name : wesage : 24
location : hoboken, nj
occupation : food
explain yourself:
i love to eat food.
i love the thought of eating food.
i love reading about people who are eating food.
this blog is to document every chew, gulp, sautee, and taste i encounter. there's plenty of food out there, and i want to experience all of it.
[featured photos and video were captured on my iphone 3gs. others will be fairly and rightfully credited to their proper owners.]
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midtown lunch
amateur gourmet
serious eats
VendrTV
Robyn Lee
Wine Library TV
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NYC Cravings’ Taiwanese Fried Chicken and Pork Platter
Let’s start you off with a little riddle: you are placed in the middle between two tables. On your left, a succulent chicken leg, perfectly fried crispy skin, juicy thigh and drum dark meat. On your right, a tender pork chop, thick, chewy, just the right amount of salt that gets your mouth gushing. The question .. which way do you go?
The correct answer: the NYC Craving’s truck is, which brings the chicken and pork as duo to street eaters in the glorious $7 steal: PORKEN!
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A Salt and Pepper Pork Chops Sighting, Outside of Chinatown
Whenever Sam and I go out to eat with my family in Chinatown, it’s tough to find the right balance of the safe and the adventurous. Everyone has their own favorite. my sister loves the steamed fish, I love mixed seafood in the bird’s nest (don’t worry- it’s made of fried taro). But my dad’s caught on what to order that he knows will consistently deliver and be devoured: crispy salt and pepper pork. And even as an otherwise pork-less eater, Sam loves it! Ever the eager wanna-be, I wanted to try and recreate this dish as home, and here’s what we came up with.
