Email Author Robert Sietsema

Awards

• 2011 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published June 23, 2010

  "An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 23, 2010

  "An Open Letter to Josh Ozersky"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 1, 2010

  "May We Interest You in Some Egg Fetus?"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 8, 2010

  "Siam I Am"

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2007 Stories by Robert Sietsema

• Vexed in the City

  published July 10, 2007

  For the last five years, On Location Tours has offered Sex and the City excursions around Manhattan. For $39, the tour promises to show you... More >>

• African Resto Assimilates

  published July 10, 2007

  Like French cuisine, Guinea's cooking is based on a series of sauces. As I stood before the counter at Le Conakry—a new place named after the... More >>

• Lunch Box

  published July 3, 2007

  A "tiffin" is a multi-layered, cylindrical metal lunch box. A "wallah" is what you'd call a guy who races on foot through traffic to deliver your... More >>

• Chicken Feed

  published June 26, 2007

  East of Main Street, Northern Boulevard becomes the world's longest Korean strip mall, extending all the way to Bayside. This territory has long... More >>

• Bone Appétit

  published June 19, 2007

  You don't expect much when you see prime rib on a menu. Usually it means an inferior cut of meat being passed off as "prime" grade, even though... More >>

• Georgia on My Mind

  published June 12, 2007

  I was sent to Atlanta in 2002 by a glossy magazine, charged with eating in the city's best restaurant. As I hopped from place to place during the... More >>

• Pouting for Poutine at The Inn LW12

  published June 5, 2007

  It's always exciting when a new ethnicity drops like a crab apple onto the city's vast culinary picnic. That cuisine du jour is Canadian and the... More >>

• Pizza Shut

  published June 5, 2007

  The city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene got caught with its pants down. It was embarrassed in April when a video, broadcast on local... More >>

• The Whole Kadang

  published May 29, 2007

  Gado-gado, an Indonesian invention often found in Malaysian restaurants, is a salad of veggies, hard-boiled eggs, tofu, and bean sprouts hosed... More >>

• Channeling Barcelona

  published May 22, 2007

  One evening a friend and I had the good fortune of sitting next to two Spanish men on a first date. "What do you think of the patas bravas?" I... More >>

• Juliette's Kingdom of Girls

  published May 15, 2007

  It's easy to fall in love with Juliette. A pinched front gives way to a serpentine layout: first an antique bar with tables strewn here and there,... More >>

• Stuck in the City—and Lovin' It

  published May 8, 2007

  Some people have summer cottages in Connecticut, Columbia County, or the Catskills, while others can put the touch on friends with beach homes in... More >>

• Robin Hood Rests

  published May 8, 2007

  Calabria is the toe of the Italian boot, and one of its poorest regions. To the majority of visitors, it's the barren stretch of coastal highway... More >>

• Bland on the Run

  published May 1, 2007

  There was certainly nothing wrong with the doro wett ($14). In fact, it was superb. A thigh and drumstick floundered in the thick and spicy red... More >>

• Tonguing the Devil

  published April 24, 2007

  "This really isn't a sushi place," said Gretchen, somewhat balefully, as she ran her eye over the menu at Chiyono. We'd arrived at the narrow... More >>

• Poking the Fat Pig

  published April 17, 2007

  "Hick'ry, cedar, and oak," was the enthusiastic reply of the clerk in the ear-flapped cap when asked what kinds of wood were being used in the... More >>

• Bean There, Done That

  published April 10, 2007

  Calvin Trillin is a fanesca fanatic. By tradition, this stew incorporates 12 types of beans—one for each of the Christian apostles—into... More >>

• Tastes Like Turkey

  published April 3, 2007

  The interior of It's Greek to Me recalls the island of Mykonos: A wood-and-canvas windmill built right into the wall flaps slightly as the front... More >>

• Wine Whine

  published March 27, 2007

  Wine bars were rare a few years ago, but now loom large on the dining landscape. Restaurateurs love them, because these joints often push... More >>

• Mystery Mall

  published March 20, 2007

  Not long ago "eade" posted a rough description on chowhound.com of a new food court on the southern end of downtown Flushing. To me it was like... More >>

• How Green Was My Mole?

  published March 13, 2007

  Built in 1882, the great Gothic bulk of Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church towers over lower Graham Avenue, which runs south from Grand Street to... More >>

• In the Presence of Cod

  published March 6, 2007

  Monday's amazing three-course special plucks Portuguese peasant dishes from the regular menu. Among the apps are wild boar meatballs wallowing in... More >>

• Let There Be Lite

  published February 27, 2007

  Spring is upon us— time to push the rock aside, climb out of the cave, and bask in the warm sunshine. I know we didn't have much of a winter... More >>

• Gettin' Dibi With It

  published February 27, 2007

  Despite the dwindling number of Senegalese street vendors peddling knockoff designer handbags and counterfeit watches, the city's stock of... More >>

• Deep Sea Dining

  published February 20, 2007

  How can I improve on the menu's lavish description of its own ceviche: "A healthy, yet dazzling explosion of flavor, excellent as an appetizer, or... More >>