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Lemongrass Grill

156 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 522-9728

61 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 399-7100

I was doing a little shopping downtown Brooklyn on Court Street Yesterday and I got hungry. I was looking for a Falafel so dont ask me how I ended up in a Thai Restaurant. These days NYC is choc FULL of Thai Restaurants so I guess you cant avoid ending up in one eventually. The sad thing is, my fat ass was on my way to Trader Joe’s! WHO STOPS OFF TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT ON THEIR WAY TO THE SUPERMARKET!?!?!? Only my greedy ass!

I guess in retrospect that was a good thing because if you shop on an empty stomach, you end up buying one of everything in the store..and you dont wanna do that!

This was my first time at Lemongrass…I’ve passed it a lot of times but never went in because usually when Im in that area, I go straight to Chance when I get hungry. But I have to try new places if Im going to have fresh stories for you guys so I decided to check out Lemongrass. I didnt make a big production out of my meal. I was really looking for a quick bite so I just ordered the Veggie Pad Thai. The pad thai was pretty good! My only issue was that the waiter didnt know WHAT veggies were in the pad thai and it wasnt listed on the menu.

Waiters really need to know the foods on the menu! Customers usually have questions about these things! There are a lot of veggies that I find in Asian dishes that I dont like…like those little corn things that look like allegators, and those round white crunchy disks that have the texture of something you would stab fake flowers into to hold them in place..along with snow peas and bean sprouts. I also dont like mushrooms. Since the menu didnt specify that it had these things in them, I didnt know what to tell them to leave out…except for the bean sprouts. Most pad thai has bean sprouts.

So I had to do a bit of picking…plucking out all the things I dont like but once I got the dish safe for me to eat it was DELICIOUS! I love that they put a lot of scallions in it! Scallions make ANY dish taste better! The texture of the noodles was good, not too tough, not too mushy. I also liked the little bits of tofu. I would have ordered Tofu Pad Thai instead of veggie, but I notice that usually when you order Tofu Pad Thai, the entree tofu is different than the tofu thats mixed in with all of the pad thai. And its too hard for me to explain that I want the OTHER tofu.

Why do I have to be so particular about everything? Why cant I be normal like everybody else? I guess i feel like if Im going to pay for a plate of food, then I should enjoy eating it. Or maybe Im just NUTS! It was only 8 dollars..but still. The fact that I say ONLY when I say 8 dollars shows that Im a brainwashed New Yorker. Honestly 8 dollars is a lot of money for a plate of food that didnt even come with an appetizer..is it not?

I really liked the restaurant though. I will definitely go back to the Lemongrass Grill. Im proud of myself for going in there considering I dont even like lemongrass lol. I cant wait to try some of their other dishes, appetizers and interesting desserts. I would like to try their coconut sticky rice with mango, and also their mango mousse! I love mango so anything with mango in it is alright with me!

The restaurant was very clean and cute. Most Thai Restaurants in NYC are pretty cute! The service was decent. At some points the service was so good that it was a little annoying because they feel the need to clean up your mess as youre making it. Why do some places do that!? Can I eat in peace?! Every time I put down a used napkin, they run by and grab it! If I put down paper from my straw or the chopstick wrapper, they run by and grab it! At one point i only had about 3 bites left to my food and they came flying over! I grabbed my plate because I thought she was trying to take it! But she was only coming by to grab a my dirty napkin. *Embarassing*…I looked all hungry like I escaped from jail!

But thats annoying! Dear waiters, PEOPLE DONT LIKE WHEN YOU KEEP REACHING OVER THEM TAKING JUNK OFF THEIR TABLE WHILE THEYRE TRYING TO EAT! mmmkay?

Thankyew!

But you know, im picky and I guess easily annoyed so that may not bother other people and might be deemed excellent service. I prefer a waiter that only comes by when you call them..or that comes by occasionally and asks if youre ok…but dont be grabbing stuff off my table while Im trying to concentrate on my food. Is that just me?

Boka/BonChon

9 St. Marks Place
(between 2nd Ave & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-2887

I had a great time at dinner with friends last night! We had a little “welcome home” dinner for one of my friends who just returned “home” from London for a visit. Do you know she had the nerve to abandon us by moving there?! How dare she! Dont you hate when your friends move away, but the annoying people that you want to slap always seem to stick around? Why is that?

