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Double Harmony at Wu’s Wonton King in NYC

Posted on January 7, 2018 by docsconz

It was my first meal of 2018. Had I had it a week earlier, it would have placed well into my Top 25 Restaurant Meals of the Year. Instead, this celebratory family feast for eleven, built around a whole suckling […]

Posted in Family, Food and Drink, New York City, Places, Restaurants, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic | Tagged Chinese restaurants, King crab, NYC, suckling pig, Wu's Wonton King | Leave a comment

The Docsconz Top 20 Traditional Restaurant Dishes of 2016 – Craftsmanship

Posted on January 6, 2017 by docsconz

This list is to highlight the very best dishes of my dining year based upon the the craft of cooking and the quality and presentation of the central component or traditional preparation. As with the Creative Restaurant Dishes list, I will […]

Posted in Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Florida, Food and Drink, Great Britain, Maryland, Musings, New York City, Places, Spain | Tagged Achilles Heel, almejas de Carril, Andalucia, Angel Leon, Antonio Bachour, Aponiente, Axpe, Bachour Bakery and Bistro, Bar FM, Barcelona, basque Country, Bitor Arguinzoniz, Blue Crab, Bodega 1900. Albert Adria, boquerones, breads, brisket, Brooklyn, Casa Pepe, caviar, Chesapeake Bay, Clams, Crab Cake, croquetas, Delaney Barbecue, Denia, Dizengoff, El Rincon de Juan, Emily Seaman, England, ensaladilla rusa, escabeche, Espai Kru, Etxebarri, fried fish, Galicia, gambas rojas, Garcia's Seafood Grille and Fish Market, Getaria, Hella Chicken, hummus, Jaén, Kaia Kaipe, La Buena Vida, Lechon Frito, London, Lorito, Madrid, Marisqueria Rafa, Maryland, Miami, Michael Solomonov, Noble Rot, NYC, Ocean City, oysters, Paul Weaver, Pedroches, Quique Dacosta, razor clams, Rump of Lamb, Sacha, Seasalter, Slip Sole, Spain, stone crabs, The Crab Bag, The Sportsman, turbot, Viennoisserie, Whitstable | Leave a comment

The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017 by docsconz

The year 2016 was a strange one on so many levels. In many ways it was a year that was very sad and even depressing with the deaths of so many notable people, especially, it seems, of musicians and iconic […]

Posted in Bistronomic, Chicago, Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Blogs, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Great Britain, Maryland, Musings, New England, New York City, Places, Regional, Restaurants, Spain, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic, Travel, Washington, D.C., Wine | Tagged 2016, Aaron Silverman, Achilles Heel, Albert Adriá, Andalucia, Angel Leon, Aponiente, Araboandaluz, Asador Etxebarri, Barcelona, Basque dining, Ben Sukle, best of 2016, Betony, Birch, Bitor Arguinzoniz, Bodega 1900, Brooklyn, brothers Sandoval, Bryce Shuman, Chicago, Coque, Cordoba, crab shack, Dan Flavell, Denia, Didier Fertilati, Disfrutar, Eamon Rockey, Eduard Xatruch, El Celler de Can Roca, elBulli, Eleven Madison Park, Espai Kru, fine dining, gastropub, Getaria, Girona, Gunpowder, Heidi Sukle, Hoja Santa, Humanes, Indian Restaurants, Isaac Mchale, Joan Roca, John Shields, Kaia Kaipe, Karen Urie Shields, London, London restaurants, Madrid, Mario Sandoval, Marisqueria Rafa, Maryland, Mexican fine dining, Noble Rot, Noor, NYC, NYC Restaurants, Oriol Castro, Paco Mendez, Paco Morales, Paul Weaver, Pineapple and Pearls, Providence, Quique Dacosta, Roca brothers, Sacha, Sacha Hormaechea, seafood, Shepherd Neame, Smyth, Spain, Stephen Harris, The Clove Club, The Crab Bag, The Sportsman, Tickets, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Spanish Restaurants, Vanguardism, Washington D.C., Whitstable, Will Guidara, wine, wine bars | Leave a comment

Raising the Bar at Betony

Posted on July 12, 2016 by docsconz

Restaurants often get a bad rap as cocktail bars and frequently that is a valid criticism. That said, some of my favorite places to enjoy well conceived, constructed and craveable cocktails is in restaurants and NYC happens to be home to […]

Posted in Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, New York City, Restaurants, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Travel | Tagged Betony, Bryce Shuman, cocktails, Eamon Rockey, fine dining in NYC, Michelin stars, NYC, NYC Bars, NYC Bartenders, NYC Restaurants | Leave a comment

Eleven Madison Park Made It Nice!

Posted on June 8, 2016 by docsconz

Disclaimer alert: My family and I are certainly known to the restaurant and I received a significant discount as well as no corkage fees for bringing a couple of special bottles of wine. My son, L.J., works at Eleven Madison […]

Posted in Cheese, Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Family, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Hotels, New York City, Pastry, Places, Restaurants, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Travel, Wine | Tagged Billy Peelle, Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1986, Chateau Leoville Las Cases 1986, Daniel Humm, Dmitri Magi, Eamon Rockey, Eleven Madison Park, Leo Robitschek, Michelin 3 star restaurants, NYC, NYC Restaurants, Paula De Pano, San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants, Sebastiano Di Dio Masa, Will Guidara | Leave a comment

The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2015

Posted on January 1, 2016 by docsconz

With two long, culinary focused trips to Spain in 2015, it is no surprise, to me at least, that this list is dominated by Spanish restaurants. While my travels may not have been as geographically diverse as in some years, […]

