Name: Mark Bello
Occupation: Part time cheesemonger, full time fingers in other pots
Borough: Manhattan
What did you eat today?
Breakfast: coffee and a steamed bun with pork/chive filling
(something I ate every day for breakfast when I lived in Taiwan- I heart NY!)
Lunch: a burger at Island Burgers & Shakes (766 9th Ave between 50th and 51st). Part of a research mission. I'm a member of a club that is committed to eat at 100 NYC burger establishments over the course of 2 years. This is in response to a Time Out New York story on the 100 Best Burgers in NYC. 100 "Best" burgers?!? We're going to set the record straight!
Dinner: As soon as I finish typing this up, the plan is to cook up a batch of bucatini and toss it with some Fulvi pecorino romano, nice green Tuscan olive oil and a healthy dose of cracked pepper (some of my favorite kitchen items listed below will come into play) and a side of spinach with garlic and lemon juice.
What do you never eat?
Subway. Their meat tastes like Band-Aids® smell.
Complete this sentence: In my refrigerator, you can always find:
half and half, good butter, lots of condiments
What is your favorite kitchen item?
My Le Creuset 7 quart French Oven, my Microplanes, and a spatula I've had since junior high
Where do you eat out most frequently?
-Bellavitae, on Minetta just west of 6th. My favorite Italian
restaurant in the US
-Totonno's, Coney Island location
-Gray's Papaya, 8th St. & 6th Ave.
-Number One Dumpling, on Eldridge just south of Broome
-Barney Greengrass, Amsterdam at 86th
World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal?
At my fantasy food court:
cocktails by:
-The Matchbox, Chicago
wines by:
-Casa del Vino, Florence
then a supernatural appetite for:
-Hot Doug's, Chicago (with the duck fat fryer fired up)
-Avec, Chicago
-Sun Wah, Chicago
-Carniceria Uruapan, Chicago
-Ristorante Buca dell'orafo, Florence
-Lee and Rick's Oyster Bar, Orlando
-a Thai joint selected by Erik M. wherein he has negotiated the menu
-Coerper's Steakhouse, Milwaukee
-my mom's meatballs, matzo balls and brisket
-and all the NYC spots listed above
dessert:
-Murray's Cheese
-German Kinder Eggs (the chocolate is still pretty blah but they
contain the best toys) with whipped cream and fresh raspberries
Visit Mark at Murray's Cheese Shop on Bleecker and Cornelia to find out what's rocking his palette at the moment.
It's so nice to see Grey's Papaya up there with the rest of them. I grew up on thet "coconut champagne"!
{I am new to your site but I like it a lot.}
thank you shuna fish! reading your site makes me miss california produce...