Thailand

Tired of Potato Chips? Have a Bite of Baby Clams

Why not give these a go instead of Doritos? Westerners have long been in a rut where commercial snacks are concerned. Walk into any bodega and your choices are likely to be limited to dozens of flavors of potato chips in a bewildering number of sizes and shapes, or dough-based snacks that have bee ... More >>

How Is NYC Suddenly The Most Dangerous Place To Live?

So wonders drag star Vodka Stinger, who certainly has a point. And Vodka elaborates: "Hurricanes, nor'easters, terrorist attacks, earthquakes, tourists.... "It's all too much!"

E-Sarn Sausage at Center Point

E-sarn sausage, $6.50, Dish #37 Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in every day (weekends, too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team. [See More 100 Dishes: Burrata From Faicco's | Honey Dip Donut from Peter Pan Bakery] Thai ... More >>

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Duck Larb at Zabb Elee, Dish No. 2

​Scrumptious nuggets of resilient duck, almost like a cross between pork and lamb, but not quite; pungent herbs like mint and scallion; a tart dressing that assaults the tongue and produces a pucker; red onions provide a lingering sweetness; and a token amount of crudite such as sliced cukes ... More >>

Del Posto Cook and Travel Writer Claire Handleman On The Joys of Eating In Thailand (Part 2)

​ Yesterday we talked to Claire Handleman, who cooks at Del Posto and blogs about her constant travels at Passport to Eat, about how she fell in love with Thai cuisine and the best papaya salad she's ever eaten. Today, she talks about fine dining in Bangkok, Del Posto's Italian cuisine and whe ... More >>

Del Posto Cook and Travel Writer Claire Handleman On The Joys of Eating In Thailand (Part 1)

​ Everyone loves to travel; not everyone, however, lives to travel. During most of the year, Claire Handleman pays the rent working at Del Posto, the Bastianich-Batali Italian juggernaut that won four stars from the New York Times last year. Every winter, she packs up her bags and spends at le ... More >>

Zabb Elee--Slurp That Pig Blood

Plus, some proper Thai hotness for searing your tongue

Bros Roofie-ing Bros, Again, in The Hangover Part II

HAUTE STUFF

It's a Man Man's world

Sophisticated Smuggler Busted With Suitcase Full of Baby Animals

Cute, not good for luggage.​In the craziest tale of an animal smuggler we've heard this year, a man was busted in Thailand with the following in his luggage: 1. 2 baby leopards 2. 2 baby panthers 3. a baby bear 4. 2 baby macaque monkeys

The Crowds at the Greenmarket Could Always Be Worse

The next time you find yourself grumbling over the weekend crowds clogging the average New York City greenmarket, consider this: at least you don't have to worry about being run over by a commuter train.

Crispy Fried Whole Fish With Basil Sauce at Thailand's Center Point

​The delectable-looking snapper is No. 25 in our 100 Days/100 Dishes series. Thailand's Center Point is one of those small Thai cafes that grew up in the long shadow of Sripraphai. It started out as a grocery (by contrast, Sripraphai began life as a bakery), but two years ago split the spac ... More >>

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Looks Inward and Outward With His Palme d'Or Winner

LIFE, SHOT-BY-SHOT

A picture says a thousand words

Spice Market Replicates Self in London

Spice Market​ Seven years after opening its doors in the Meatpacking District, Spice Market is expanding to London. Jean-Georges Vongerichten will export his Southeast Asian restaurant to the city's W Hotel on February 14, with Vong veteran Tim Tolley as the chef de cuisine. If the above image ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Caliu; Lauren Shockey at FishTag

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema checks out the latest addition to New York's tapashere: Caliu. Lauren Shockey gets past the unfortunate name of Michael Psilakis's new restaurant, FishTag, and proceeds to have a nice meal. Sam Sifton awards two stars to Ciano, citing, "[Shea] Gallante's food ... More >>

Lotus of Siam Rolls the Dice

The noted Las Vegas Thai joint chances New York City

Northern Larb vs. Isaan Larb at Lotus of Siam, NYC

​The Isaan Larb salad at Lotus of Siam (click to enlarge) Larb (also transliterated "Laab" and "Laap") is doubtlessly one of the best-known dishes from the Isaan region in northeast Thailand, which lies adjacent to Laos and Cambodia. On home ground, the salad is made with duck, pork, or river ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Lotus of Siam; Lauren Shockey at Karloff

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema is happy to discover that Lotus of Siam delivers "a level of pungency rarely seen in Siamese restaurants on this coast," but advises not to "stop trekking to Queens just yet." Lauren Shockey settles into Karloff, where the food "isn't fancy but has that cooked ... More >>

