... North African food in general is what's up these days. Mad love and thanks go out to H who put me up on cAfe (108th and Columbus); a small unassuming French-Carribbean byob spot on the UWS. Your boy got exactly the opposite of what I would imagine D would order: pheasant pate with fennel, white truffle oil, cognac, and topped with melted brie. Then I got the lamb merguez with harissa, dried figs, and dates in a coconut sauce. Phenomenal.
Then last night I did some roomie bonding and ate at Le Souk in the one place being gentrified faster than Harlem: Alphabet City. It's a Morrocan place that my roommate basically chose because the hostesses were hot (I hung my head in shame; they were hot, though). His lamb was a bit bland but my couscous paella was Foxy Brown aka the ill-na-na. It had mussels, shrimp, spicy merguez and chicken in a bed of Israeli couscous (if you're not already, get up on that Israeli couscous). There was also a black olive spread with harissa in it to go with the bread. Shit was lovely. A forewarning may be in order though: It's gonna be bread and water for the next two weeks.
FYI: Artist of the week is Chuck Hamilton and his new dope track Brazilian Crying Season. As a matter of fact, this whole blog should be favorited.
FYI: Artist of the week is Chuck Hamilton and his new dope track Brazilian Crying Season. As a matter of fact, this whole blog should be favorited.
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haha nice dude! by the way, i never critized you for spending money (or wearing white shoes)...i criticized you for spending money on over-priced, under-tasty bagels from street vendors. in any event, i will post soon. keep forgetting to upload food pics.
I'm so glad you liked cAfe (formerly known as just A, after the subway line)! LOVE the pheasant pate and they used to do a roasted boar pate which might have been even better. They make fantastic rabbit sausage, too--they've got a game-theme going on, now that I think about it. Never been to Le Souk, but someone in Brazil, actually, told me I should go. Didn't realize they had food--this guy was hyping it as a club.
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