Dinners that involved: Tripe

The 'Nauts at il Bagatto

A Roman Feast at Il Bagatto

May 9th, 2012

For Beatrice’s homemade Sweetbread crostini and (the best god damn) trippa alla romana, the ‘Nauts head to the back room of Il Bagatto.

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RESTAURANT: IL BAGATTO

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

Fried Gizzards at St. Anselm

Head Cheese at St. Anselm

September 21st, 2010

The Gastronauts invade Williamsburg’s St. Anselm for some Head Cheese, Humble Pie, Tripe, and other dishes.

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RESTAURANT: ST. ANSELM

Wild and Crazy Feast at Zlata Praha

Wild and Crazy Feast at Zlata Praha

May 4th, 2010

The owner, Suchanek, proudly claims that his is the only Slovak and Czech restaurant in the city, and who are we to call out an armed Central European? He’ll prove it to us by cooking up a traditional game feast, featuring rabbits, wild boar, and all kinds of venison parts.

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RESTAURANT: ZLATA PRAHA

Nigerian Bat Snails at Festac Grill

Bat Snails at Festac Grill

December 8th, 2009

Can you believe that in all our dozens of dinners we’ve only had African food twice? It’s criminal. Speaking of which, have you ever been to lovely East New York? Well, that’s where we’re headed — specifically, to the amazing Festac Grill, which we’re taking over next Tuesday evening.

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RESTAURANT: FESTAC GRILL

Jellyfish at Waterfront International Enterprises

Jellyfish at Waterfront International Enterprises

October 13th, 2009

Enough of this fancy-shmancy table service and elegant garden dining crap–we’re heading back to Flushing. Haven’t you always wanted to eat “couch”? Or Jellyfish four different ways? Or “stew miscellaneous fish w home style cookies”? Of course you have.

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RESTAURANT: WATERFRONT INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES

Pig Head at Roberta's

Pig Heads at Roberta’s

September 15th, 2009

The Gastronauts head to the food mecca of Bushwick, Roberta’s, for some phenomenal Pig Head and other dishes.

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RESTAURANT: ROBERTA'S

The 'Nauts bring Yak back to Queens

The Gastronauts Bring Yak Meat to Queens

June 9th, 2009

Seriously, you gotta hear this story: there’s a restaurant up in Jackson Heights called Tibetan Yak that we’ve been wanting to hit up for a while. But when we called them, they said, “Oh, sorry, we don’t have yak.” So we went, and got them some Yak meat and had ourselves a feast.

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RESTAURANT: Himalayan Yak

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