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Breadless Sandwich?

But what about sandwiches which contain no bread-like thing at all? I stumbled on one the other day that tests our idea of what constitutes a sandwich. 969 NYC Coffee is a pleasant little Japanese café that specializes in coffee, matcha whipped as you watch, and onigiri (rice balls). Located on a side street, it has a yellow awning, a pleasant outdoor seating area with tables, and tight interior that looks like any other coffee bar, only instead of doughnuts and bagels, it serves rice balls. One particular form of rice balls caught my eye. In the glass case were 3 different ones labeled “sandwich”: pork, beef, and fish. The fish version ($6) had a standard slice of fried fish as its focus, with additional layers of scrambled egg, shredded and pickled carrots, creamy avocado, and mayonnaise. Above and below was a layer of sushi rice, and the whole thing was wrapped in laver, the dried seaweed known in Japanese as nori. The thing tasted agreeably mellow and squishy, and one thing about using rice instead of bread in a prepackaged sandwich: no stale bread!

Kong Sihk Tong

My greatest connections with memories with cha chaan tengs in Hong Kong is sitting down to plates of condensed milk “French” toast in the morning, preferably those with peanut butter. Those would be filled with a thick layer of the nutty condiment and drowned in condensed milk, a morning heart attack. As if that was not enough, many times a slice of butter would be placed on top and start melting as the toast was served.


The version of condensed milk & peanut butter toast ($1.95, above) here was comparably super healthy, with very small amounts of both between slightly toasted pieces of white bread. Light as a feather, and to be honest not nearly as satisfying.

Teranga

Everything on the menu—from black-eyed-pea salad to fonio, an ancient grain that Thiam imports from West Africa, to chicken marinated in lime, garlic, and thyme—is designed to pair with everything else. Drinks include ginger juice, bissap (a sweetened mint-hibiscus tea), and bouye, a traditional Senegalese shake made with a fruit called baobab.

Lehman Trilogy

The Lehman Judges Judge The Lehman Trilogy

The judges decamped to a wood-paneled room and sat sipping seltzer under portraits of bewhiskered officers. “For us, who have the experience of what happened after the play ended, it really isn’t a beautiful story of America. The bankruptcy worked, but should it have happened in the first place? Were we just left to clean up after the elephants? I think maybe we were.”

“I had trials for employees who had all their retirement money in Lehman stock and lost everything. And now we have a President who proudly talks about all his bankruptcies. It’s just bizarre.” She stood up and said goodbye; she had to rest up before her next Lehman hearing, on Monday morning.

Essex Street Market

Measuring 3K m2, the new market is 3x the size as the old one, with space for 2 full service restaurants, 39 market vendors, a state-of-the-art demonstration kitchen, mezzanine level public seating, event office spaces and a sub-cellar vendor storage space. Inside the market, shoppers will find 14 new vendors and 25 vendors from the original market. Returning vendors like Saxelby Cheesemongers and Essex Farms will be joined by newcomers such as Samesa, a contemporary Middle Eastern takeaway counter; Riverdel, a vegan specialty shop that crafts their very own in-house cheeses, and Chinatown Ice Cream Factory; a family run business from Chinatown now operated by the second generation. For some new vendors coming into the market, it will be their first brick and mortar location. The unique mix of vendors will offer affordable daily provisions, prepared and specialty foods. The new space allows existing vendors to expand their current offerings with more room to stock a diverse array of goods and install food preparation equipment provided by the NYCEDC.

Green BQE

Bjarke Ingels Group has released details of transforming a 6-lane highway into a connected realm between the city and waterfront. The scheme centers on the Robert Moses-designed Brooklyn Queens Expressway. As officials prepare to carry out needed repairs on the highway, existing proposals fail to address the barrier created by the infrastructure, dividing the city and waterfront. BIG’s scheme outlines how the Expressway could be turned into parkland, accommodating vehicular traffic without compromising on the quality of public space. The first step in the BIG scheme is to construct an at-grade roadway along Furman Street and Brooklyn Bridge Park covered with a simple deck structure. The deck provides a platform for adding significant new parkland along the underused corridor while connecting the Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Bridge Park with a series of crisscrossing rampways, greenery, and park amenities. Local park access is accommodated on a meandering parkway, while space is created for a potential spur of the nearby light-rail line. The deck also extends south to Atlantic Avenue, creating a new crossing and urban nexus that serves as an introduction to the linear park.

What to eat at Smorgasburg

Smorgasburg is back for the 2019 outdoor market season, and this year there are 21 mouth-watering new vendors among the staggering 100 food stalls. So, if Smorgasburg has made you feel overwhelmed in the past, you’re gonna need to steel yourself for a mini panic attack this time around. Take deep breaths and find solace in the aromas of cuisines from across the world.

Violet

East Village restaurant Violet does a good job at representing the grilled pizza of Rhode Island — although some pies may be a little too similar to the ones found at Al Forno, the restaurant from which chef Matt Hyland (Emily, Emmy Squared) pulls inspiration