Posted in Bistronomic, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, New England, New York City, Pastry, Regional, Restaurants, Slow Food, Spain, The Southern USA, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic, Travel, Upstate NY, Washington, D.C., Wine | Tagged 2015, Abac, Albert Adriá, Alicante, Asador Chuleta La Balconada, Asador El Torreón, Asturias, BarBas, Barcelona, basque Country, Berto Domínguez García, Bitor Arguinzoniz, Bodega 1900, Cosme, Curaté, d'Berto, Daniel Ryan, Daniela Soto-Innes, Disfrutar, Eduard Xatruch, El Crucero, Etxebarri, Fabian Von Hauske Valtierra, Fabio Trabocchi, Felix Meana, fine dining in NYC, Fiola Mare, Galicia, Georgetown, Hoja Santa, James Kent, Jeremiah Lawrence, John McCarthy, Jordi Cruz, Kaia Kaipe, Katie Button, Kim Floresca, La Gabarra, Los Arcos, Madrid, Marisol Dominguez, Mateu Casañas, Miguel Angel Andres, Momofuku Ko, Nabor Jiménez, Niño Viejo, NYC, NYC dining, One Restaurant, Oriol Castro, Paco Mendez, Pedro Asensio Vadillo, Rafa, Restaurante Elias, Sean Alex Gray, Spain, Spanish restaurants, The Crimson Sparrow, The NoMad, Top 25 Restaurant List, Wildair | Leave a comment

StarChefs ICC 2015 Day Two Photo Highlights

Posted on November 16, 2015 by docsconz

Posted in Cheese, Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Events, Food and Drink, Food Events, New York City, Pastry, Restaurants, Slow Food, Starchefs, Wine | Tagged 2015, NYC, Starchefs, Starchefs ICC, Starchefs International Chefs Congress | Leave a comment

Rebelle Yell

Posted on June 26, 2015 by docsconz

Has anyone noticed the renaissance of French influenced cooking, both casual and more refined, in New York City lately? It may not be quite as extensive as the explosion of Italian oriented restaurants of recent years, as visible as the rise […]

Posted in Bistronomic, Cheese, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, New York City, Restaurants, Slow Food, Wine | Tagged Branden McRill, Daniel Boulud, Daniel Eddy, French cuisine, French restaurants, Kimberly Livingston Prokoshyn, NYC, NYC Restaurants, Patrick Cappiello, Racine's, Rebelle, Rotisserie Georgette, wine, wine programs | 1 Comment

Big Apple BBQ 2015 – Meat, Music & Memories – Personal Highlights

Posted on June 16, 2015 by docsconz

The weather forecast earlier in the week wasn’t particularly encouraging, but fortunately, in this case, at least, the lack of long-term forecasting accuracy worked out splendidly as it proved to be another perfect weekend for the 13th annual Big Apple […]

Posted in Big Apple BBQ, Cocktails & Libations, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Food Events, New York City, Regional, Restaurants, Slow Food, Southern Food & Cooking, The Heartland, The Southern USA, Travel | Tagged 17th St Barbecue, Amy Mills, Barbecue, Big Apple Barbecue, Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, Big Apple BBQ, Big Apple BBQ Block Party, Big Bob Gibson's, Billy Durney, Blue Smoke, Brad Orrison, Bradford Thompson, Chris Lilly, Danny Meyer, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Drew Robinson, Ed Mitchell, Eleven Madison Park, Garry Roark, Gennaro Pecchia, Gerry Dawes, Hometown Bar-B-Que, Jean-Paul Bourgeois, Jeffrey Steingarten, Jim 'n Nick's, John Stage, John Wheeler, Julian Van Winkle, Leo Robitschek, Louie Mueller Barbecue, Memphis Barbecue Company, Men Who Dine, Mike "Pappy" Emerson, Mike Conlon, Mike Mills, NYC, Operation BBQ Relief, Pappy Van Winkle, Pappy's Smokehouse, Patrick Martin, Rodney Scott, Sam Jones, Scott Roberts, Skip Steele, Steven Shaw, Tess Rex, The Bourbon Bar, The Crooners, The Salt Lick, The Shed, The Skylight Inn, The Woodshed, Tim Love, Ubon's Barbecue, Wayne Mueller | Leave a comment

Cosme – Mexican Cool in Hot New York

Posted on June 3, 2015 by docsconz

Seemingly forever, with a few notable exceptions¹, Mexican cuisine outside of Mexico has been little more than a reduction of a few, formulaic dishes, utilizing Mexican or Mexican-like ingredients that were locally available. That was indeed a major shame, as Mexican cooking […]

Posted in Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Mexico, New York City, Pastry, Restaurants, Traditional Ethnic, Wine | Tagged Cosme, creative Mexican cooking, Daniela Soto-Innes, Enrique Olvera, Mariana Villegas, Mexican Cuisine, Mexican fine dining, Mexican Restaurants, mezcal, NYC, NYC Mexican restaurants, NYC Restaurants, Pujol | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: NYC

Double Harmony at Wu’s Wonton King in NYC

The Docsconz Top 20 Traditional Restaurant Dishes of 2016 – Craftsmanship

The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2016

Raising the Bar at Betony

Eleven Madison Park Made It Nice!

The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2015

StarChefs ICC 2015 Day Two Photo Highlights

Rebelle Yell

Big Apple BBQ 2015 – Meat, Music & Memories – Personal Highlights

Cosme – Mexican Cool in Hot New York

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