Popular Dinners
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MOST RECENT DINNERS
NEW YORK DINNERS
- A Roman Feast at Il Bagatto
- Parish Hall for the ‘Nauts 6th Anniversary
- An Choi’s Vietnamese Feast
- A Trip(e) to Flushing
- Got Milt? The ‘Nauts Have Some Shirako
- A Filipino Night in Queens
- A Yemeni Star in Bay Ridge
- Goat Brains at Mustang Thakali
- The Gastronauts Eat the King of Burgers
- The Gastronauts Go Off-Road with Food Trucks
LOS ANGELES DINNERS
Recent Dishes
Our Friends
- Adam Aleksander Presents Great innovative events designer
- An Choi Phenomenal Vietnamese in the LES
- Bacon Marmalade Mmmmmm… bacon
- Bian Dang Food Truck Excellent Taiwanese Lunch Box food truck
- Bonhomie Supper Club A terrific supper club
- Brooklyn Edible Social Club Another terrific supper club
- FoodCurated.com Lisa de Guia’s terrific storytelling about food
- Katsuno A family-run gem of a Japanese restaurant
- KorillaBBQ Food Truck Mobile Korean Grill with attitude
- Lamb & Jaffy A Greenpoint gem of a restaurant
- Le Grand Dakar Awesome Senegalese that will knock your socks off
- Palo Santo Fabulous food in Park Slope
- PUBLIC One of our favorite high class joints
- Reel Tasty An excellent rooftop dinner/cinema supper club
- Robertas Food mecca in Bushwick. Run, don’t walk… or take the L
- Southern Spice Hands down the best Southern Indian in the city
- The Whisk & Ladle Terrific underground supper club
- Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream Amazing ice cream
Restaurants
- An Choi Phenomenal Vietnamese in the LES
- Bian Dang Food Truck Excellent Taiwanese Lunch Box food truck
- Engeline's Awesome Filipino food in Queens
- Festac Grill Summon the courage to journey to East New York and you will be rewarded
- Henry's End A neighborhood institution that’s well worth the trip
- Himalayan Yak When we met them, they had no Yak. Now they do
- Katsuno A family-run gem of a Japanese restaurant
- KorillaBBQ Food Truck Mobile Korean Grill with attitude
- La Fusta Argentine in Elmhurst
- Lamb & Jaffy A Greenpoint gem of a restaurant
- Le Grand Dakar Awesome Senegalese that will knock your socks off
- Little Pepper – Xiao La Jiao Bring a first aid kit to this Sichuan super star
- Palo Santo Fabulous food in Park Slope
- PUBLIC One of our favorite high class joints
- Robertas Food mecca in Bushwick. Run, don’t walk… or take the L
- Sip Sak Orhan Yegen’s Turkish masterpiece
- Southern Spice Hands down the best Southern Indian in the city
- St. Anselm Great food in a great hood.
- Tressle on Tenth Great Swiss food – definitely not neutral
- Txikito Fabulous Basque food in Manhattan
- Urumbamba Fantastic Peruvian in Queens
- Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream Amazing ice cream
Balut at Krystal’s Cafe
July, 2006
For our next dinner, Ben arranged a special Filipino menu for us at Krystal’s Cafe in the East Village. Among the various usual unmentionables one dish stood out: Balut, a sixteen day fertilized duck egg. A few tables over, a group of ladies was so impressed to see New Yorkers eating Balut, that they sent us over a few glasses of Halo-Halo.
A Dinner at
KRYSTAL'S CAFE
Goto with Tokway Baboy
(rice congree with tripe, beancurd & pork)
Chicaron Bulaklak
(deep fried ruffle fat in vinegar sauce)
Balut
(16 day fertilized duck egg)
Krispy Pata
(Deep Fried Pork Knuckles)
Lechon Kawali
(deep fried pork belly served with liver sauce)
Main DishesPinakbet
(bitter melon, egg plant, pork & shrimp)
Sinigang na Bangus
(Milkfish soup with tomatoes)
Kare-Kare
(oxtail with peanut sauce)
Binagoongan
(pork in shrimp paste)
Dinuguan
(stew of pork & pork blood)
Inihaw na Baboy
(BBQed pork belly)
Sago Gulaman
Halo-Halo
Lots of San Miguel beer