October 5, 2011 | Posted in Blog, Food, Life, Travel

Dinning Out At Pomme Cafe – A Savory French Cuisine in Astoria

Pomme Cafe is a local French style brasserie located in the heart of Astoria. Shortly after learning about this place I just had to take my friends there and I was thrilled at this discovery. The atmosphere here is great and the French decor is an elegant touch. The staff were also extremely attentive, knowledgeable, and very accommodating with all our requests. It’s definitely a great place to come to with a small group of friends for an intimate and nice dinner.

Everything on the menu sounds very delicious, so my friends and I had a difficult time narrowing down the choices. After looking through the menu we started with the oyster sampler, tuna tartar, French Onion Soup and Sautéed Burgundy Escargots. Our escargots with braised lamb was prepared perfectly. I’m not usually inclined to order anything with lamb in it, but felt like having something different and convinced myself that it was good choice. The escargots was amazing and complemented the lamb perfectly.

And for the highlight of the evening is my creme brulee. It’s so delicious and I can’t wait to go back again for it. Overall we had a great time. We ate, talked and drank our wine for over two hours. It was a great meal and one to be remembered. I would recommend the place to everyone.

Pomme Cafe
3719 Broadway Ave
Astoria, NY 11103
(718) 545-4301

Oyster Sampler

Escargots with braised lamb

September 5, 2011 | Posted in Blog, Food, Life, Travel

Cafe Henri – Reminiscent of a Parisian Cafe In New York City

My fiance and I were in the mood for a light brunch this weekend. We visited Cafe Henri, a charming French cafe in Long Island City. It has a very relaxed atmosphere with an etching of Henri, the owner’s dog on the glass window. The cafe feels very inviting and filled with details like artworks and vintage chandelier that is reminiscent of a Parisian cafe.

The brunch menu has a great selection of French comfort food and variety of sweet crepes. Many people said their Eggs Benedict was really good, so we ordered the eggs benedict with smoked salmon served alongside a salad. And what did we think? Three words: We love it! In addition to the Eggs Benedict, we also ordered the Les Escargot and French Onion Soup. They are flavorful and beautifully presented. The escargot came in a very flavorful garlic butter sauce that was so divine. Everything was fantastic and if you are looking for a light French meal then look no further. Go check out Cafe Henri.

Café Henri
1010 50th Ave
Long Island City, NY 11109
(718) 383-9315

Cafe Henri entrance

We started out with orange juice

Allen didn’t know what to ordered yet

The vintage chandelier look

Interesting….

Gratinee A Oignon – French Onion Soup

Les Escargot – snails baked in garlic butter

La Saumon Fume – smoked salmon, egg, salad, mayo, basil on baguette.

He’s getting full

February 15, 2011 | Posted in Blog, Food, Life, Travel

Valentine Dinner at A Spanish-American Fusion Restaurant

Happy Valentine’s day everyone! Let me start off by saying that I love my neighborhood (Queens) so much because of all the different kind of food they have. Thanks to my wonderful fiancé, we celebrated our 10th Valentine’s day at this Spanish-American fusion restaurant called NOVO in Jackson Heights. Novo is a cute lounge restaurant with great Latin music. We start off by ordering their peach mojito and some crab-cakes as appetizer. We thought the crab-cakes were pretty good, loved the fried on the outside and soft in the inside. We also ordered two entrees after the appetizer – The seafood with rice for him and broiled tilapia fillet for myself. The Latin music with delicious food totally wrapped up our romantic night. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by this place for a mojito or even a delicious crab-cakes.

NOVO
78-23 37th Ave
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Neighborhood: Jackson Heights, Queens

Broiled Tilapia Fillet

Delicious Crab-cakes

Shrimp, Mussels and Fish Over Rice.

Nice Atmosphere Inside NOVO.

Me and My Peach Mojito

November 27, 2010 | Posted in Blog, Food, Life, Travel

My Thanksgiving Dinner at Corner 28

Did everyone woke up from the Thanksgiving Food coma yet? What did you thankful for on this special day? I asked myself the same question and It remind me how blessed I am and how many great things I have to be thankful in my life. My dad and my sister (Ally) was able to down from upstate to celebrate this special day with me, my mom and my youngest sister. My parent didn’t make any turkey dinner, in fact we dine out at this really great Chinese restaurant called Corner 28, located in Flushing, New York. My dad worked as a chef in a Chinese restaurant upstate. I guess that made it a lot easier when it comes to ordering food for him. Before I get into all these delicious food from Corner 28. I would like to share the following thanks.

I’m Thankful for…

• Spend a great time with my family and having them in my life.
• Great friends whose there to guide me and support me (you know who you are).
• My health and my family’s health – both Ally and my mom who are cancer survivors.
• Rini (our dog) is recovered from her bladder stone surgery and made me laugh.
• My fiance whose always there for me for the past 10 years.
• Having great co-workers at Disney and worked with talented people from Agency.com

I’m truly thankful for all I have and want to take this opportunity to thank all my readers out there too. All the wonderful travel bloggers, designers and photographers I met. It was a pleasure knowing you all. I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving like I did. Here are the recap from that special night with my family.

Corner 28 40-28 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355

(Ally thinking what to order)

(Clams W. Black Bean Sauce)

(Snails W. Black Bean Sauce)

(House Special : Crab)

(House Special : Crab -Top View)

(Deep Fried Crispy Bean Curd)

(Teriyaki Short Ribs)

(My sisters Merry on left Ally on right)

(Menu of Corner 28)

November 2, 2010 | Posted in Blog, Food, Life, Travel

Photos : Tasty Salvadoran Cuisine In Queens

My culinary adventures is back to Queens for this week’s post. Under the elevated No. 7 train, I ventured into this cute Salvadoran restaurant, Izalco. Even though I never had Salvadoran food before, I’ve been wanting to try their national dish – pupusas. I started out by ordering pupusas from the “national dishes” section on the menu. Pupusas are like El Salvador’s snack food. It’s a thick corn tortilla filled with combination of cooked pork, seasoned beans or a mixture of cheese filling. It served with curtido, a cabbage salad made with onion, cabbage and carrots.

I also ordered a Salvadoran drink called “horchata”. It’s a traditional drink made with rice, cinnamon, and moro. I’ve never had this before and it was really good! And now on to the entree dish. My fiance and I decided to share a entree plate – Salvadoran steak. They were corn tortilla, rice, shrimps and salad all together. It was very good and everything tasted fresh. At the end of the meal we were stuffed, satisfied and happy! So if you’re looking for an authentic Salvadoran food. You’ll have to try visiting Queens.

Izalco
64-05 Roosevelt Ave
Woodside, NY 11377
718-533-8373

(Pupusas)

(Pupusas filled with cheese)

(Curtido, a cabbage salad)

(Made with onion, cabbage and carrots)

(Salad & shrimps)

(Salvadoran steak)

(Izalco’s wall interior)

(Izalco’s interior decor)

(My first slip of “horchata”)