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Used and abused
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Gearbox better not be in trouble, or YOU'RE in trouble
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My baby will have PC gamer blood in it
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The crybaby's take on Mirror's Edge
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Not Practising Dignity, or a terrible way to start off a post about NPD Chart discussion
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Phoenix Down is provided, Tyler lives again
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The Loud Music of the Sky
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Celebrating One Year of Tamboril
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The Shooting of Wads
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MGS4: The 'S' stands for 'shit'
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PC vs Mac
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PC Gaming
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Comic returns!
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I can has release?
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God is Great!
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Wherein I spoil Vantage Point
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It seems to me....THE COMIC
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Information:Tamboril's Grand Opening: highly recommended to RSVP
Thursday, November 13, 2008: Doors open at 5:30pm
It's going to be a great night! You will get a chance to sample our food and cocktail menu...and tasty it will be with some new delicious food and cocktail items. The night will feature a live jazz band, and an art opening for artist Al Johnson.
The program is as following: 5:30 to 6:00 meet and greet 6:00 to 7:15 food and cocktail sampling
7:30 to 8:00 a few words from special guest, artist and owner
8:00 until closing - full dining available
RSVP info@tamborilnyc.com
I've done a little housekeeping regarding the links and reviews and other assorted chicanery on the right hand side of the page. There are a few local blogs, food-related and otherwise, who've been kind enough to link to CHF, and I wanted to reciprocate. If you're a regular reader and write a blog that has anything to do with Clinton Hill or Fort Greene, please let me know and I'll add you. I love reading local blogs, especially ones who offer more than just the same things we get at Clinton Hill Blog and Brownstoner.
The Google Map also could use some updating. If you know of a restaurant, cafe, coffee shop, pizza place, wine store - hell, anything - that isn't there, leave a note and I'll be sure to get it up. Some have asked why some restaurants get links on the right and others don't. The answer is that i'll put a link to any restaurant/bar that I've personally been to (whether I've reviewed it or not) and that has their own website. Many places around here seem to rely on Yelp or Citysearch pages, which is great, but I'd rather link to sites run by the restaurants themselves.
Happy eating!
Tamboril: election party, live DJ, starts at 5:30pm
candidate cocktail specials all night: obama slama, mccain “maverick” juice, biden bounce and the palin “i could see russia from my house” martini.
2 for 1s happy hour 5:30 to 7:30pm
Moe’s:
In ‘04, this was the place to be. They already have signs up. Check it out tonight!
Le Grand Dakar: PIERRE THIAM INVITES YOU TO HIS PLACE TO VIEW ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS.
WHERE: LE GRAND DAKAR
285 GRAND AVENUE
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN
718.398.8900
WHEN: TONIGHT AT 7 PM UNTIL
WHAT: WATCH HISTORY UNFOLD AS SOON AS THE VIRGINIA POLLS CLOSE AT 7
DJ AYO provides a long set of socio/politico commentary/satirical danceable funk from the 70s and 80s before embarking on the celebratory AfropunkSalsaElectroreggaefied disco sound system
Quick Bolognese
Ingredients:
1 yellow onion, diced
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tbsp minced garlic
1 lb ground beef
1 cup dices tomatoes
3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp pepper sauce
1 tsp basil
1 tsp oregano
Salt and pepper to taste
1 lb pasta - for this, I used calamarata, but everything from elbows to linguine works fine
Directions:
In a skillet, heat up the olive oil and toss in the garlic and onion to start the base. Stir so that the onion is well coated and let simmer until it's translucent.
Add the ground beef and break it up with a spoon. Stir together so that the beef browns evenly.
Add the Worcestershire sauce, pepper sauce, spices, and anything else you want to add, like the mushrooms I threw in. Stir.
Add the tomatoes. Stir.
Let the whole thing simmer on low heat while you cook the pasta. Once the pasta is al dente, strain and add it to the sauce and mix it all up.
I had an opportunity to stop into Il Porto today for a quick lunch and I came away highly impressed. No photos, sadly, as I didn't have my camera with me, but CHB has some great pics they took during there visit a couple of weeks ago.
There's still no liquor license, so we stuck with plain ole' water, but they plan to have it as soon as they can. Tamboril had some issues getting theirs in a timely manner and I hope Il Porto doesn't run into the same problems.
