’t prove Queens is the World’s Borough, I don’t know what does! We are spoiled for amazing diverse foods here, and #eatsinqueens Restaurant Month is a fantastic way to celebrate and indulge in that!

#queensrestaurantmonth #queensfood #queenseats #queensrestaurant #donateanddine #queensfoodie #nycfoodie #theworldsborough #celebratediversity #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

Take me back to Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷 We ate so w

Take me back to Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷

We ate so well in Puerto Rico, along the north coast between San Juan and Fajardo, that I had to write a detailed post sharing the details (see link in bio).

From the mallorcas and piraguas of Old San Juan and the morning food counter inside the pharmacy around the corner from our Ocean Park house rental (yes, a pharmacy!) to the famous kioskos of Piñones + Luquillo, great local eats are everywhere. Some of the eateries we loved included @molinis_, @latabernalupulo, @kasalta_bakery_oficial + @la_prena, and lots of others that aren’t on IG.

In between meals and snacks and drinks, we hit up beautiful beaches and tide pools, hiked through El Yunque rainforest, went boating and snorkeling with @kayakingpuertorico, and had so many night swims.

See the link in bio for more details on dishes + where to try them. Who wants to visit PR this winter? 🙋‍♀️

#puertorico #puertoricotravel #puertoricofood #puertoricaneats #puertoricotrip #visitpuertorico #discoverpuertorico #caribbeanvacation #boricua🇵🇷 #sanjuanpuertorico #fajardo #oldsanjuanpuertorico #piñones #luquillo #elyunquerainforest #familytravels #foodtraveler #traveltoeat #bringthekids #familyvacation #springbreakideas #eatlocalfood #regionalfood #traditionalfoods #typicalfood #eatyourworld

What a night! It was a Chinese New Year feast fit

What a night! It was a Chinese New Year feast fit for kings at Flushing’s King Crab House, or at least for 62 of the food lovers inside my Eat Something New in Queens Facebook group. ✨

Organizers Gordon + @aznnomnom went to great lengths to plan and execute this 16-course Cantonese meal without a hitch, all while managing to keep the cost down to $66 per person (an auspicious number for the Chinese). Other group members prepared goody bags and traditional red envelopes (with crisp $2 bills inside) as well as a surprise raffle. It was such a thoughtful display of shared food and culture, and everyone in attendance was just super appreciative to be there.

From the steamed shrimp and Peking duck to the eggplant with salted fish, longevity noodles, and star king crab, it was a fantastic and fun meal none of us will soon forget. Huge thanks (again!) to everyone involved! 🙏

As an aside: This FB group is a special little corner of the Internet, filled with lots of good people. People who care passionately about food, culture, and restaurants in Queens, but also each other. 🤗 It’s very much become an online-offline community, thanks to all these member-led meetups. Come join us if that speaks to you (link in bio)!

#chinesenewyear2023 #lunarnewyear #yearoftherabbit #flushingqueens #flushingfood #flushingeats #cantonesefood #chinesefeast #queensfood #queenseats #eatsinqueens #nycchinatown #flushingchinatown #newyearfood #newyearfeast #kingcrabhouse #sendchinatownlove #chinatownnyc #chinatowneats #foodloversofinstagram #nycfoodguide #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

I’ll have one of everything?! These are some o

I’ll have one of everything?!

These are some of the Bangladeshi snacks available at Ittadi Garden + Grill in Diversity Plaza, Jackson Heights. I hadn’t been in a while, and I had a hard time getting past their fried snacks section since everything looked so darn good.

Ultimately from these I had an excellent, spicy veg singara (samosa-like, but plumper and flakier and containing a great mix of veg + peanuts); a chicken samosa (Bangladeshi-style, so triangular and filled with ground chicken and sautéed onion); a coconut samosa (a first for me, but a tasty sweet-savory snack); and an egg ball, which I can’t believe I’ve never tried before—it’s a boiled egg coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried, not unlike a Guyanese egg ball or a Scotch egg.

Which would you try first?

#bangladeshifood #bengalifoods #jacksonheights #queensfood #queenseats #banglafood #bangladeshifoods #spicyfoods #deepfriedfood #nycfoods #ittadigarden #diversityplaza #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatsinqueens #eatyourworld

In Elmhurst, @shallotnyc has rolled out a new 10-d

In Elmhurst, @shallotnyc has rolled out a new 10-dish menu inspired by the recent renaming of this Woodside Ave stretch: Little Thailand, Big Flavors. The restaurant has long combined homestyle Thai food + sushi on separate parts of its menu, but some of these new dishes smartly fuse the two in new and creative ways. Also, there’s an interesting prevalence of different nam priks (which are, generally speaking, chile-based condiments/dipping sauces) and steamed veggies on the menu—according to the chef (who’s from Chiang Mai), this is reflective of how many Thai people eat at home.

