Tuesday, June 5, 2018

New York Top 10 Best Under $10

# 1

VANESSA DUMPLING HOUSE

118 Eldridge Street, NY NY  

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The ORIGINAL VANESSA'S DUMPLING HOUSE

118 ELDRIDGE STREET

NEW YORK NY

and in WILLIAMSBURG , BROOKLYN


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4 DUMPLINGS For Just $1.50

4 orders Shown Here

That's Just $6.00



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A SESAME PANCAKE

Filled with BEEF BRISKEY CUCEMBER CYLANTRO 
and CARROTS
$2.50


# 2

PAPAYA KING & GRAY'S PAPAYA

HOT DOGS


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PAPAYA KING
86th STREET and 3rd AVENUE

SINCE 1932



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GRAYS'S PAPAYA

HOT DOGS 

and FRUIT JUICE

"This was one of our old pal Tony Bourdain's favorites. Tony just loved the place, and whats not to love? They've got tasty Fruit Juice, whatever kind you like, along with a couple of the Best Hot Dogs in town, and your good to go."

God Bless Tony, RIP, Anthony you had and still have millions of fans. I bet you would be surprised of how many millions of people think about you every single day. And fondly. And people wish you were still around, and can't believe you passed. Yes Tony people really do miss you and think of you, and wish you were still here on planet Earth. God Bless you Anthony."

BROADWAY at 72nd STREET

NY NY

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The RECESSION SPECIAL
At PAPAYA KING

2 HOT DOGS and a SOFT DRINK

Just $4.45 (NOT ANY MORE)

WORLD'S BEST CHILI DOGS


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HOT DOGS on THE GRILL

At GRAY'S PAPAYA

# 3

SHAKE SHACK

Madison Square Park and Other Locations  


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SHAKE SHACK

The ORIGINAL

At MADISON PARK

At 23rd STREET

NEW YORK NEW YORK


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A SHAKE SHACK BURGER

 $6.85 
$8.10 For a DOUBLE

LEARN HOW to MAKE YOUR OWN

SHAKE SHACK BURGER

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SHAKE SHACK

BURGER Recipe INSIDE !!!


# 4

MAMOUN'S

119 Macdougal Street, Greenwich Village and 30 Saint Marks Place , NEW YORK .


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Waiting for their FALAFEL MAMOUN,S


Mamoun's has long been one of the greatest Cheap Eat Deals in town. Mamound Chater, an immigrated to New York in the late 1960s from Damascus, Syria. He opened Mamoun's Falafel at 119 Macdougal Street in 1971, and claimed it to be the 1st Falafel Joint in America. Mamoun's is World Famous. It's a tiny little spot that churns out Falafel and other Middle Eastern foods around the clock t Days a Week, 365 days a year. The Falafels are tasty and a great cheap eat at $3.50 a pop as of this writing.  People line up every single day to get their Falafel, Hummus or whatever, but the Falafel is and always will be the King. 

The story of Mamoun Chater and his little falafel stand is quite amazing. That little stand on Macdougal Street makes a small fortune by itself, but the family has opened numerous other Falafel Joints in New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York. It's a winning combination of a tasty sandwich, that's quite inexpensive, and healthy to boot.


# 5

El Castillo de Jagua

113 Rivington Street, near Essex, on the Lower East Side of New York




El Castillo de Jagua

113 Rivington Street, LES, New York

Great Cheap Eats, including their awesome CUBAN SANDWICH (CUBANO)

Rice and Beans

Perrnil (Roast Pork Leg) Goat Stew, Cuban Coffee, and More ...


I've been going to Castillo de Jagua for some 30 years now. I love it, always have. I used to go to a few other Carribean Latin joints in the area, but some of those are gone. Castillo de Jagua remeains, and these days whenever I get a hankering for my beloved Cubano Sandwich, de Jagua is me go to place for the famous Cuban Sandwich, so I head right on over to Rivington Street to get my fix until next time. I used to eat at least 1 or even two of these bad boys every week when I lived on Avenue A back in the 80s and early 90s. I get up, walk down Avenue A, cross Houston Street and on to Essex Street until I hit Rivington, make a right, and there I was. Sometimes I'd get Pernil, which is that delicious Roast Pork Leg that Domincans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans know how to cook up so well. An order of Pernil (Roast Pork Leg) comes with Rice and Beans (Red or Black), and maybe some fried plantains (Fried Bananas) if you're lucky. Yes it was always one of two items that I'd get, either a Cuban Sandwich (Cubano) or an order of Pernil, occasionally Mofongo, and I really loved Gandulas which was some white rice with gandulas beans mixed in.

