You know what's really awesome? An eleven dollar pizza that's twelve dollars after taxes, and you can eat it for two meals for two people! That's three dollars per person per meal. That's pretty fly in my book. There's a Papa John's pizza near the apartment and they had a pepperoni special going on for just $11. You can order it online too I think, but somehow I still don't trust online ordering systems for pizza places. I prefer calling... or just showing up and waiting for it. Highly inefficient but I dig it. Plus, food that I grew up with really do not get a fair shake on Food in Mouth. I remember when Pizza Hut was the shit, and then all of a sudden Papa Johns came along and put peppers on the side in the pizza box, and they gave you a butter dipping sauce. Well, that butter dipping sauce is gone now... but the peppers are still there. Sure, this doesn't really touch any of the pizzas that's hot in New York currently, but it strikes a great balance between affordability and nostalgia.... [Continue reading]

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December 5, 2011 at 3:59 pm

Forcella is the new thing in the pizza realm. They've received attention for a fried dough pizza that's supposed to be a marvel. By the sound of it I thought it was supposed to be a gastronomical invention that would marvel that of nutella. But as with all things, I can count on one hand the number of things that have changed my life. The first was unlimited internet. Damn, half of you don't even know how awesome it was to get 14.4k unlimited awesomeness. The montanara pizza ($10) at Forcella is a dough that's deep fried for a short period of time and then adorned with toppings and then baked at a high temperature. It's... interesting.... [Continue reading]

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December 2, 2011 at 11:48 am

Busy busy season it is now. I've been thrusted into the middle of layoff roulette. Even with that considered, or perhaps because of that, I have been dutifully playing my role and adding on the pounds. Not exactly a good look for me, but I have taken up the curious exercise of jumping jacks. It's old school, pumps up your heart, and I can do like twenty. Goodness gracious. For Thanksgiving, Steph and I hit up my parents house in the beautiful land of Suburbia and we had ourselves an Asian/Chinese Thanksgiving dinner. All the food was good and none of it was traditional, except the turkey, which my parents bought already cooked. I'll explain.... [Continue reading]

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November 29, 2011 at 4:31 pm

Leon Bakery is a Mexican bakery on 9th ave in Midtown that does tamales for lunch. These things are pretty wicked since they only cost $1.50 a piece. Apparently that's a slight price increase from what it was before, but it's still quite affordable. The shop is new looking since they underwent a renovation recently and everything looks super clean in there. There's an array of baked goods in there, but since I was there only for savory food, the tamales were the thing that caught my attention. They have two kinds, cheese and chicken. I'm not an expert on Mexican food but I liked these tamales, and from what I could tell, they were fairly fresh.... [Continue reading]

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November 23, 2011 at 10:44 am

Excellent Pork Chop House has fallen on many lists of best places to get pork chop over rice in New York. The NKOTB is Hua Ji, which I respect and enjoy. They're not as centrally located in Chinatown as the EPCH. Even in the face of new competition, Excellent Pork Chop House is still really awesome. They're still got one of the best bowls going on because the proportion of pork chop to meat sauce to pickled mustard greens is still pretty wicked.... [Continue reading]

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November 17, 2011 at 12:00 pm