Anyway, we went to Boka! Its right on St. Mark’s place. I really like this place! Its spacious enough not to be considered small, and if youre in a large group, they put you in a cute little cubby-like room of your own! Its like having your own private party with wait staff!

The food is great! Ive never had a full meal there, I usually stick to appetizer type foods because theyre more fun. The main dish that people go there for is the BonChon Chicken. Its almost weird to go there and not order it. I’ve made a post before about BonChon Chicken when I reviewed “Mad For Chicken”. Its the same kind of chicken but to me “Mad For Chicken” is better. Mad For Chicken makes crispier chicken and they put more sauce on it. But if you dont feel like going all the way to Koreatown, Boka is great for second best. Another cool thing about Boka is the Happy Hour all you can eat chicken and beer special! For 23 dollars you can have all the chicken and beer you want! U HEAR THAT LUDACRIS!?

Honestly, the chicken and beer all you can eat special is fun, but it seems like they half ass it a little on the chicken when you do the special. I like my chicken extremely well done. And though the chicken was cooked all the way through, I would have liked some of it to be a little more cooked. Also, one round of chicken felt like it was luke warm. This doesnt fly when all the previous rounds were so hot, you could hardly even pick them up with your bare hands.

I guess we were eating the chicken too fast for them to keep up? NEWSFLASH: When you have “all you can eat” specials, you have to expect the HOMER SIMPSONS of the world and be prepared for these things! I had to send the luke warm pieces back and have them cooked a little more. My friends told me that I probably pissed off the waiter by sending it back and most likely the new chicken would be laced with piss or some other bodily fluid. HA HA VERY FUNNY! Whats funnier is that when the new chicken arrived, they were the first ones grabbin at it!

Boka also has really great sushi rolls! My favorite is the “Crab and Shrimp Roll”. My friend also got this really good roll that had beef in it. I think it was called a Bul Go Gi Roll! It was delicious! The beef was really tender! I didnt even know that rolls with beef in them even existed. I cant wait to try some of the other rolls.

As for drinks, aside from beer we had leechi soju. Im not a drinker but I liked this a lot! I had 3 shots of it (which is a lot for me) and ate one of the Leechis! Another time I went there, I had watermelon soju which is a lot of fun to drink! They dig out a small watermelon and fill it with the soju. Everyone takes turns scooping some into their little glasses! Its a little messy if youre clumsy but its really cute. Ive learned that I shouldnt drink more than one shot! Drinking prompts me to share too much info about my under garments (complete with visual aids).

Overall I really like this place. Its a cool place to go with a group of friends or on a date. Its very clean inside and I like the trendy atmosphere and neighborhood! Its right on St. Mark’s place so you can do some shopping once you leave! And if youre greedy like me, you can run across the street to Mamoun’s and get a Falafel for later!

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If its for Free its for ME! Auntie Anne’s edition

30 Rockefeller Plaza,
New York

Penn Station, NYC

Macy’s Herald Square

151 West 34th Street
(212) 594-0018

664 8th Avenue
(212) 239-6538

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YOU KNOW I had to come on here and hip you to the free ish! I wouldnt leave you hanging!

February 20th is Free Pretzel Day at Auntie Anne’s! Theyre trying to get us all addicted! Those pretzels are GREAT! (if you can get passed the fact that they roll em with their bare hands lmao).

My faves are the almond pretzels with caramel dipping sauce! For some reason the sauce is no longer free, and its no longer warm! But thats ok! Its still good! I also like the original and the pizza with pepperoni pretzels!

On free day theyll be giving out the original and the cinnamon flavored! Since Ive never had the cinnamon, thats the one I will be snatching up! I wonder if ALL of the locations are participating in free pretzel day! If so, I will be hitting up ALL of the NYC locations!

Will I still be considered a fat ass if I walk to all of em?

Lemme know!

