Another year, another decade. We’re actually quite excited for 2010, sounds so futuristic! We can’t wait to see what new food trends are going to be big this year.

Happy eating!

Like Howard said in his Best of 2009 post, there wasn’t a meal that I had in 2009 that I can say “Damit that was the best!” BUT there’s still hope. There were many single dishes that were truly amazing. So ready steady go!!

Best Pizza Topping, Brussels Sprout from Roberta’s

Best Cup of Soup from Le P’tit Paris

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I just love anything thats Japanese. Anime, crazy tv shows, culture, technology, and of course food. Japanese chicken wings or tebasaki is pretty famous in Nagoya, Japan. My first exposure to these tasty chicken wings was at Furabio. They were sticky, sweet and covered in sesame seeds.

Few years ago, I had lunch with a friend. She brought me to Tebaya, a tiny shop that specializes in tebasaki. They also sell yummie sandwiches. I remember it being quite good so last last Friday I had lunch with my friend, Steph. She works close to Tebaya so that was another reason why I wanted to go there.

I was excited to go there because I wanted to try the cream crab croquette sandwich. When I walked up to the counter I was ready to order that sandwich in a combo that came with 2 wings, a salad and a drink. Sadly the lady told me they don’t make that anymore so I ended up get the same combo but with a fried fish sandwich.

We had to wait a bit for our lunches. The salad was just your typical Japanese salad and it was a bit sad looking. The sandwich looked pretty big but it was mostly bun. The piece of fried fish was a little too thin. But the bread was great. I really love Asian bread, they tend to be on the chewier side. The wings were pretty good as well.

Overall it seemed everything was okay. I remembered loving the place the first time. I’ll probably go back again for their sandwiches, love love the bread.

- Tebaya 144 W. 19th St New York

On this fine fine Christmas eve of 2009 I hope all of you are being surrounded by friends and family and maybe few drunk uncles. They’re drunk maybe because they’ve been reading Drink To Blog’s guide to 12 Days of Christmas drinks. They even have fancy yet easy to make drinks to impress your in-laws. How important is that huh?!

Merry Christmas everyone!

And here I go again, back at the Milk Bar. After dinner at Ippudo, which my friend asked me to compare their pork buns with Momofuku’s and in the end I preferred the bun from Momofuku but did like the spicy mayo from Ippudo, I decided to go to the Milk Bar. It was just a quick walk anyways.

I went with Anh and she got the crack pie. I was thinking about the banana cake but then I saw the cinnamon bun pie. Hmm I love cinnamon buns. When I ordered it, the cashier asked if I was going to eat there or to go. I said there. He asked because they needed to heat it up if I was to dine in. After 5 minutes they handed me a warm box. I open it up to find the slice of cinnamon bun pie. Oh nice and warm. YUM. It was pretty good, good cinnamony and would’ve went well with a cup of coffee. I also got a slice of the chocolate malt cake with marshmallow. It was pretty good, I could taste the malt in it.

- Momofuku Bakery & Milk Bar 207 2nd Ave New York

This past Sunday night, I was craving for chicken green curry from Joya, a Thai restaurant near my apartment. I usually get Pad Thai or Pad-See-Ew but my apartment mate, Mo, got me hooked on the curry. So that night we ordered 2 chicken green curries and 2 Thai iced tea. Mo loves spicy so he asked for his to be extra spicy.

CHECK OUT HOW FREAKIN SPICY LOOKING THAT IS!! It was so spicy Mo had to go buy himself another chicken green curry to dilute the spicier one. Hahahaaa.

- Joya 215 Court Street Brooklyn