Month: November 2024

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Baith Maryam Brothers

Started off the morning by getting breakfast at this restaurant in Souq Waqif.

We ordered the breakfast special, which comes with a variety of dishes (which you’re supposed to eat with some sort of flat bread). Some of the food it comes with includes humans, fried cheese, an omelet of some sort, falafels. and egg mixed with some sort of

I really liked everything (did feel in different to the bean and sour cream/cheese thing though.

Also ordered a latte which tasted better than usual (probably because of the cream), and it was fairly strong.

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Mamig

Went to this place as our first dinner in Qatar, in the Katara Cultural Village.

This was an Armenian and Lebanese restaurant, and all the food was excellent.

For starters we got the Fatayer Spinach and the Lebanese Kebbe (filled with beef). Both really great

For our main, got the Mixed Grill, which had: one skewer each of Awsal (boneless chicken), Havov, Lamb cutlets with two skewers of kafta meat (this is basically a lamb and beef kebab)

Here is the menu link: https://mamig.digipages.net/main/menu/main-course

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Heritage Grand

We went here for dinner to satisfy a pizza craving.

From a friend who went to Tulum, apparently the. One of the restaurant is like every restaurant in Tulum.

For drinks, ordered an Aperol spritz.

For food, ordered a pepperoni and sausage Neapolitan pizza and a penne with shrimp pasta. Both great choices. (FYI we were going to order calamari, but yelp mentioned not to order it!).

Would come back to this place in a heart beat.

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Dear Irving Gramercy

Went to this cocktail lounge after going to The Stand at around 12:30am.

They sat us in our own private room which was nice.

Ordered some whisky cocktail. All I remember is that it’s be great to come back. Also, across the street there was a place called Pete’s Tavern (pictured with the Christmas decorations below is that)



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The Bar at The Modern

Went to this place for pre-dinner drinks (it is attached to the Moma, but not in the museum itself).

You can show up, and there is a chance you can get a lounge table at the bar (it’s a first come first serve).

We only tried the boneless chicken bucket (which comes with fries). Would get it again.

For drinks, tried a variety of drinks. From a whisky sour to a pisco sour to an espresso martini without simple syrup.

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The Stand

Usually we come to this place just for the stand up portion. However decided to try out the restaurant.

The clutch move about eating here before the show is that you get 10% off the food bill, and they save your seat at the show itself (which is usually downstairs( if you are not yet done eating. We started eating at 9pm, so we went the route of them saving our seat.

For drinks got the espresso martini without simple syrup.

For food, we ended up getting the shrimp cocktail, the porkchop, a steak, and the tagliatelle pasta all great options.

(FYI you can order all these at the actual show as well, but I liked eating them before the show).

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Ahgassi Gopchang Korean BBQ

We checked out this place for KBBQ (it replaced Baekjeong, which is slightly sad).

They had Toki highballs, so that’s sick.

We got the Ahgassi combo (4 different meats). The brisket and the short rib were the best meets (the pork ones were pretty bad).

The side dishes it came with were phenomenal.

Would come back again (but may stay away from the pork).

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The Bar Room

After a great dinner at Le Gratin, went to this lounge that was right beside it in the financial district.

Great architecture, vibe, and drinks.

For my first drink asked for something between an old fashion and whisky sour, but did not have simple syrup. They gave me something pretty good, but wish it was slightly sweeter (my fault for not mentioning they could have thrown table sugar in there).

For my second drink asked for a pisco sour. That was great.

Food menu looked good, it did not order anything. Next time.

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Le Gratin

Ate at this restaurant from a recommendation from a friend. Really great.

Menu is mainly in French, so took a while to decide what to get. Aside from the beat salad everything was awesome (mainly since I don’t like beats).

For drinks, we got a bottle of red wine to share (Chateau Pegau). Great for pairing with the rest of the food.

For food, we did family style. Got the steak tartare (with sour dough bread), the Pate (with chicken liver), brats salad, the gratin, and medium-rare duck. Best duck I’ve ever had (the duck itself and the sauce).

For desert got the PROFITEROLE CHOCOLAT-NOISETTE. Great choice.

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The Parlour Room

We went here on a night we landed in New York City. We were staying near Penn Station, and wanted a place with some seafood, steak, and a full bar. Their whisky selection was awesome (see the pic below).

It is recommended to get a reservation beforehand since it does get full easily (although you can also eat at the bar).

For main courses got the crab dip, the seafood tagliatelle (had shrimp, clams and mussels), and the filet mignon. I would get all of them again.

For drinks, did a Japanese flight (note you can only get 1 flight for your whole visit). They have a cool placemat for the flight glasses (see below), and they tell you the background of each one. Two things that stood out. First is that the Shibui wishing was a pure malt, (which is different from a single malt since that whisky comes from two distilleries, but the families are related). For the Kaiyo whisky, apparently their requirements is that the oak tree is 350 years old (partly due to the fact it is endangered).

I also did get a whisky sour, which was also good.

Oh, and we finished off with a crème brûlée.