Some highlights in this reel:

• Pu dong ikura: Thai-style salted raw crab topped with Japanese ikura (salmon roe) and a delicious nam jim sauce 🌶 I wanted to guzzle

• Nam prik kha jin yang: Chiang Mai-style grilled ribeye served with a Northern Thai dry relish called nam prik kha, sticky rice, and lots of steamed vegs

• Larb tuna mini handrolls: a brilliant pairing of num prik larb with tuna tartare

• Hor d’oeuvre Muang: a gorgeous Northern-style app platter with sai oua pork sausage, pork crackling, pork loaf, steamed vegs, and two types of nam prik

•Kao soi pu: The delicious noodle curry dish made with lots of crab meat and a fried soft shell crab 🦀

The seasonal/winter cocktails were terrific too! The restaurant kindly hosted me for this dinner, but I’ll definitely be back with family to try more of the new menu, because it’s truly something different in this area.
If you’ve been to this restaurant before, now is the time to revisit!

#spicyshallot #eatsinqueens #elmhurst #elmhurstqueens #queensfood #queenseats #thaifoodstagram #thaifoodlover #nycthaifood #nyceats #namprik #littlethailand #woodsideave #queensfoodie #nycfoodguide #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

Behold the excellent Korean-style bagels from Asto

Behold the excellent Korean-style bagels from Astoria’s @betweenthebagelny! We tried the DAPS, an absolutely winning combo of spicy pork, mozzarella, grilled onions + jalapeños, kimchi slaw, and gochujang mayo (on a jalapeño-cheese bagel); and the soy peeps, with delicious (boneless) soy-garlic fried chicken, lettuce, and tomato. Holy moly, these were good. Also tasted the delicious + popular SMB (Seoul Meets Bagel), which pairs bulgogi with egg and cheese. 😋

To further sweeten the deal here, the owner Ben just may ply you with free sweets and killer Korean rice balls that are so terrific on their own. Definitely want to try more of the menu here (which also includes all your typical bagel shop items—my son loved his bagel and lox!). Who else is a fan?

#eatsinqueens #astoriafood #astoriaeats #astoriaqueens #queensfood #queenseats #queensbagel #nycbagels #bestbagels #koreanfoods #queensfoodie #nyceats #foodbeast #nycfoodguide #nycfoodiefinder #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

Lots of great trips, near and far; delicious meals

Lots of great trips, near and far; delicious meals; quality family + friend time; an ever-growing business: 2022 was pretty good to us. Feeling super grateful + excited for what’s up next in 2023 (one hint: we’re completely redesigning our decade-old website!).

First video is from the rooftop at @therockawayhotel 🌊

#bye2022 #happynewyear #gratitude #bringiton2023

Iconic NYC food alert! I love (occasionally) visit

Iconic NYC food alert! I love (occasionally) visiting the century-old @nyoysterbar inside Grand Central Terminal for its classic, old-school vibes. The place is huge, and since I brought my parents this last time, we reserved a red-checkered-tableclothed table in the main room rather than sit at the oyster counter (the best seat in the house).

Best things we ate? The clams casino was fantastic, and new to me here, but otherwise you come for the fresh-shucked oysters (we had a selection of various Northeasters) and the oyster pan roast, one of NYC’s most underappreciated historic dishes.

If you aren’t familiar with it, the oyster pan roast is a delectably rich, velvety soup of plump (cooked) oysters and a slice of toast in a simple mix of butter, cream, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, celery salt, and Heinz chile sauce. It’s cooked in ancient steel devices behind the oyster bar called steam-jacket kettles, which harness the hot steam emanating from underneath the station. How cool is that?

Sitting in the oyster bar, tucking into raw oysters and a pan roast, chasing with a glass of wine or pint of beer—it’s easy to imagine a simpler time in Manhattan, when indigenous oysters were plentiful and six-cent oyster bars were the norm.

At least you can find regionally sourced Bluepoints and Cape May salts at the oyster bar today. But things are, of course, way pricier now; most of the oysters are $3-$4 apiece. Since the last time I ate a pan roast here, the number of oysters in it shrank from 8 to 3. We tried some expensive fish entrees that were just OK. I noticed the service has also gotten a lot less attentive and warm. (Granted, it’s holiday time and was very busy.)

Still, I think the place is a must. Pop in at an off hour. Stick with the oysters, the pan roasts or stews, the clams casino perhaps, and the drinks. Soak in the old New York atmosphere. It’s a special place.

Fellow New Yorkers, what do you think? Love it or hate it?

#classicnyc #grandcentralterminal #grandcentraloysterbar #nycoysters #oldschoolnyc #oldnewyork #nycmusteats #nycfoods #nyceats #nychistory #historicnyc #foodbeast #nycfoodinsta #nycfoodies #nycfoodguide #newforkcity #eatyourworld

Cantonese lunch for 16! A recent #eatsomethingnewi

Cantonese lunch for 16! A recent #eatsomethingnewinqueens meetup organized by @aznnomnom took us all to Elmhurst’s Shun Wang, the kind of very local, under-the-radar, nondescript gem we love to celebrate in our Facebook group. I’d only been to Shun Wang for takeout and delivery before, so I was happy to finally eat on-site and sample a lot among a large and eager group.

