Feb

18

Day 1 - Welcome to Vegas Baby!

February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Ahhh Vegas. This is the place where dreams are made of. I’ve always thought Vegas as a sinful city with prostitutes and drug dealers on every block, like how it was portrayed in movies back in the days, but now that’s not the case. Now there are lots of families going here to sightsee, visit museums, watch shows like Cirque du Soleil, or even go on the Manhattan Express rollercoaster at New York New York hotel. Here there is something for everyone, and for me it’s all about food and entertainment. But for this blog’s purpose, I’m going to post every place that I’ve been to so that one day I can look back and be marveled by the places that I have been.

On a side note, I just love McCarran International Airport. Besides it being so massive and decorative, there are slot machines everywhere! I know, I’m easily amused, but I would like to share that.

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Jan

7

Midtown Lunch at Joe’s Shanghai

January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

*I’ll do a quick post on this before I start on the Vegas ones.*

Joe’s Shanghai
24 W 56th St
(near 5th Ave)
New York, NY 10019
(212) 333-3868


After a nice massage at the Townhouse Spa with my mother, across the street we saw Joe’s Shanghai. My mother recognizes this restaurant since there are two locations in Chinatown – the one on Mott and the other on Pell. Instead of going to Benihana, which was down the block, we decided to go to Joe’s since we were freezing our asses due to the nasty cold face ripping winds and the ten degree temperature.

We sighed with warm relief as we entered the restaurant. It was brutal out there. But we were disappointed with so little people eating in the restaurant.No one greeted us by the door and we decided that they wouldn’t mind that we picked our own table. The waitress was at the bar reading the newspaper, one of the waiters was chirping away on his Nextel mobile phone, and the later out comes a waiter who came to us and told us to sit on the table with two chairs, instead of the four chair table that we were at. Alright, fine that’s alright with us. But considering that there were only 4 other people there…ok, fine.

The waiter gave us the menus and a pot of warm tea that my mother and I were desperate to drink.We decided to order their signature crab pork buns/soup dumplings that we loved so much from the Chinatown one. We also ordered the shanghai noodles and vegetables.

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Jan

7

Happy New Year from FinechinaGirl!

January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I know this is a rather late post, but I do want to wish each and every one of you a wonderful, prosperous, and a merry new year!!

Thank you for your continual support on my site.  I’m actually surprised that I made it to my second year and I hope that there will be many years to come.   I have had my shares of ups and downs, but I definitely do not want that to get in my way of the purpose of this site.

I do want to reach my goal of logging every food and restaurant that I have been to or eaten so just so one day in the distant future, I can look back and see where I have gone, what I have eaten, and how my writing has grown.  This site is still very young, but there is a lot to grow.

I’ve been completely behind on my posts due to work and time away from home.  This year, I will try to contribute as much as I possibly can.

Thanks!

- Finechinagirl

Dec

1

Birthday Lunch at Markers Harborside Grille

December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Marker’s Harborside Grille Restaurant
153 Plaza II (Across from the Hyatt)
Jersey City, NJ
(201) 433-6275

(Okay, so I don’t have a picture of the exterior of the restaurant, but this napkin is proof enough that I was there!)

For my coworker’s birthday, a few of us decided to take her out on a nice lunch at Marker’s. That and it’s the closest restaurant from our work since we only had under an hour to eat.

On that cool October afternoon, we decided to stay in to shield ourselves from the strong winds outside. The restaurant had a strong delicious aroma that probably smelled like burgers and fries. Did I mention that the restaurant was engulfed by smoke?

To start things off, most of us had warm teas to warm our hands and bodies so that we can relax and chat. Terrific. There seem to be a lot of people in business suits in here, which wasn’t surprising. Most of the guys were drinking beer which I thought was fantastic because they can be a little bit buzzed for work; or does that just apply to me?

After about 10 minutes, we decided to order our food.

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Nov

12

Awash Ethiopian Cuisine

November 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Awash Restaurant
947 Amsterdam Avenue
(btw 106th and 107th St)
New York, NY 10025
(212) 961-1416

*There’s also a downtown location in the East Village. Inquire to find out.*

If you’re hankering for meat and have absolute no time for etiquette and grace, Awash is the place for you. With class and elegance in the inside, picture shown below, here you can eat with your bare hands without having people staring.

This is the first time that I’ve ever been to an Ethiopian restaurant so this is all new to me. I’ve never really dine eating with my hands, besides a burger joint or something similar, but I was totally excited to do so.

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