Thursday, June 29, 2017

RAOS NEW YORK ITALIAN



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RAOS

EAST HARLEM , NEW YORK


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  Founded in 1896, starting as a saloon, family owned - 4 generations in. From the famous NFL Manning brothers throwing a football outside of the restaurant which is on East 114th street to Sting and Bon Jovi both being in the restaurant and by the end of the night singing Sinatra's famous "New York" hit together and with the entire restaurant, to topping it with Sophia Loren walking in and the always noisy restaurant dropping silent. This place is home. We walked in, greeted with such kindness by the owner, Frank Pellegrino (with no reservation I might add as they do not accept them - however they are somehow booked for 2015), we fell back into the era circa 1930 and I felt like I was a main character in Goodfellas - it was amazing. I am still unsure how it happened, starting with some drinks with Dee behind the bar - who comes across as the friend you grew up with - followed by our dreams coming true as we were told a table is being set for us. Dining and having the seafood salad, calamari (duh), meatballs, lemon chicken, broccoli rabe, vodka penne, of course a bottle of wine and topping it with lemon cello courtesy of the down to earth, classy, stylish Mr. Pellegrino - it sure was one of the best nights in New York City. To get a seat here is unheard of, the tables are allegedly each given to certain family's for life and theirs whenever they want them. The generous, kind owner Frank, makes you feel like he's your uncle Frank seating you at his birthday party. He was born on East 114th street in Harlem - his wife of 40+ years also is from the same area - he keeps tradition alive in numerous ways. This is an establishment you will find no where else. (Well, you can try in Hollywood and Vegas as they opened there too :) but I'm confident it will not be as original as the Harlem location. 



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The late FRANK PELLEGRINO Sr. at RAOS

RIP


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The RAO'S COOKBOOK





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RAO'S MARINARA SAUCE







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Long time RAO'S Regular BO DEITEL shoots a Scene for The WOLF of WALL STREET
at RAO'S with LEONARDO DiCAPRIO

RAO'S LEMON CHICKEN




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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Perfect BAROLO in NEW YORK

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THREE GREAT BAROLO PRODUCERS

ELIO GRASSO , CAVALLOTTO , and ANDREA OBERTO




I had another tasty Barolo last night. Just one of so many hundreds over the years. Yes another tasty Barolo, I just love it. The Barolo in question was a bottle of BAROLO ANDREA OBERTO 2012.. All I can say is that I just sat back and enjoyed this wine after work one night with my friend Peter Mosconi. It was Peter's and he brought it to the table. I took a sip and wow, I was flabbergasted, this wine was absolutely awesome.  Drinking Barolo is always a special treat, and this time proved to be one of those extra specail ones, for sometimes the experience is good, at other time disappointing, and as with this night and this particular Barolo, the Andrea Oberto Vintage 2012, everything was just great, and just about as good as it gets, the Barolo was absolutely perfect and as I told Peter, you can buy a much more expensive Barolo, like one from Giaccomo Conterno or one of the Mascarello's, or similar high-priced Barolo and now matter if you spent $300 or $500 or whatever price you paid, it wouldn't matter, the Barolo could not be better than the one we were drinking tonight (Monday June 26, 2017) at Monte's Trattoria, there could be no Barolo better than this, for this particular Barolo (Andrea Oberto Barolo 2012) was absolutely perfect. It was a Text Book Barolo and perfectly in balance which says it all. It was full of flavor, the classic Barolo flavors, like ; Cherry Fruit flavors with some nice full Dark Chocolate notes, a twinge of Tar, Truffles, and Violets. This Barolo had the right amount of weight to it, with correct acid, tannin, and everything you expect from a great Barolo, it was all there. Well I don't want to go on and on on this that and everything, but quite simply the wine was I must say again, perfect and as good as it gets, and was purely a Joy to Drink.   

The MORAL of This Story is ; PERFECT BAROLO need Not Cost an ARM & a LEG !


BASTA !!!

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BAROLO

ANDREA OBERTO

2012

La MORRA




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FABIO OBERTO and His DAD ANREA OBERTO

Enjoying some of their Fine BAROLO ...



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SUNDAY SAUCE

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Sunday, June 18, 2017

Louis CK Fried Chicken Recipe

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LOUIS CK 

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