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day 378: betel

Nat Ma — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:14:21 +0000

Tonight I was invited to the opening of Betel – a new asian fusion restaurant in the West Village. Why I’m so excited about this is because its the sister restaurant to Jimmy Liks in Sydney – One of my favourite restaurants. I love that the menu is pretty similar with some of my favourite dishes on there. If you’re into food that’s made with fresh produce and rich in flavour with divinely concocted sauces then you must try Betel out.

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day 346: coopers pale on ice

Nat Ma — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:48:19 +0000

100% Australian. Quite possibly the best beer on earth.

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day 341: sorella

Nat Ma — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:48:33 +0000

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day 282: my first thanksgiving

Nat Ma — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:21:07 +0000

Our Special 21 Pound Guest of Honour and its Carver

The Amazing Cook

The Buffet

The Thanksgivers

The Aftermath

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day 269: bonchon fried chicken

Nat Ma — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:44:53 +0000

I was talking to this guy once and we got on the topic of fried chicken (you know how it is). He told me the best fried chicken hands down was Korean Fried chicken as they have a special method of cooking where the chicken is fried twice resulting it being cruchier and less greasy. He then went on to recommend the best place to try this dish – Bonchon. I was definitely not disappointed and second that it was some of the best fried chick I’ve ever tasted.

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day 250: NYC Dumpling Festival

Nat Ma — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:33:30 +0000

Today I attended the NYC dumpling festival where there was pretty much every type of dumpling under the sun on offer. There was also a dumpling competition. The dumpling competitive eating contenders had nothing on these hot dog eating champs though. Below is the largest wheat dumpling ever produced – 786 pounds in weight, 4.5 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft in diameters and it has the equivalent of 945 dumpling fillings inside.

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day 234: butter lane

Nat Ma — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:46:32 +0000

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day 213: DBGB

Nat Ma — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:35:13 +0000

Tonight I caught up with my old mate Phil who was in town. We went to DBGB – Renowned French Chef Daniel Boulud’s newest restaurant in Downtown Manhattan. With 14 types of sausages (ingredients included: pigs head, trotter and tripe), hot dogs and escargots the menu was pretty interesting to say the least. We had ‘The Frenchie’ which was a burger made from confit pork belly – simply scrumptious. Although I don’t think it beats my local favourite, the short rib burger at Spitzers.

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day 176: Heartschallenger ice cream truck

Nat Ma — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:48:59 +0000

So last night I was walking home and I came across these guys on my street. I was all ‘Whats going on here?’ and they were like ‘We’re an Ice Cream Truck – with ice creams, toys and candy from ALL OVER THE WORLD’.

So they begin to tell me the story of how the Heartschallenger concept was born one early morning 15 yrs ago at a rave party in Mojave desert. Lo (the creator) had a vision of a cute ice cream truck pulling up in the middle of nowhere and providing all the party kids with magical treats. – hahah I love it!

Now there are trucks in L.A., Miami & New York…
Gotta love those Visions where or when ever they may come to you. A nice tale about following your dreams.

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day 175: Cafe Moto Brooklyn

Nat Ma — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:12:57 +0000

I visited a friend in Brooklyn last night and we popped into Cafe Moto for dinner. This place is a small Brooklyn hideaway. The creative direction and attention to detail of the nostalgic decor, circa 1938, is enough for anyone to cross the Williamsburg bridge. Not to mention the fantastic French fare on offer.

I was compelled to write about this place when Sasha Dobson set up shop and performed live for the dinner guests. Her soulful music coupled with the atmospheric lighting really created a certain romantic ambiance. Even after half a year in NYC, it’s still a nice surprise for me to chance encounter a place like this on a Monday night in the quiet outskirts of Williamsburg where I can eat great food listening to beautiful music in a charming environment.

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