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Some 24 hours before the big, boisterous Brazilian Day Festival, "The Cleansing of 46th St." presented a purifying ceremony, "inspired by the tradition, mysticism, charm, and religious foundation of the area of northeast Brazil known as Bahia," that began far too early in the morning for me. When I arrived in the afternoon, the street was lightly decorated in Brazilian colors, a lively pop group was playing for several hundred spectators, and a handful of stalls were offering food and drink.
Even when they're young, they're prickly.
(This venue is closed.) Hey — acarajé!
(This venue is closed.) The future home of the bulgogi hotdog, first spotted in New York at last October's Chusok Festival, will be open by this time next week, according to a fellow who was working on the interior.
New York Hotdog & Coffee
245 Bleecker St. (at Leroy St.)
Scheduled to open September 2008
(This venue is closed.) Looks like there's fresh thatch up on the roof.
Out of their package, SKS Food coconut cookies (150 g.; $1.50) look like checkers pressed from particleboard, but put 'em in a cereal bowl and pour on the milk, and you've got a passable attempt at shredded wheat. (The pandan and coffee flavors might fare less well.) I also ordered a cup of teh tarik (Tay ta-Reek; not shown; 75 cents), tea that is "pulled" — poured from a height, with arms spread wide — to froth it manually. At this tiny specialty-food stall, however, that's done through the much more compact gestures of tearing and pouring from an instant-mix packet.
Malaysia Special Food
41-28 Main St. (inside the Golden Mall), upstairs, stall D4, Flushing, Queens
718-801-5576
Also at 34 Eldridge St. (Canal-Hester Sts.)
Three weeks after it was featured in a New York Times multimedia guide to Flushing eats, the Shi Hong Mall remains dark.
(This venue is closed.) I came for the fish salad, but I ordered the fish custard.
(This venue is closed.) My fried egg sandwich ($9.50) wore a big arugula smile, happy in the company of tomato and parmagian cheese. The country fries cuddled up against them were a mix of moist and crisp; might have been a little bacon in there, too.
Regional
2607 Broadway (98th-99th Sts.)
212-666-1915
www.RegionalNYC.com
Please, sir, can I have some more?
Thank you!
