Always Investigating: Balkan cuisine at Djerdan
GutterGourmet — August 02, 2010
Traditional Veal Kebabs at Djerdan Burek.
On 38th Street, just west of 7th Avenue is a quiet, unassuming restaurant below street level that looks like it could be the home of the Bosnian Social Club. Fortunately for us, it’s not members only, and Djerdan Burek offers great Balkan cuisine to anyone daring to venture in.
SEARCH: Celebrate National Wiener Schnitzel Day
September 09, 2009
Blaue Gans’ Jäger Schnitzel with Mushrooms, Bacon and Fresh Herbed Spätzle, $28.
Today is National Wiener Schnitzel Day. This traditional Eastern European dish is Austrian in origin and consists of a thin slice of veal cutlet that is breaded and fried. Austrians take their schnitzel very seriously— supposedly they’ve protected the term by law so that it can only be used when the dish is made with veal. Unfettered by this protection, New York City offers many varieties of schnitzel. As Midtown Lunch recently noted, the newly opened Schnitzel Express is offering eight distinct variations. Of course, you always have the option of preparing your own, in which we case we recommend following Kurt Gutenbrunner’s expert lead with our instructional video, Holy Schnitzel!
In order to find our favorite schnitzels in the city we’ve turned, as always, to AlwaysHungryNY.com’s Very Advanced Search Engine. Just go to the search field and type in “schnitzel,” and you’ll get the list of restaurants below.
Blaue Gans: All schnitzel, particularly, Jäger Schnitzel w/Mushrooms, Bacon & Spätzle (above)
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden: Chicken Schnitzel
Klee Brasserie: Veal Wiener Schnitzel (Saturday Only)
Loreley: Pork Schnitzel
Pita Joe: Joe Schnitzel
Radegast Hall & Biergarten: Veal Schnitzel with German Potato Salad
Wallsé: Wiener Schnitzel
Zum Schneider: Wiener Schnitzel
AlwaysLearning: Halušky
Arthur Bovino — July 06, 2009
Halušky at the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden in Astoria, Queens
Halušky is a savory, warm, tangy, rib-sticking dish. It’s a great cool-weather comfort food, but its qualities also just make it great food to eat while drinking beer at any time during the year.
What it is: Halušky are spaetzle-like, irregularly-shaped dumplings usually made with flour, water, egg and often, finely grated potatoes. These small, lumpy dumplings can often be found served with cheese, cabbage, bacon, ham and meat or vegetable stews.
Where it’s from: Eastern Europe. Variations on Halušky can be found prepared in a variety of ways in the cuisines of Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. A Slovak rendition, Bryndzové Halušky, is one of the national dishes of Slovakia; it adds sheep’s milk cheese and bacon to potato halušky. Strapačky, a similar Slovak dish, substitutes sauerkraut for sheep’s milk cheese.
Where to get it in New York: The Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden, a fantastic, authentic beer garden in Astoria, Queens run and managed by the Bohemian Citizens Benevolent Society, does a hearty rendition of Halušky with Sauerkraut and Imported Traditional Slovak Sheep’s Cheese.
The Round-Up: Marathon Route Dining
October 30, 2008
Just because participants in Sunday’s NYC Marathon have to endure a grueling 26.2 mile race, doesn’t mean you have to suffer starving on the sidelines. The New York Times has compiled a list of 26.2 noteworthy places (one is a truck) along the marathon route where hungry supporters can stop in and get a delicious bite. With cuisines ranging from classic American to Vietnamese, Polish, Honduran, and Senegalese, the eateries on this list are as international and eclectic as the runners competing in the race. (10/29)
Bay Street Lunchonette American Diner (Staten Island)
Plaka Taverna Greek (Bay Ridge)
Tanoreen Palestinian (Bay Ridge)
Thanh Dai Vietnamese (Sunset Park)
Yun Nan Flavour Snack Chinese (Sunset Park)
El Tesoro Ecuadorean (Sunset Park)
Milan’s Slovakian (Greenwood Heights)
Chip Shop British (Park Slope)
Sheep Station Australian (Park Slope)
Madiba South African (Park Slope)
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