Dotting the canals and beltways of Amsterdam are these “haringhuis”, or herring stands. In these little stands ladies gut and clean fresh herrings to make herring sandwiches, the so-called national dish of the Netherlands. Let me repeat that: The NATIONAL DISH of the Netherlands is a raw herring sandwich. I will happily become a single-issue [...]
Only on the best summer days do you find yourself wandering into a beautiful Art Deco restaurant around lunchtime, in front of some of those scenic canals that Amsterdam is known for, in this case, Brouwersgracht (brewer’s canal) and the Herengracht (gentlemen’s canal), having a tasty lunch. Well, that sounds well and good, who cares? [...]
Pauls Palace (131 2nd Ave, NY, NY) is one of those places near St.Marks that has so much flair on the outside you always walk past thinking “Dear god, what self-respecting burger joint would put a huge fake burger on the sidewalk?” And then one Sunday you wake up starving and think “I’d kill a [...]
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Chomp is was an adorable little sandwich shop in the east village. It was opened by a former lawyer who gave up his fancy life to open a sandwich shop — a dream I’m sure we can all relate to. He started out with a fairly large menu of tasty sandwiches made by himself for [...]