We tried two of the small pizzas, the Marinara and the Al Diavolo. The Marinara is a simple pizza with tomato sauce, basil, oregano, and basil. The garlic is very fresh, and the pizza was great, although I prefer my pizzas with cheese.
The Al Diavolo is a bit more robust, with broccoli rabe, sausage, hot cherry peppers, and pepperoncini. Very tasty and very good, especially with the fresh mozarella. The rabe was a little overpowering, though, so don't get it unless you really like broccoli (which I do).
Both pizzas were $10, so the check was very manageable.
Il Porto is a great addition to the neighborhood, and I can't wait to go back. They also deliver!
Information:
Il Porto
37 Washington Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718.624.0954
http://www.ilportobrooklyn.com/
Google Map
Brooklyn loves to eat almost as much as it loves to blog, and it's always great to read more combinations of the two. Eat It is a new Brooklyn food blog that's definitely worth checking out. They even have a write up on one of my favorite joints, 67 Burger. Stop on by and give it a read at http://eatbrooklynfood.blogspot.com.
Another great new blog I've linked to before is Myrtle Shuffle, who've recently written up Bidonville and Il Porto.
Wow, that was quite a layoff, much longer than I'd expected. Sorry about that! There's been some sporadic fooding in the last month, and I'll have a few posts up later this week about munchies in the neighborhood. We hit up Loulou the other night, and it was grand as always. I finally got to try abistro, and while the food was good, the service was less so. More on that later.
Busy-ness has kept me from doing much of my own cooking lately, but we'll be heading up to Arthur Ave sometime very soon, which always precedes lots of goodness.
Max Power's Bloody Mary Battle at Rope (415 Myrtle) this Saturday, June 14th. Okay, for the Bloody Mary connoisseurs and closet critics out there, here is a chance to vote for your favorite Avenue Bloody Mary.
Max Power, one of Rope's bartender extraordinaires (or "iron chef" for the night if you will) is going toe-to-toe in a battle of the Bloody Marys against many of the other Avenue faves.
Max takes on Maggie Brown, Chez Lola, Pillow Cafe and Luz.
Aaah, come out and vote (or forever hold your peace!) ;-)
Bloody Mary Contest kick-off at 1pm. Winner announced at 5pm.
Things have been quiet in CHF land, with not much interesting eating or cooking going on as of late. We did quite a bit of grilling over Memorial Day weekend, but that was accompanied by quite a bit of drinking and not a lot of picture taking, so there's not much for me to really write about. I'm hoping to post some good grill recipes going into the summer, but I haven't had the chance to sit down and create a post about them yet.
We did get a chance to order from Kinara last night, and it was excellent as before. The deal they have for one appetizer and one entree along with nan for $11.95 is a pretty good value. Last night we had the chicken curry, chicken masala entrees with the chicken mali kebab and pekoras appetizers. Pekoras are described as "assorted fried fritters," but they all tasted pretty much the same and I was a little disappointed. They were great for making use of the various dipping sauces, though.
Neither the curry or tikka masala disappointed, however. I can now heartily recommend both along with the vindaloo I ordered last time.
I haven't tried Amin yet - does anyone have any opinions on how they compare? I'm really an Indian food novice and I'd love to learn more.
Information:
Kinara II Indian Restaurant
368 Myrtle Ave
Brooklyn, NY
718.237.4008
Google Map
Olea
Probably my current favorite. Part of the Moe’s, Maggie Brown, Pequena restaurant empire and one of the few spots that serves brunch every day. The menu has all the brunch standards with a Mediterranean touch. My usual order: Green Eggs & Lamb (scrambled with fresh cilantro, tomato and red onion, served with merguez lamb sausage and pita) or the steak and eggs or an omelet. Great mimosas.

CHF's Roasted Yukon Gold Potatoes
Ingredients:
6-8 yukon gold potatoes
kosher salt
ground pepper
freshly ground parmigiano reggiano
extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
Preheat oven to 415. Half and then quarter the potatoes and place in a casserole dish or roasting pan. Dust with kosher salt and pepper and drizzle some olive oil over them. Roast for 45 minutes, stirring them from time to time to cook evenly. After 45 minutes, sprinkle with the cheese and roast for another ten minutes.