OMG! Mafoofan Sighting in NYC!!

[dopey]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

If anything, haven't I disproven SoCal's notion of me? I clearly have no problem stating when I don't know something.
Someday, I will share with you some secrets of the UWS. After all, while I am only a recent settler, I did spend my school years there and my wife is a local. Of course, time is not on our side as things disappear by the month.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

A few years ago, some guy was trying to sell me candy bars while I was walking down Fifth Avenue. I figured I could use a bite to eat, so I said I'd take one for a dollar or dollar fifty, whatever he was charging. I pulled out my wallet and realized I only had a ten; he had no change. Instead of letting me leave, he insisted that I take multiple candy bars instead of just one. I said no and walked away, but he kept hassling me, eventually grabbing my shoulders and trying to get me to turn around. I threw his hands off of me, turned around and told him he better not ******* touch me again. He said, "You are one scary motherfucker!" and ran away.
Can I rent you when I need some muscle?

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by dopey

Someday, I will share with you some secrets of the UWS. After all, while I am only a recent settler, I did spend my school years there and my wife is a local. Of course, time is not on our side as things disappear by the month.

You have $5 scoops of ice cream (Grom?) and a new Shake Shack

Also, Absolute bagels and the Bike Stop....

 

[RJmanbearpig]

Originally Posted by dopey

Can I rent you when I need some muscle?
"AWESOM-O... I was just wondering... are you by chance a ...pleasure model?"

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by romafan

You have $5 scoops of ice cream (Grom?) and a new Shake Shack

Also, Absolute bagels and the Bike Stop....

The key is to buy the tubs, not the cups, from Grom and bring them home. Much, much cheaper.

Absolute Bagels over H&H?

 

[Jferg4350]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

The key is to buy the tubs, not the cups, from Grom and bring them home. Much, much cheaper.

Absolute Bagels over H&H?

Heeyy no bagel, no bagel, no bagel, no bagel, no bagel

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Absolute Bagels over H&H?

Absolutely. Is the Bike Stop still going strong?

 

[KObalto]

Originally Posted by Manton

If I were malicious, I would let you.

But no. Cruel joke. ES is a legendary low-brow chain that carpet bombs UWS buildings with menus. There was a long running battle between residents and the chains' owners over the menu proliferation that was covered extensively in the Times.

The food is supposedly awful, but I have never been.

If you want good Chinese in NYC, either go to Shun Lee and pay a lot, or go downtown and pay nothing.

Still, nothing in NY is as good as the best of SF, at least not since Canton closed.

Bruni raves about Szecuan Gourmet in MTW. I haven't had a chance to try it yet.
http://events.nytimes.com/2008/07/23...ws/23rest.html

 

[adambparker]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Absolute Bagels over H&H?

Definitely.

If you're going for the goyische puffy bagels (of which H&H is most certainly a purveyor), then Absolute can't be beat. They're still hand-rolled on the premises. H&H's, sadly, no longer are.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by adambparker

If you're going for the goyische puffy bagels (of which H&H is most certainly a purveyor), then Absolute can't be beat. They're still hand-rolled on the premises. H&H's, sadly, no longer are.
Where can one find real chewy bagels in NYC? i.e. not the giant puffy kind. I've lost hope of finding real bagels here like I was used to in Europe

 

[KObalto]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Where can one find real chewy bagels in NYC? i.e. not the giant puffy kind. I've lost hope of finding real bagels here like I was used to in Europe

Ess-a-bagels are big but chewy.

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Where can one find real chewy bagels in NYC? i.e. not the giant puffy kind. I've lost hope of finding real bagels here like I was used to in Europe
Kossar's Bialys on Grand Street, between Essex and Clinton. About [six, ten, who knows, I am getting old] years ago, they bought the bagel equipment from a defunct bakery on Essex street, which enabled them to do the small batch boiling that is the pre-baking step critical for the bagel crust. I think there is also some sort of alkali wash or additive to the water.

 

[adambparker]

Originally Posted by dopey

Kossar's Bialys on Grand Street, between Essex and Clinton. About six years ago, they bought the bagel equipment from a defunct bakery on Essex street, which enabled them to do the small batch boiling that is the pre-baking step critical for the bagel crust. I think there is also some sort of alkali wash or additive to the water.

+1. Very good bagels. The inside is pretty industrial-looking, and the closest you'll get to a sandwich is a plastic knife and a fridge full of pre-packaged cream cheese and whitefish salad.

Good stuff.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by KObalto

Ess-a-bagels are big but chewy.
Nah - I have Ess-a-Bagel often; they're good but just don't compare with the real stuff.

Originally Posted by dopey

Kossar's Bialys on Grand Street, between Essex and Clinton. About six years ago, they bought the bagel equipment from a defunct bakery on Essex street, which enabled them to do the small batch boiling that is the pre-baking step critical for the bagel crust. I think there is also some sort of alkali wash or additive to the water.
I'll have to try them. Open on Saturdays?

 

[dopey]

Originally Posted by gdl203

I'll have to try them. Open on Saturdays?
No longer. Many years ago, long before they made bagels, they were open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When the Kossar family sold it, the new owners sought kosher certification, which meant closing on Saturdays. They may be open Saturday nights. See if they have a website.

 

[EL72]

You have to come to Montreal for real chewy bagels, not the bread rolls shaped like a bagel you find in NY. They have to be baked in a wood fired oven too, not those conveyor belt ovens.