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Kanoyama, a Japanese Michelin-starred restaurant, was our choice to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I wasn’t expecting to go to the restaurant actually; NYC had just opened the indoor space and I wasn’t sure my husband was aware of it.
January is the month of the galette des rois—the King’s cake. These round, flat galettes are made of puff pastry filled with almond paste and traditionally presented on the day of the Epiphany, January 6th. If you want to know more about this famous and delicious custom, read my blog post.
Eggplant is delicious and, on top of that, excellent for a healthy diet. They are high-fiber and low-calorie fruits known to reduce the risk of heart disease and help control sugar levels in the blood.
With our Masks on, our temperature taken, and some COVID guidelines given, we are eventually assigned to our outdoor table. Llama Inn is at the corner of Withers Street and Meeker Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which allows the restaurant to have a pretty large sidewalk with plenty of tables.
It’s official; restaurants in NYC will open their indoor spaces at 25% capacity starting September 30th! And NYC mayor De Blasio has extended the outdoor terrace permits for the whole year. This is big news!
I don’t know how restaurants will manage winter, but let’s wait and see.
There are all kinds of beurek, burek, or börek, in the Middle East: meat beurek, cheese beurek, Armenian beurek, Turkish beurek, Lebanese beurek … I’m not sure exactly which beurek is this one, but let’s call it beurek for busy bees!
This recipe is inspired by Guy Martin, a three Michelin-starred chef.
He is the chef of Le Grand Vefour; a gastronomical restaurant in Paris, a jewel of the 18th century!
Summer is the perfect time to make this recipe, as we are in the middle of tomato season. They are at their sweetest, ripest, and full of flavors.
Now that countries around the world are opening phase by phase, I hope to be able to talk again about restaurants and give you some ideas in the near future. Maybe I will add a section about social distancing and how restaurants are handling COVID-19.
This is our ninth week of lockdown; some states and countries have started opening up a little a bit, others have opened completely. It seems that New York is not ready for the big move, so let’s stay calm and enjoy some tasty recipes.
