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“You'll wonder why there isn't a Philippine restaurant on every corner.” nymag

Cuisine:  Asian (Southeast), Asian
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In the midst of papers and finals, I decided to go have a casual dinner with friends last weekend. I had originally chosen Wildwood BBQ, the new BR Guest restaurant headed by Hill Country's old pit master, but the reviews were horrible. It was a good thing I had my copy of TONY on me because I was a... Read More
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"Turo-turo" means "point-point" in Tagalog, which is slang for the kind of restaurant that serves pre-cooked entrees in a buffet bar that you would order by pointing to what you want. I went to a turo-turo in Manhattan on the recommendation of someone who mentioned they had grea... Read More
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My sister, who reads my blog, was annoyed by the lack of pictures and/or the poor quality of my pictures. I'm not a photographer. When I feel compelled to take pics, I pull out my 1.0 megapixel camera phone. We were due for a food date so she offered to take pictures, provided that I treat her to a ... Read More
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East Village: It may have been a fun weekend for all you hungover chefs and meat-loving barbecue fanatics, but it was business as usual for the DOH. Their latest victim: the East Village's Filipino fast food joint Elvie's Turo Turo, which got this lovely white sign on Friday (did the DOH run out o... Read More
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View Larger Map Roosevelt Avenue in Queens has always been one of our favorite strips: middle-aged-lesbian dance parties at Bum Bum! Baby-doll night at Flamingo! We like to eat there too, and apparently so does Good magazine which, we hear, will name “la Roosie” one of America’s best food streets... Read More
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We, the editors at Citysearch, are real people with real feelings and real dreams and real credit card debt. That’s why we decided to share our personal favorites with you, so that you might get to know us better and possibly stalk us. Justine Goodman (top left) loves to keep it in the East Village... Read More
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