You find the most random stuff on Facebook sometimes but this time it worked out in my favor. So I was perusing through Facebook and saw an ad for a Mardi Gras Beer Dinner at a place called the Manchester Pub. So I checked it out and emailed Lawrence which was one of the owners.

That Shaved Ice Thou
Any time I think of shaved ice I can only think of one place and that’s Ono Ono Shave Ice Kauai. I went here last year on my Honeymoon and the Wife and I wanted to try shaved ice in Hawaii for the first time. So many flavors, so little time. We got one huge

Secret’s Epic Adventure
So thanks to my wife we got invited to an epic adventure in the city thanks to Secret starting with a Chocolate Making class at Tache Artisan Chocolate. Check out the display Our instructor for the evening Ready to go with my piping bag I won’t quit my day job, I’ll stick to savory over

Smashburger
So many burger places, so little time but I’m here to try them all. So I take a trip with my dad into Pelham and stumbled upon Smashburger. Seems interesting enough but I cringed a little bit at the thought of smashing a burger and thinking of all the juices oozing away and being left

Uptown Bacon Haven
So let me get this straight, they made a restaurant and its main purpose is to sell bacon and bacon accessories. Well I’m sold, here just take my money. Ahh the Baconery which is located in the Upper west side is everything bacon and with some many options where do I start. I’ll start by

Pork Chili and Cornbread – Ain’t nothing wrong with that
Its been really cold in New York lately so all I want is comfort food. Hope you got 18 hours because you are going to need it to make this Chili. First off you will need to cook your pork shoulder Take your 5 lb bone in pork shoulder (or whatever amount you want to

Thai Market NYC
This has got to be one of my favorite Thai places in NYC. We found this spot years ago when my wife lived on the Upper West Side. Now that I live in Washington Heights I’m actually just to lazy to go over there as often as I like. I went there this past Saturday

My time in Culinary Arts
I thoroughly enjoyed taking Culinary Arts classes at City Tech in Brooklyn. When I decided to leave I felt kind of weird and like I was letting myself down because of the ideas I wanted to do but I realized I can do whatever I want in Culinary degree or no degree. Also the timing

Divine – Rhode Island. Divine Italian food indeed!
I’ll start this off by saying I’m really surprised how much good food you can find in the Warwick, Rhode Island and the surrounding areas. Normally in the summer months I’ll visit my in-laws up in Rhode Island and on occasion we go to Divine which is an Italian restaurant. It’s a very simple menu

How about some Chinese food in the Heights
I was meaning to do this post before the new year but ish happens. So the wife and I decided after a very large Dominican Christmas Breakfast at my parents house and nap that proceeded that we wanted to order out for dinner. After watching a Christmas Story marathon for those past 24 hours I