F&B Gudtfood

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I remember the good ole days when I wasnt so picky. I’d eat Stahl Meyer hot dogs with noooo problem! When I was a kid, my mom and I used to make these things called “Yankee Tricks”…where you stick a hot dog on a fork, turn on the gas stove and cook the hot dog in the fire! It was so much fun! Like campin’ in the kitchen! Then one day I became AWARE! Aware of the grossness that is hot dogs.

WTF is a hot dog? What all is in it? Wait! dont tell me! The gristle alone was enough to make me leave those things alone! Gristle is like my kryptonite! Seriously! I dont eat most ground meats or processed meats because of it. I swear, I dont care HOW DELICIOUS something tastes..the moment I find gristle or something hard in it, I will throw it out! I want nothing to do with it! I really cut back on hot dogs, burgers, patties etc.

I did make an exception for Boars Head franks though! For a while anyway! Man, you havent had a hot dog until you put a Boars Head frank in the oven and let it bake until browned. Theyre crispy on the outside, soft and juicy on the inside! Those truly are the best hot dogs I have had to this day! But the fear that I may find a piece of gristle in the middle of one, is enough to stop me from eating them all together. Now if gristle doesnt bother you, I highly recommend Boars Head franks! Not saying that theyre full of gristle because theyre not. But I dont even want to take a chance that MAYBE I will find gristle in one, one day. I mean, they are made of meat so theres a chance.

I also highly recommend Grey’s Papaya hot dogs on West 8th street in the west village! Aside from gristle, I stopped eating Grey’s Papaya because the guys in there would always touch the hot dogs with their bare hands! I dont like that! I think they might wear gloves now. I havent had a hot dog in years! If I go to Grey’s papaya, I ask for bread with that red onion sauce. Whats that called anyway? Those onions taste so good, I dont even need the meat with them.

WHAT THE HELL AM I TALKING ABOUT?! I go off topic before I even get ON topic! Im writing this post to tell all you gristle phobics, non meat eaters, and picky people about F&B Gudtfood. I seriously think they must have interviewed every type of person in the world, and made a hot dog for each of us. They have chicken dogs, pork dogs, beef dogs, veggie dogs…and let me tell you..the veggie dog really tastes like a hot dog! ITS GREAT! When Im in the mood for a hot dog now, I go there! Then I dont have to worry about gristle, because veggies dont HAVE gristle!

They have a variety of fun hot dog combos with fun names like Great Dane, Prairie Dog, Chicken Farm dog etc. and they throw anything on them from chili and cheese, to bacon! Its a hot dog lover’s dream! Their onions are ok. Theyre no Gray’s Papaya but theyre decent enough! I wish Greys papaya was closer in proximity because i’d definitely be a jerk and get my hot dog from Gudtfood and my onions from Gray’s Papaya.

They also have lots of other fun foods like Truffle Fries, Onion Fries, Steak Frites, wraps and for breakfast time, Croissants and Belgian Waffles!

I am so grateful for this place because I can now fearlessly inhale my hotdogs again. With no fear of foreign objects in my hot dog! The staff is also really nice and really patient.

The atmosphere is small, but trendy and cute. A nice place for college kids to grab a quick bite. Its right in the heart of Chelsea, not too far from F.I.T. The BEST thing about this place is that its right across the street from the movie theater! So you can go over there, load up on hot dogs and smuggle them into the theater! No food tastes better than the food that you smuggle it into the movies! Dont you secretly laugh at the people who paid 12 dollars for a hot dog and a soda? GOOD TIMES!

Fun Story: One time, I went to see that movie “Soul Food” with my friend. We went beforehand and bought chinese food to smuggle into the theater! The good ole ghetto kind (you know…chicken wings with fried rice) This was before they sold anything more than Popcorn and Nachos in the theater. We had the nerve to start eating our food right at the part where Big Mama cooked that fabulous feast, and everyone was pigging out! We cranked opened our chinese food cartons and went to town! Then I heard someone sitting a few rows in front of us sigh and say “I can just SMELL IT!”…HAHAHHAHAHA! I cant believe they thought they were imagining the aromas! They must have thought they were watching smellovision! People in NY are crazy!

So thats my story! If ur in the city and want a hot dog…skip the dirty frank stand and hit up Gudtfood! Let me know how you like it!