Dinners that involved: Liver

The Gastronauts head to Flushing for some Tianjin-style innards.

A Trip(e) to Flushing

January 13th, 2012

The Gastronauts head to Flushing for some Tianjin-style innards.

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RESTAURANT: SPICY ROAD

The Gastronauts at Engeline's

A Filipino Night in Queens

November 8th, 2011

This month, the Gastronauts break a pair of balut eggs, eat a few Filipino style pigs, and drink a boatload of San Miguel beer at Engeline’s in Queens.

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RESTAURANT: ENGELINE'S

The Gastronauts visit Orhan Yegen's Sip Sak for some high Turkish cuisine.

Turkish Kokoretsi at Sip Sak

May 10th, 2011

The Gastronauts visit New York’s master of high Turkish cuisine Orhan Yegen at his restaurant Sip Sak for some Kokorec and other delicacies.

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RESTAURANT: SIP SAK

Nutria sure looks a lot better this way.

Ben and Curtiss Hunt Nutria for Dinner

December 18th, 2010

The Gastros head to the Louisiana Bayou, hunt Nutria, skin and eviscerate them, pack them in a cooler and fly them to NYC, where they put on a one-of-a-kind Nutria feast.

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RESTAURANT: NUTRIA DINNER

The Gastronauts head back to Greenpoint

An Unusual Dinner II at Lamb and Jaffy

August 14th, 2009

Yep, we’re going back to the romantic backyard of Lamb & Jaffy in lovely, elegant Greenpoint. Wingtips and cutoffs, baby! We’ve asked the chefs to create something special just for us, and if you were there for last year’s six-course, three-hour boozy dinner, you’ll remember it was of the highest caliber.

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RESTAURANT: LAMB AND JAFFY

Sri Lankan Whole Baby Goat at San Rasa

A Baby Goat at San Rasa

July 7th, 2009

We head to Staten Island for some Sri Lankan food.

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RESTAURANT: SAN RASA

Braided Intestines and other goodies at La Fusta

Asado at La Fusta

May 5th, 2009

The Gastros head to Elmhurst’s La Fusta (The Whip) for some Argentine Asado!

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RESTAURANT: LA FUSTA

The Whole Lamb at Le Grand Dakar

The Whole Senegalese Lamb

March 10th, 2009

This is gonna be full-on, real food from Senegal, not some watered-down hodge-podge: We eat a whole baby lamb, Senegalese style.

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RESTAURANT: LE GRAND DAKAR

A Metzgete at Tressle

A Metzgete at Tressle

February 12th, 2009

This month, we’ll be consuming all the best parts of das Schwein at Trestle on Tenth, where chef Ralf Kuettel will show us a thing or two about Schweizer cooking.

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RESTAURANT: TRESTLE ON TENTH

BBQ In Brian's Backyard

Brian’s Backyard Picnic

September 16th, 2008

We persuade fellow Gastronaut Brian to lend us his place for a backyard BBQ, Gastronaut style.

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RESTAURANT: BRIAN's BACKYARD