it's always hard to figure out where to take your visiting friends

from out of town, even your favorite places seen unsure.

we thought cho dang gol, our favorite in ktown, would be solid,

and it was alright (not as super spectacular as i thought it'd be).

i got my favorite, kimchi bijee stew, and other dishes were a sesame

mushroom tofu stew, made with their house made tofu, and also

the classic bibimbap in hot stone bowl.

and their banchan is always so so great.

back to vamos al tequila - can't keep away from that place!

although when we ordered 2 entrees tonight, in lieu of our usual

one entree & one salad, we were so full that we had to walk around

the entire neighborhood for 45 minutes to walk it off.

the burrito, which i forgot to photograph once cut open, was filled

with steak deliciously seasoned and cooked.

and my pollo en molé poblano was so so good - mmm molé!

and just a gratuitous kitty pic of them rolling around after ingesting catnip :

another great brunch at supercore.

the japanese classic breakfast (though, when you think about it, it's

not really so japanese classic after all) is so good there that we got two.

one with tofu patties and one with misoni (miso braised salmon).

the sides of spinach, kimchi and hijiki salad are so good too.

crazily windy rainstorm day is good for some warm vegetarian meal

at 'snice (after souther's great solo opening!).

hearty white bean & kale soup, my quinoa avocado salad,

j's tofu club, and m's veggie meatball sub.

nothing amazing, but pretty yummy.

sometimes you forget why you don't go to certain restaurants,

and decide to go back to see what is up (or different).

such was an instance when we had a late lunch at enid's today :

chicken fried chicken (the name of which just cracks me up out of absurdity,

though it's no fault of enid's) with sides of roasted squash and white bean salad,

and my house salad with grilled chicken.

all well-cooked and decently flavored, except we realized,

"oh wait, this isn't worth $13-14 a plate!!"

so see you in a couple years (or whenever our memory fades), enid's!

another beautiful bike day around the city, with an early dinner at hiroko's place,

where we hadn't been in months!!

chicken curry & hamburg steak. so good.

hmm... not so great meal at shanghai lee.

the manchurian sauce chicken was good, actually but the mapo tofu

was probably the weakest i've seen so far at restaurants.

very soupy and not flavorful at all.

poop - but what can yo do on a rainy rainy night.

yummy birthday dinner for m on the warmest, most beautiful day so far this year!

bike ride around the city, iced coffee, short sleeves, then ending up at village yokocho

for our favorite foods.

unadon (the eel bowl), sashimi bowl with salmon, uni, crab meat & salmon roe,

shoyu ramen, and grilled perch. can't believe we ate all this!

such a nice day for a bike ride around brooklyn, though by the time

we grabbed a late lunch at maya taqueria to eat in their garden,

it was too cold already.

still great burrito & burrito bowls - my kale burrito bowl, m's

carne asada burrito, j's tofu burrito bowl. so so so good.

arugula, tomato & egg salad (the yolk runs down to wilt the greens

just a bit, mm mmmmm~~) and polish potato kielbasa with baked beans

and toast. simple, nice dinner at home.

warm, hearty soups at dokebi on a rainy, cold day.

great banchan (sides), spicy tofu (soon dubu) stew,

and kimchi stew. yummy.

sometimes yelp ratings are so deceiving - despite the best reviews

amarin cafe was so disappointing with their mediocre flavors.

green papaya salad, spring rolls, tom yum kung, and basil shrimp (not pictured)

were all just very so-so & forgettable.

super brunch at supercore again.

i got the same stuff as before, a japanese classic brunch,

and m got a beef curry over rice this time.

their beef curry is a great cross between a stew and curry.

great amount and flavor too.

second try for breakfast at the garden spot (where we miss

greenpoint coffee house each visit). seemed like they've upped

their game since when they first opened.

veggie chili on rice was very good, especially only for $6.

so was the cheese, bacon, scrambled egg wrap, despite the heaviness.

but the pancakes were only crispy & mildly good on the edges

with a very doughy, soggy middle (gross).

and despite the relative success of the meal, neither of us could

digest it very well for the entire day.

which left us craving something fresh for dinner :

quickly thrown together salad of arugula, pear, walnuts, feta,

and bits of pepperoni, alongside some left over quinoa & kale pilaf

from my potluck dish the other day.

mmmmmm~ fresh, simple, and good.