Eating In Translation

What's Eating In Translation?

This website began as a collection of field notes on interesting food I'd tried, or planned to try, in and around New York. Since its launch, in January 2005, I've visited thousands of venues, from white-linen restaurants to elbows-on-the-table eateries, as well as street vendors, fairs, festivals, grocers, and greenmarkets — and my "to eat" list is longer than ever.

Pad Thai Kitchen

Chantaburi-style pad thai, crowned by soft-shell crab, at a sheltered outdoor table. Five more styles of pad thai to try!

H/T @Garsleat

Pad Thai Kitchen
6218 18th Ave. (62nd-63rd Sts.), Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
718-484-0156
www.PadThaiBK.com

Veeray da Dhaba

No goat, no lamb, no chicken thigh, not a single piece of meat: biryani with green jackfruit. I sat right back and enjoyed my biryani inside the restaurant before dine-in service was prohibited, once again, in December, but I'll bet it would travel dependably.

H/T @Garsleat

Veeray da Dhaba
222 First Ave. (13th-14th Sts.), Manhattan
212-777-1420
www.VeeraydaDhaba.com

Empanadas Mix

A Venezuelan hot dog — with onion, cabbage, carrot, corn, potato, pecorino, pink sauce, ketchup, and mayo — at a sidewalk table. Actual hot dog not shown.

Empanadas Mix
8103 Northern Blvd. (81st-82nd Sts.), Jackson Heights, Queens
347-935-3777
www.Instagram.com/EmpanadasMixNY

Give some, take some: Ozone Park Community Fridge

Hand-painted artwork (Brandi Jones, Black Village Arts, 2020)
Outside Dave's Barber Shop & Hair Salon (that's Dave at work near the window)
13206 Liberty Ave. (132nd-133rd Sts.), South Richmond Hill, Queens
718-577-8331
https://Daves-Barber-Shop-Hair-Salon.business.site

Si n'Shpi

Qofte djegëst (Chofe-tah Yeah-guest) — as served, and as assembled into one of a series of ad hoc sliders — at a sheltered outdoor table. If you don't like your Albanian qofte so spicy, you can always order it padjegëst.

Si n'Shpi ("Like Home")
2307 65th St. (23rd-24th Aves.), Mapleton, Brooklyn
917-933-4579
www.Instagram.com /SinShpi_Restaurant