Anyway, if you've never been to one of these Carribean Latin Cuisine Restaurants, it's high time you did. They're a New York institution that serve dam tasty food, dishes you've probably never had, and at reasonable prices to boot.
 

CUBANO

A CUBANO

Sandwich Cubano

$7.50



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RICE and BEANS


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# 6


JOE'S PIZZA

Carmine Street, GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK  

JOE'S PIZZA

Two SLICES 


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A PIZZA at JOE'S

Get a SLICE or WHOLE PIE


# 7

KOSSAR'S BAGELS

367 Grand Street, NEW YORK  

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KOSSAR'S BIALYS & BAGELS

367 GRANDE STREET

NEW YORK NY


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EVERYTHING BAGEL with CREAM CHEESE

$2.00 to $2.75

More Great BAGEL SHOPS

ZABAR'S

BAGELS on The SQUARE  (my Neighborhood Bagel Joint)

Carmine Street

GREENWICH VILLAGE
BLACK SEED BAGELS
1st Avenue , East Village


MURRAY'S BAGELS

Sixth Avenue near 11th Street, Greenwixh Village

# 8

SAIGON VIETNAMESE BANH Mi

369  Broome Street, New York NY

 

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SAIGON

VIETNAMESE BAHN MI

369 BROOME STREET

NEW YORK NY
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A BAHN MI SANDWICH

SAIGON

Just $6.50


These Sandwiches are dam Tasty. They're served on awesome crispy French Baguette Bread, and filled with Chicken, Beef, or Pork, fresh Cucumbers and Cilantro and whatever. This is one of the Best Sandwiches in town, and as far as Vietnamese Bahn Me goes, they are the # 1 joint in all of New York, "Trust me, I've been going there for years. Long before most American's ever knew or dreamt about this lovely little thing. That's the way it usually is. I usually know about many culinary delights years before the rest of America catches on. This has been the case with the Cubano Sandwich (my 1st was 1983), the Negroni (I had my 1st in 1985) , Aperol Spritz (1995), and the Vietnamese Bahn Mi, I started eating around 2000, and Vietnamese Pho (Beef Broth rice noodle soup) I discovered way back in 1983. 

"So if you want to know what the hot thing Americans will be eating 10 years from now, ask me."
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# 9

PHO

at Nha Trang

87 Baxter Street , NY NY  

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PHO

with FREE TEA

Just $7.00

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SPRING ROLL

$5.50


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Vietnamese Ice Coffee
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#  10

SUN SAI GAI RICE SHOP

220 Canal Street, NY NY  


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ROAST DUCK , BARBECUED PIG

or SOY SAUCE CHICKEN and RICE

with Free TEA for Just $6.50


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A Tasty PORK BUN

Just $1.50


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A BOWL of TASTY ROAST DUCK WONTON SOUP

Roast Duck , Wonton , and Invigorating Broth

Only $6.50



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Louis Prima Pizza at AvelinoPizza Macari Vineyards




MORTADELLA PISTACHIO PIZZA

at AVELINO PIZZA


at MACARI VINEYARDS

Mattituk, New York


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MACARI VINEYARDS

Sponsored by LEXUS


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James Starace , Joe Macari Jr.,

Eddie Macari (Pizzaiolo)

Author Daniel Bellino Zwiccke

At AVELINO PIZZA

at MACARI VINEYARDS

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at AVELINO PIZZA

at MACARI VINEYARDS

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LOUIS PRIMA & PIZZA

at AVELINO PIZZA



Yes Louis Prima and Pizza at Avelino Pizza at Macari Vineyards in Mattituk New York n The North Fork of Long Island .. If you make a visit to Macari Vineyards (NY WInery of The Year 2014), you can get some authentic Neapolitan Pizza by Edward Macari on his Pizza Truck Avelino Pizza at Macari Vineyards. That's a Winning Combination ; Relaxing at a table next to the vineyard, sipping on a bottle of tasty award winning wine as you bite into one of Eddie Macari;s masterful Pizzas and listen to a great selection of music from Louis Prima, Dean Martin, The Rolling Stones,   and Sophia Loren singing "YOU WANT To BE AMERICANO" from the motion picture "It Started in Naples" starring CLARK GABLE and SOPHIA LOREN.

