Tofu Trepidation & Triumph

March 14, 2008

If you ever want to ruin a person for a particular food, call my mother and ask her to cook.  Many years ago, on a random evening, my mother ruined us for tofu with a “new” dish she called “Tofu Tetrazzini.”   It was a horrid composition of tasteless, wobbly tofu slabs, layered over cooked spaghetti and blanketed in a creamy mushroom sauce with a sprinkling of almonds.   Just thinking about it makes me nauseous.  It was a long time thereafter that I’d even consider eating tofu although I still approach with caution, and I haven’t braved cooking tofu at home.  Tofu at restaurants is a whole other experience; there are some surprisingly good dishes out there.  Close the chapter on my childhood ruination of tofu with a nice Korean tofu stew or …
 

STRIP TEASE – the do now, don’t do and do sometime of dining on Fulton Street

March 7, 2008

The culinary landscape of Fulton Street has changed pretty dramatically in recent days.  Gone are Taqueria Corona and True Brew, replaced by Drunken Taco and Creole Skillet.  Longstanding restaurants flanking this portion of Fulton Street are La Boca and Wolfe’s on one end, newly expanded Rio Mar on the other end, and in between, Rock-N-Sake and Red Eye Grill.  All these places are open for dinner, but for some reason Rock-N-Sake is closed at lunch except on Fridays and there is no lunch service at La Boca.  Which are the do’s the don’ts and the do later?  Read on…