Pub fare When we arrived at our Chelsea hotel, it was already after 8 p.m., and we needed a meal. We took a moment to appreciate the spectacular view from our 45th-floor room and then did a quick Google for restaurants within a few blocks that might be open for dinner. We decided on a…
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Hold the soy sauce: GF in Asia
Traveling in Southeast Asia may sound like a dream for gluten-avoiders. All the rice! And rice noodles! But alas, there is one major stumbling block to GF dining: Soy sauce, made from wheat, in a travesty of inaccurate branding. Sadly, many Asian dishes are cooked with soy sauce, and requesting tamari as a substitute is…
Café Nordo and David Lynch
For the second time this year I went to experience an evening of strangeness and fine cuisine courtesy of the mysterious Chef Nordo. This time around, Café Nordo set up shop in the cabaret area of Theater Off Jackson (formerly Canoe Social Club). My previous Nordo experience was in the shambling old Washington Hall, divided…
Plumb Wonderful 