Egg Farm Abuses Animals; Lobster Mac 'N' Cheese All the Rage

​An animal rights group has released a video it claims shows animal abuse at a Texas farm operated by the largest egg producer in the United States. [CNN] What do you drink with Thai food? Aside from tons of Riesling, you can also try something like a Barbera at the new Lotus of Siam, which h ... More >>

Vegas's Lotus of Siam Coming Soon to NYC

Like Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, Vegas's Lotus of Siam has attained an almost mythic status, often called the best Thai restaurant in the country. When you've never been to a restaurant, the food can soar in your imagination and never come bumping down to earth the way a real meal (no matter how goo ... More >>

Woman Attempts to Dupe Airport Security by Hiding Tiger Cub in Bag of Stuffed Tigers

Real tiger cub​Earlier this week we informed you that 1 out of 4 grown, adult men travel with their favorite widdle stuffed bear or doggie on business trips. We don't think, however, that this was what was intended by that study. A Thai woman at Bangkok airport headed for Iran was just busted ... More >>

Talent Thai's Kitsch Kitchen

No pig's blood, but plenty of flavors on 34th Street

Tea Party Upstaged by Thai Party, Which Serves Actual Blood

​The Tea Party protesters -- who believe themselves the true heirs of Patrick Henry and other martyrs for freedom -- are preparing for a day of anti-health-care protests in D.C. They call the event "The People's Surge Against Obamacare 2.0" and say they will "storm Capitol Hill" this morning. ... More >>

Cecilware, Queens Restaurant Equipment Manufacturer, to Lay Off 80 Workers This Year

​ Here's yet another uncommon economic indicator of how the recession is affecting the restaurant business: Cecilware, which has been making kitchen equipment in Queens since 1911, will lay off 80 workers next year.

Market Watch: Black Garlic at Kalustyan's and What to Do With It

​Black garlic. The name is at once romantic and slightly dangerous sounding, and the word "fermented" on the label holds further promise, but first you want to know, "What the hell is black garlic?"

Our 10 Best: Thai Restaurants

​ ​No doubt it has a beguiling name, but did Thai Pot make our top 10? It wasn't too long ago that New Yorkers had to hang their heads in shame when we compared our collection of Southeast Asian restaurants with those in Los Angeles. And our experience of the cooking of Thailand's nort ... More >>

Pix from Four Thai Restaurants in Astoria and Woodside

​ Steak Laos at Thai Pavilion is an exercise in upscaling fusion, pretty to look at and tasty, too, but lacking a certain zing. Last week Counter Culture assayed a quartet of unfamiliar Thai restaurants located somewhat off the beaten path in Astoria and Woodside. While some extended our unde ... More >>

At Tonight's CB3 SLA and DCA Licensing Committee Meeting...

As anyone who's attended Community Board 3's SLA/DCA Licensing Committee meetings over the last few months knows, these things tend to have less in common with actual meetings than Pay-Per-View cage matches. Tonight's event, scheduled to kick off at 6:30 at the Jasa/Green Residence on East 5th Stree ... More >>

Mangda Na -- The Discovery

Metaphorically speaking, mangda na is a Thai expression for shiftless suitors -- the kind of guys who hang around a girl, looking for some action. The kind of guys who flit from girl to girl, getting what they can but making no commitments. The kind of guys who never have any money of their own, but ... More >>

Strange Snacks of the World--Beef and Seaweed Potato Chips

The Elephant King a Pale Excuse for a Cinematographer's Holiday

What Price Art? Cheap at City Center's Annual Festival!

We fall for dance again and again and again

Going Coco-Nuts at Am-Thai Chili Basil Kitchen

Brilliant Brooklyn Thai is awash in the thick white stuff

Flash Point's Phony Gravitas

Almost fun when it plays dumb

Last Meal: Harold Dieterle's Green Bikini

Harold Dieterle's last meal

. . . requires a pig and a green bikini

'The Messengers'

Durian, Durian

If only you were a mangosteen

Million Dollar Lady: Transgender Boxer Goes Out Of Bounds

Film

Tourism Bored

A 25-year-old writes of fools and farangs in Thailand

Love in the Afternoon

Unpronounceable talent makes unconscionably happy avant-pop breakthrough—maybe

Cross Purposes

Federally Funded Missionaries Threaten a Southeast Asian Culture

Imitations of Life

Fifteen Sexual Spaces Recalled

An Inventory

The Royal We

Thai Beau

Behind the door in gay Bangkok

A Little Lite Music