We (by that I mean Ben, the organizer 😊) ordered the following:

• 3 types of congee: pork + thousand-year egg, fish, and beef (I loved all 3, but think the first was my fave)
• yu tiao (the fried dough accompaniment)
• soy sauce chicken (another fave! super tender/moist meat)
• roast duck
• char siu
• roast pig
• beef chow fun
• yu choy (the garlicky greens)

It was all delicious, comforting food, shared among a great group of Queens food enthusiasts—I just love how this big online FB group has morphed into this series of frequent offline gatherings where friendships have formed + new members are always welcome to join. 💛

On another note, I think this congee will become a staple for me this winter!

📍Shun Wang, 81-25 Broadway

#eatsinqueens #queensfood #queenseats #elmhurstfood #elmhursteats #elmhurstqueens #cantonesefood #cantonesecuisine #congee #shunwang #chinesefoods #roastmeat #nycfoodguide #supportchinatown #queensfoodie #meatfeast #eatyourworld

Egyptian seafood feast at @abuqir! 🐟🍤🦑
📍24-19 Steinway St., Astoria.

Our seafood-loving family of four loved our meal here. Here’s what we ate:

• clay-pot mixed seafood tagine: our favorite dish, paired with a side of rice
• paprika-dusted fried calamari: just perfect
• creamy baba ghanoush + Egyptian-style moussaka, baked eggplant and tomato: two fantastic starters, served with pita
• avocado salad: we let ourselves get upsold on this, but it was delicious, generously portioned and heavy on the dill, which I love
• perfectly grilled shrimp, served in a puddle of olive oil begging to be mopped up
• blackened sea bass: it’s extremely blackened in the Egyptian style, which we didn’t love, but the flaky fish inside was excellent

The pomegranate soda was a great, refreshing accompaniment to all this. And we highly recommend stopping at Al Sham Sweets a few doors down afterward for some crispy, cheesy knafeh + baklava.

Save this for your next Queens night out!✨

#eatsinqueens #queensfood #queenseats #astoria #abuqir #astoriaqueens #steinwaystreet #astoriaeats #egyptianfood #astoriafood #queensfoodie #nycfoodie #nycfoodguide #foodiefamily #newforkcity #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

After-school special! 🥣🍚✨ My 9-year-old h

After-school special! 🥣🍚✨

My 9-year-old had a half-day today, and I let him choose our lunch-date destination. He was torn between Tibetan and Colombian food, like any good Jackson Heights native would be. 😆

A sign for ajiaco on Roosevelt caught his eye, and we wound up at @cafetales_nyc, a Colombian restaurant I’ve passed many a time but have never eaten at. It’s a cozy little diner, and we tried the two soup specials of the day (this is always the move at a Colombian restaurant!): ajiaco (a creamy soup thickened by potato, with shredded chicken and corn) and sopa de cuchuco (a corn and pork spine soup, studded with vegs), which was one I’d never tried before.

Both were delicious, and as part of a $13 lunch special came with rice, your meat of choice (chicken breast, pork rib, or grilled steak), plantain, beet salad, and aguapanela (we went for coffee + hot chocolate instead). Huge portions, as is usually the case.

This was a great reminder to myself to eat more Colombian soups this winter! Who else wants to?

#eatsinqueens #colombianfood #colombiansoup #ajiaco #jacksonheights #jacksonheightsqueens #queensfood #queenseats #rooseveltave #wintersoups #littlecolombia #comidacolombiana #cafetales #nycfoodguide #foodnerd #newforkcity #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

The calm before the (holiday) storm … It’s a

The calm before the (holiday) storm …

It’s a time to reflect, give thanks, and drink all the hot drinks!

Pictured is the cozy counter and aguapanela at the new @otmcoffee in Jackson Heights. Over the Moon is a cute and modern Colombian cafe that specializes in @devocionusa coffee and healthy, organic snacks and light meals. I loved the coffee I had earlier in the day—Devoción is seriously good stuff; fresh, smooth, and 100% Colombia-sourced—but didn’t want caffeine in the afternoon, so settled on the aguapanela, which is essentially hot sugarcane water. Traditionally it’s served with fresh white cheese, which you dunk into or steep in the drink. It’s sweet and savory and surprisingly filling!

Here’s wishing everyone a sweet and savory (and safe) Thanksgiving weekend!

#jacksonheights #jacksonheightsqueens #queensfood #queenseats #eatsinqueens #colombianfood #aguapanela #queensscapes #thanksgivingweekend #nycfoodiefinder #nycfoodguide #colombianeats #hotdrinks #winterdrinks #sipandchill #eatsomethingnewinqueens #eatyourworld

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