Eating In Translation

East Dumpling House

(This venue is closed.) What the menu calls the "ugly dumpling" wasn't so bad-looking, just a little stiff.

"As featured on the Travel Channel"

What tourist will have seen the Travel Channel but never heard of a Big Mac? Why McDonald's, whose own commemorative plaque is mounted at top, would bother with this pat-on-the-shoulder endorsement, I don't understand.

McDonald's
"As featured on the Travel Channel"
160 Broadway (Liberty-Cortlandt Sts.)
(one of many locations)
212-385-2063
www.McDonalds.com

Choke cherries

It's disappointing to discover that something as small as a blueberry still has a pit.

Remo's Brick Oven Pizza Company

The pizzas were the sums of their parts.

Terminal Food Shop

(This venue is closed.) With a name like Terminal Food, it has to be good.

Punjabi Food Junction

This Northern Indian deli caters to art-gallery-goers (morning, afternoon), club kids (mainly after midnight), and cab drivers (at any hour).

El Charrito truck

I was tipped to El Charrito in a Chowhound post by adamclyde, who seems to spend more time in my hometown than I do.

The Maya Restaurant

Looks like a laid-back joint.

Colombian Independence Festival

Do you know me?

Patria Restaurant

(This venue is closed.) I didn't expect the banana to upstage the codfish.