AlwaysInvestigating: NYY Steak Express vs. Lobel’s
Arthur Bovino — April 30, 2010
Two Steak Sandwiches duke it out at Yankee Stadium.
The season is a month old, but the Yanks have spent much of it on the road. With their return to the Bronx today to face the White Sox, it’s time to visit an intramural culinary face-off shaping up between two steak sandwiches at the stadium. NYY Steak Express’ new concession stand pits their steak sandwich up against the one by Lobel’s that made a splash last year.
AlwaysHolidays: On the Fifth Day of Christmas
Arthur Bovino and Maryse Chevrière — December 16, 2009
Technically, the Twelve Days of Christmas don’t start until Christmas Day, but we’re already in the spirit. To celebrate over the next seven days, here’s the carol, ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ AlwaysHungry-style, featuring some dishes we tasted in 2009 that we’d be willing to sing about.
Five Golden Rings. You might not be AlwaysHungry if you hear the words “golden rings” and don’t immediately think of the crunchy, fried goodness inherent to onion rings.
So, today our Christmas food carol would begin:
On the fifth day of Christmas, my waiter brought to me… five on-ion rings.
From NYY Steak, Onion Ring Stack.
AlwaysInformed: World Series of Food
Arthur Bovino — October 28, 2009
Garlic Fries at Yankee Stadium ($5/small).
Yankees vs. Phillies. Call it the Amtrak Series, the I-95 Series, the Liberty Series or Cheesecake versus Cheesesteak. As long as the Yanks are back in the Fall Classic, you can call it what you like.
Even haters must admit, it’s cool that Yankee Stadium is hosting the series in its inaugural season. While Shake Shack and the Acela Club have garnered CitiField more praise for its food (we mourn the loss of the pastrami dog), you could argue the Bronx has a better signature dish: Lobel’s Steak Sandwich.
AlwaysPartying: Oyster Odyssey
Arthur Bovino — August 05, 2009
The John Dory’s Hangtown Fry ($17) is served during brunch.
New York City is a great place for raw bar and fried oysters (see AHNY’s National Oyster Day post). As delicious as these oyster preparations are, other classic and interesting preparations shouldn’t be missed. Take the Hangtown Fry, an oyster and bacon omelette made famous in California during the Gold Rush. Its origin is one of those epic food myths.
It starts in a place forty miles east of Sacramento that was called Dry Diggins until three desperadoes were hanged from the town’s giant oak tree, after which it became Hangtown. Supposedly, in 1849 a miner who had found gold walked into the El Dorado Hotel across the street from the tree and asked the bartender for the most expensive meal possible. The result was a combination of bacon from the East, eggs from the coast and oysters that had been packed on ice and brought in from the San Francisco Bay.
The dish outlasted the town’s name and the hotel. Today, Hangtown is known as Placerville, and the El Dorado was replaced in 1857 after burning down a year before, by the The Cary House Hotel, which still stands. Allegedly one of the only places in town to regularly serves the Hangtown Fry is Chuck’s Restaurant. But that’s okay because you don’t have to go to California to strike culinary gold.
The John Dory’s rendition has to rank up there with the city’s best egg dishes. Eggs are creamy. Bacon is substituted with a thick prosciutto that has the texture of tender corned beef. Slices of pickled jalapeño add bursts of a light vinegary flavor and heat also spread throughout the dish. The oysters are only slightly cooked. The pooled flavors lining the plate’s bottom when you finish are worth wiping up with the delicious Parker House rolls.
The Hangtown Fry is just one of New York City’s many notable oyster dishes on the following Oyster Odyssey that a true bivalve-lover should try to check off their list.
Click to see AHNY's checklist of New York City's notable oyster dishes. >>
AlwaysInvestigating: NYY Steak (New York Yankees Steak)
Arthur Bovino — May 13, 2009
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The dining room at NYY Steak in Yankee Stadium.
Having thoroughly sampled the ballpark food in the new Yankee Stadium, it was time that Always Hungry visited New York Yankees Steak, the New York Yankees’ organizational attempt at creating refined dining in the new cathedral in the Bronx.
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