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MitchW

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  1. MitchW

    Eater

    U don’t know what lobster is?
  2. I think it’s a neighborhood, it’s just east of the FDR!
  3. MitchW

    momofuku ko

    Probably the smartest thing he ever did…or someone helped him do.
  4. MitchW

    momofuku ko

    But the main problem I have with this is that he was a douche to many employees. And probably a few customers as well.
  5. MitchW

    momofuku ko

    And may someone have mercy on us all.
  6. MitchW

    Eater

    You took the words... However, I'm thankful (though not 100% certain) that person did not have to look up oeufs mayo.
  7. MitchW

    momofuku ko

    It's why Dave now sells microwave cookware... The future is unwritten!!
  8. Waterside is the first or last stop on the M34 bus, so that might be a reason? Maybe 25% is hardly anyone, but that's how many call it that.
  9. The inlet is interesting...not necessarily considered navigable. So we fished the inlet a bit - along with probably 2 dozen other fishing boats, and you (or should I say the captain) need to pay constant attention. So after a couple of casts, we went out and into the ocean, where there's a lot more room.
  10. MitchW

    momofuku ko

    Sold out a long time ago. Not that I'm saying selling out was a bad move, but...
  11. Maybe they think...jeez, it's so expensive to dine out in this city, we should just eat some sardines back in the hotel room...I know just where to get some!
  12. MitchW

    Gigs

    Well, now you have a reason to head back to the UK for a bit. And convince them to come here again.
  13. One of my favorite songs on that album.
  14. Nixtamal is no longer operating in Essex Market; I wonder if the disappearance in your 'hood isn't related?
  15. They better not send Sietsema to Bazaar. As Helen notes:
  16. I have to say that watching a few playoff games here and there, I realized why these teams are still playing. I mean, I have seen some amazing defense played, along with some pretty significant clutch hitting.
  17. MitchW

    Supper

    Did a little striped bass fishing this week. I have about 4 lbs. of filets cut up, vacuum packed, and in the freezer. Last night, I took two nice, fairly thick filets that I hadn't frozen... And cooked 'em a little Spanish style. First, I par baked some thinly sliced Yukon gold potatoes, doused in olive oil, for about 20 minutes. Then, I took the seasoned filets, put them on top, and threw some cherry tomatoes and Spanish olives all around. Back into the oven for another, oh 12 minutes, and done. A little more olive oil, some lemon wedges, and one of the best meals you can imagine was had. Oh, I also ought to mention, that when we butchered the fish a couple of hours after they were landed, I took the collars, salted and peppered, and grilled them; they were amazing.
  18. Went out fishing for striped bass this week, with a friend who has a house (and a boat) out in Mastic Beach, which is a bit west (and a bit less fancy than) of Westhampton. At first, during the early afternoon, he wanted to play around (i.e. fish) on the jetties which line the Moriches Inlet... Moriches Inlet Now, I enjoy fishing; it's relaxing, it's fun, it allows me to commune with nature, etc. etc. You see people enjoying it, sitting on a dock or on a boat, perhaps smoking a corncob pipe or chewing on a blade of grass. Like this: This was nothing like that. My first task was putting on waders. I've never put on waders; had it not been for the fishing part, this was one of the hardest things I've ever done. These keep you dry, even while standing on the shoreline and casting into the surf, praying that you're not gonna get pulled out by the undertow, which is, let's just say, stronger than you think. (Being told to stand on one leg when you think the undertow is going to pull you down was not necessarily a comfort.) While surf casting on the beach is fun (and driving on the beach is even more fun, though sometimes it feels like driving might be like on the surface of the moon), getting onto the jetties in order to cast into the inlet, is a whole different story. For that, you have to put on boots with spikes on the bottom. Like these: Because the jetty is rocks, which are wet, uneven, slippery and dangerous. Let's also just say I didn't last too long on the jetty; my first cast get caught on the rocks, I lost the lure, and that was that. Here's a screenshot of the beach we drove along, from Smith Point to Moriches Inlet on the right-hand side. When the beach is impassable (high tide, dunes, whatever), there's a "road" just behind the beach which gets used; it makes 2nd Avenue look like the smoothest road you've ever been on. Okay, so that was fun, and after an hour or two we drove back to the house to relax a bit, and then went over to the boat to fish again, an hour or two before sunset. First, I had to put back on the damn waders, and we had to gas up the boat on the way out... Gassing up in one of the marinas at the inlet, look how beautiful it is! Also, this is one of the few pictures I could take, as it was one of the few times I wasn't holding on for dear life. Actually...I kid...a little - it was mostly pretty smooth. Getting in and out of the inlet to the ocean, not quite as smooth. One of the little pieces of advice given to me by the captain: always have one hand for the boat; meaning, if we hit a wake or a wave and start bouncing around a bit (trust me, you bounce), you want to be able to grab a rail and hold on. Out of the marina, out of the inlet, and into the ocean we went. My friend is a fisherman; i.e. he knows how to find fish. Every minute or two he would say: "Did you see that?!" My answer: "What?" You're basically looking for birds diving for bait fish, and you're looking for the ocean to boil - or what's called a blitz. While we never hit a true blitz, there were birds, there was bait, and we ended up with these beauties: Recreational striped bass fishing is highly regulated. One fish per day per person may be kept - we each caught one. And the size must be between 28" and 31" (used to be 35"), which these are. Successfully we fished the sun going down; coming back in the dark is interesting as well, but my buddy, in addition to being an experienced fisherman, is also an experienced boater. Radar helps! We went out again the next morning (or, as they like to say, at first light (I learned so much on this short trip)), but no fish were around. After a leisurely breakfast, I drove back into the city (as any experienced cab driver might do) with my gorgeous striped bass fillets. He went out again that afternoon, and caught and released a bunch of fish from the shore. I'd do it again in a NY minute! Here's what a real blitz, off Montauk, looks like:
  19. Yes, obviously not a classic sit-down restaurant, so I guess no good reason to use a reservation platform. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C6OPkkyZb6Fq7Arowxbdmp-vAoBMWti6/view
  20. You do have to factor in what they have to pay to the platform, no? Here, it's $0.
  21. Phil was undoubtedly one of our favorite bartenders in the days of the serious cocktail bar renaissance.
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