We recenting hit Macari Vineyards when delighted in drinking a bottle of Macari CAB FRANC, eating a MORTADELLA PISATCHIO PIZZA as we listened to SOPHIA LOREN singing the Whiskey & Soda "I Want to Be Americano" song. We were in "7th HEAVEN" when our EDDIE SPECIAL PIE (Pepperoni & Sausage) arrive at our table. This was our day at Macari Vineyards. Can't wait to go back real son.

Basta !


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MANGIA ITALIANO


MEMORIES of ITALIAN FOOD

Daniel Bellino "Z"




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SOPHIA LOREN


YOU WANT to BE AMERICANO


From "IT STARTED in NAPLES"

Starring : CLARK GABLE & SOPHIA LOREN



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Friday, May 25, 2018

Italian-American Author Daniel Bellino Z Goes Back to Italy


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ITALAIN COOKBOOK AUTHOR DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE


at The TWIN CHURCHES of SANTA MARIA
PIAZZA di POPOLO

ROME


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Nunns walking in TRASTEVERE
ROME
ITALY

This Cool Old Truck is owned by Trattoria Carlo Menta

and is Parked in Front of the Restaurant




 
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Old FIAT

TRATTORIA CARLO MENTA

ROMA






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BACK in ROME

Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

The COLOSSEUM

ROME


May 2018



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Meand  My Buddy AUGUSTO

Owner of ALLORO RISTORANT , ROME

Near The TREVI FOUNTAIN

Fotana di Trevi

Roma


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POSITANO

ITALY






SUNDAY SAUCE

by ITALIAN-AMERICAN Author

DANIEL BELLINO "Z"



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COUSINS MIMO and MARTA

PREPARING OUR ANTIPASTI

SORRENTO






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POSITANO
Shot From Le SIRENUSE HOTEL

Positano on The AMALFI COAST

ITALY


 
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View From My Balcony

At VILLA MARIA AGRITURISMO

MINORI

ITALY



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Me and VINCENZO MANZO

Owner of Villa Maria Agriturismo

MINORI

ITALY



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Pasta al Forno alla Maria

VILLA MARIA
MINORI
ITALY

The AMALFI COAST




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My CAMPARI SPRITZ


At Our House on VIA CAPO in SORRENTO


ITALY




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View from our Apartment on Via Capo

SORRENTO


May 2018




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Cugina Marta


Sorrento



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RAVIOLI con TARTUFO
Made by MARTA & MIMO
For our Dinner in SORRENTO





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PAESTUM
Ancient Greek Ruins

ITALY



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Cousin Marta , Mimo, Tony and Me
SORRENTO
ITALY




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Cutting The PORCHETTA

For My PANINO
At Er BUCHETTO
ROMA
ROME
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May 2018

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Drinking FRASCATI

in FRASCATI

ITALY


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LEGALIZE MARIANARA











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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Clemenza s Godfather Sunday Sauce



GET YOUR SUNDAY SAUCE MEATS

From MOE THE BUTCHER

At ALBANESE ITALIAN BUTCHER SHOP

MARtiN SCORSESE'S BUTCHER

ELIZABETH STREET

NEW YORK , NY










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Watch Author Daniel Bellino "Z" 
and his Cousin Tony Make  SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA



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RAFFETTO PASTA

in GREENWICH VILLAGE 

SINCE 1906



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SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

Watch The Video





by DANIEL BELLINO "Z"


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Do You Like CAVATELLI 

with Your SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY ????




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Monday, April 23, 2018

MayoChup Recipe

MayoChup

 
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  LEARN HOW to MAKE YOUR OWN  "2018's HOTTEST NEW THING"

 

MAYOCHUP RECIPE :


INGREDIENTS :

  1/4 Cup Best Quality Mayonnaise (We like Hellmanns)
  1/4 Cup Best Quality TOMATO KETCHUP (We like HEINZ)


  Directions :
  1. Place both the MAYONAISE and The KETCHUP in a Small glass or ceramic bowl.
2.  Mix together with a spoon until both  ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.

Congradulations! You have just made your first batch of MayChup. Spread it on Sandwiches, Burgers, and Hotdogs, or use it as a dip. Enjoy!



  Daniel Bellino Zwicke  





      
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