TOPJAW

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“Maison Premiere”

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“Veselka”

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“C as in Charlie”

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“Estela”

restaurant

“Where's the best bagel in Brooklyn? Shelsky's. They have the biggest range of smoked fish in all of New York, which is very important when smoked salmon is like an integral half of bagel life.”

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cafe

hotel

“We heavily recommend staying at The Penny in Williamsburg: https://www.penny-hotel.com/”

restaurant

“Best Pizza”

restaurant

“Featured in a guide of New York's best restaurants, recommended by top chefs, and known for authentic tacos.”

restaurant

“Five dollars in New York buys you very little. However, it does buy you this, one of the best dumping spots in Chinatown. We're on Henry Street, not a very touristy one, but Jin Mei Dumplings. How are they doing that? Fifteen dumplings? These are pork and chive fried dumplings. They're fried and steamed. It's very aggressively fried on one side, so you get a real crunch. It works out 33 cents a dumpling. It was very good value for money.”

restaurant

“Every day, there's a queue here. Tiny little silver box with two lovely ladies in it, cooking rice rolls. Big bouncy meat-filled rice rolls. Gone for a small portion of the fresh shrimp rice roll, which cost all of $3.50. Just bargains galore here at Chinatown. How saucy? Reasonably saucy. Peanut sauce, yes and no? Peanut sauce yes please, thank you. Duo xie. Saucy? Duo xie. Duo xie, what does that mean? Thank you. Oh hahaha thank you. You choose your meat filling, roast pork, chicken, dry shrimp. We've gone for fresh shrimp. You have a big puffy rice roll in a little soy-based sauce. The texture of that rice roll, fresh shrimp, the peanut sauce and the chilli. Man, that's delicious.”

cafe

“Right, sort of done with savoury. Now, let's get some sweet stuff in Double Crispy Bakery. There are lots of bakeries in Chinatown, but we've been told this one's the best. Okay, boys, I've made the executive decision that we should go for a lemon bun. And a custard bun. Huh? And the custard. And a custard tart, yeah. It does say on the door, Portuguese Custard Speciality Store. Are they Portuguese or are they from Macau? Who knows? Nice thick, eggy tart. It's not like a Portuguese tart, so maybe that's why it's a Macau. But it's quite delicious. Lemon bun? No idea what's going to be like inside. I love the lemon bun. Lovely hospitable people. They give me delectable bun.”

restaurant

“Shukette is one of the best restaurants in New York. Fariyal, why is that? It's the most delicious Middle Eastern food you're going to have in the city, and it's a vibe. The beauty about the menu here is that this is something that doesn't change. This is like the bricks of the restaurant. The chicken doesn't change, but everything else changes. You have your front of bread to enjoy with all these delicious dips. Oh, wow, that's a hot one. That's fresh out of the pan. I got chef hands. Okay, that makes me feel really good. Once you eat it, you're going to be tempted to talk about your feelings because this stirs up so many emotions. Oh, it's good. This chicken is marinated for three days in a yoghurt and saffron. Yeah, and I love that golden hew it has coming through it. It's so juicy from that three-day marinade, right? But look how crispy that skin is. Damn, how do they got that skin like that? Crispy skin, but the juiciest chicken. Juicy, juicy, juicy. Okay, so these are lamb kofta meatballs, right? Yes. A lot of chefs just kinda cut corners and make a bigger meatball because that's how you can guarantee you got a juicy meatball. These are small and they're juicy as hell. They really are. There's a slight Christmas-y flavour. Christmas-y?! All this stuff is so savoury and rich. You got to have these pickles on the table. Come back, get a little break. Yeah, they got a lot of zing. There's water in my eyes now. Do you know what I mean? They're like, oh. Oh, so nice.”

bar

“Best pub in New York City? Dead Rabbit. You know they're good at it, right? You know New York's good at Irish pubs.”

bar

“Strong Rope Brewery”

restaurant

“Red Hook Tavern”

cafe

“Radio Bakery”

restaurant

“Hamburger America”

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“Lucali”

restaurant

“Taqueria Ramirez”

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“Wildair”

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“One of Amsterdam's best places to eat, recommended by local chefs.”

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“One of Amsterdam's best places to eat, recommended by local chefs.”

restaurant

“One of Amsterdam's best places to eat and drink, recommended by local chefs.”

restaurant

“One of Amsterdam's best places to eat, recommended by local chefs.”

restaurant

“One of Amsterdam's best places to eat, recommended by local chefs.”

restaurant

“The best place for American fried chicken biscuits in Amsterdam, recommended by local chefs.”

restaurant

“One of Amsterdam's best places to eat, recommended by local chefs.”

restaurant

“The best place for dumplings in Amsterdam's Chinatown, recommended by local chefs.”

hotel

“One of Amsterdam's best places to drink, recommended by local chefs.”

bar

“One of Amsterdam's best places to drink, recommended by local chefs.”

restaurant

“There's a few different things going on here. Here you have the carve which is like the wine bar. Next door you have the contour devi where you eat and underneath that is the bar devi cocktail bar... So the chef Adam has a fine dining background which he's brought here. However, it is fine dining but it's approachable. It's friendly. It's fun fine dining.”

restaurant

“Beastro deell has been here for over 120 years. And when Eduardo was trying to get this lease 3 and a half years ago, he was bidding against the guy who wants to turn it into like a Pokéball restaurant. The landlord wanted it to stay this true French classic and so gave it to Eduardo because he was going to carry on that historic dream. So this is one of Paris's busiest beastro but this is one of the smallest commercial kitchens I've seen. This is where you come if you want those really good French classics but done to another level.”

hotel

“Experimental Marray... This is gorgeous, mate. It's not the most gargantuan and spacious, but in terms of like all the details and how lived in it feels in the best way possible... as hotel rooms go. This is one of the nicest I've ever been in.”