Email Author Tejal Rao

2012 Stories by Tejal Rao

• It's Blighty Brooklyn at Dear Bushwick

  published December 26, 2012

  Wilson Avenue is as gloomy as a London high street after hours, dotted here and there with frozen dog poo and candy-bar wrappers. A man walks... More >>

• Munch an Ugly Duckling at Jeepney

  published December 19, 2012

  Unhatched ducklings make for pretty good eating. Don't take my word for it—try one, boiled in its shell, at More >>

• L'Apicio Hosts Your East Village Prom Night

  published December 12, 2012

  Praise the comforting sameness of nice restaurants: the one-two olfactory punch of foaming butter and designer perfume, the massive spheres... More >>

• Yoshihito Kida and Mika Ohie Bring You the Joys of Soba

  published December 5, 2012

  There is a particular kind of yam that drools as you chew it. You can find slices of the sticky Nagaimo tucked in shiso leaves at More >>

• Top Chef's Leah Cohen Brings Pinoy Comfort to Clinton Street

  published November 28, 2012

  Cities are layers, and the amateur archaeologist might look into New York's past at the Lower East Side restaurant More >>

• Masten Lake to Gowanus Canal at the Pines

  published November 21, 2012

  A whole week after the massive storm made landfall, locals in Gowanus still wore flannel and knee-high rubber boots to gut their smelly,... More >>

• The Return of M. Wells: Hugue Dufour and Sarah Obraitis Move Into MOMA's P.S.1

  published November 14, 2012

  Shin bones filled with snails and hot marrow. Slabs of blood pudding. Cast-iron buckets of beef broth and onion. Here are the dishes that have... More >>

• Back Forty West: New Soho, New Restaurant

  published November 7, 2012

  Of course we're feeling a bit of kale exhaustion. It seems like it burns more calories to chew it like big apes than the leaves actually... More >>

• Exchange Alley: The Big Easy Apple

  published October 31, 2012

  The best thing about a pot of jambalaya, whether it's made with a box of Uncle Ben's or a bag of Southern long-grain, is the leftovers. The... More >>

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  Enduring in Red Hook

  published October 31, 2012

  Sadek Abiah pulled up the gate of his Kennedy Fried Chicken at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, determined to serve food to the thousands remaining in a... More >>

• Matthew Lightner Offers an Exquisite Tasting at Atera

  published October 24, 2012

  The cluttered table used to tell you everything. The weight of the tablecloth, the number of forks, the glasses from a certain... More >>

• Sel et Gras: Frenching the West Village

  published October 17, 2012

  The walls and ceilings are spray-painted with the neon words "Salt and Fat," as if this were the underground rebel headquarters of a... More >>

• Ducks Eatery: Bite Their Tongue

  published October 10, 2012

  A fried pig's ear is a porky mille-feuille. Cartilage, meat, and skin layered together for crackle and crunch. More >>

• Cómodo Is Street Legal

  published October 3, 2012

  A middle-age couple is here to celebrate some special day, just the two of them. It's a quiet, dignified affair, until the restaurant turns up... More >>

• Enter the Comfort Zone at 606 R&D

  published September 26, 2012

  The mussels are small and wild, jimmied off the Hampton Bays where they cling together against the shore. They are scrubbed clean and steamed... More >>

• Chop Shop: The Hodgepodge Lodge

  published September 19, 2012

  Chelsea on a breezy September night. A tiny, glimmering patio. There are tree branches dotted with pink blossoms reaching across a handful of... More >>

• Jezebel: It Is Now Kosher to Eat in Soho

  published September 12, 2012

  For a restaurant aiming to modernize kosher cuisine in New York, the decor at Soho's More >>

• Din and Dinner at the Penrose

  published September 5, 2012

  Late in the evening, herds of single men and women gather at the Penrose.... More >>

• Well Hello, Governor

  published August 29, 2012

  On a late summer night at Governor, the room was unbearably hot, and... More >>

• Neta: Cool Fish, Cool Place

  published August 22, 2012

  Nick Kim is dressed all in white, standing in his open steel kitchen, wrapping seaweed around some brightly colored morsels of sea urchin... More >>

• Sorella, House of Pleasure

  published August 15, 2012

  Broccoli is no bombshell. But the other night, it took off its nerd glasses and seduced my party with long, roasted stems and fluffy green... More >>

• Bring An Umbrella—But Not Your Appetite—to Ken & Cook

  published August 8, 2012

  Saturday night in Nolita and the elderflower wine spritzers go down like spa water after a massage—hydrating the body, curbing the... More >>

• Hillside: Just the Two of Us

  published August 1, 2012

  "You're waiting for a table next door?" the waitress presumes before even seating you, as if poor Hillside were a frumpy Crawley, called on to... More >>

• Arthur on Smith: Mama's Duck-Fat Popcorn

  published July 25, 2012

  The neighborhood might be more new Manhattan than old Italian these days, but if you're looking for a chocolate pudding that has been flustered... More >>

• It's French Country–Bistro Fare at Calliope

  published July 18, 2012

  At the end of a long meal, many diners enjoy a stroll, while others prefer to collapse in place for a nap and wake up later to the smell of... More >>