NYC Restaurant Reviews - donuts4dinner.com » a taste for tv http://www.donuts4dinner.com NYC Restaurant Reviews for Sugar Fiends Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 My Pick for America’s Next Great Restaurant http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2011/03/07/my-pick-for-americas-next-great-restaurant/ http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2011/03/07/my-pick-for-americas-next-great-restaurant/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:00:39 +0000 plumpdumpling http://www.donuts4dinner.com/?p=1534 Thanks to a tip from Grub Street, my boyfriend and I hurried to Grand Central on Friday afternoon to pig out on foods inspired by the new NBC show “America’s Next Great Restaurant” and have our picture taken with Bobby Flay so I could later deface it with inappropriate Sharpie drawings.

The pop-up automat was serving mac & cheese, marinated chickpeas, grilled cheese, fried chicken sliders, and Spanish meatballs to preview some of the ideas presented by the would-be restauranteurs on last night’s premiere episode:

America's Next Great Restaurant Grand Central Pop-Up

Bobby wasn’t anywhere to be seen, but the meatball made up for it:

America's Next Great Restaurant Grand Central Pop-Up

Did any of you catch the show? It was especially interesting to watch from NYC (and other major cities, I imagine), because so many of the “novel” ideas for a new “fast casual” restaurant were foods we’ve been feasting on for years here. Anyone writing about food in New York has been to Meatball Shop, and anyone breathing has eaten a healthy wrap.

But some of the ideas were truly new, and I’m especially excited that so many of them were geared toward healthier eating. Based purely on the first episode alone, my vote is for Sandra Digiovanni, who pitched a restaurant concept called Limbo, where diners can choose from two versions of the offered dishes: the total-indulgence version or the lighter one.

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]]> http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2011/03/07/my-pick-for-americas-next-great-restaurant/feed/ 2 Dessert Crazy (with Emphasis on the “Crazy”) http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2010/09/27/dessert-crazy-with-emphasis-on-the-crazy/ http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2010/09/27/dessert-crazy-with-emphasis-on-the-crazy/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:35:47 +0000 plumpdumpling http://www.donuts4dinner.com/?p=1020 I know not everyone’s into desserts like I am (FOOLS!), but “Top Chef: Just Desserts” is undeniably watchable thanks to the antics of 34-year-old Seth Caro from NYC. Whether you think he just has emotional problems or believe, like Dr. Boyfriend and I do, that he may actually be mentally handicapped, you have to appreciate the WTF-ness he brings to the show.

Case in point:

You got that? He’s gonna be a dick, he’s gonna cook, he’s gonna win this whole fucking shit, and you can suck it, okay?

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]]> http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2010/09/27/dessert-crazy-with-emphasis-on-the-crazy/feed/ 6 It’s Okay to Like Organ Meats a LITTLE http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2010/04/23/its-okay-to-like-organ-meats-a-little/ http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2010/04/23/its-okay-to-like-organ-meats-a-little/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:00:41 +0000 plumpdumpling http://www.donuts4dinner.com/?p=594 I once complained about the smarmy boys next to me at dinner who claimed they looooooooved organ meats, thinking they were being disingenuous.

But you know what’s worse? People who are totally resistant to them. This scene from “The Millionaire Matchmaker” made me laaaaaaugh. And also cry.

PHILISTINES!

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]]> http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2010/04/23/its-okay-to-like-organ-meats-a-little/feed/ 6 “Top Chef”: From a Little Prick to Big in Your Mouth http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2009/10/30/top-chef-from-a-little-prick-to-big-in-your-mouth/ http://www.donuts4dinner.com/2009/10/30/top-chef-from-a-little-prick-to-big-in-your-mouth/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:20:40 +0000 plumpdumpling http://www.donuts4dinner.com/?p=271 It might be that I’m a little biased against Padma Lakshmi and her completely untrained palate, but there are some things I don’t want coming out of my reality TV show host’s mouth:

Tom Colicchio, on the other hand, can say whatever he wants.

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