Yo, dis place be havin great nachos, right? They call it da Nacho Treche and be havin beans, cheeses, guacamole, pico de gallo, jalepenos, olives, and homemade green chile n stuff.
Me n my crew loved dis plate. Dat green chile was mad hot and mixed in wit everythin else so well. It was bangin. Lots and lots of toppings yo. Spicy too, word.
At F-13 (dats what I callz it) what do ya get? Well of course, da Florencia 13 Burrito son!
It’s be havin homemade green chile, beans, and a slow simmered beef. And yo, check it, it uhh…….*cough* cough*. Sorry, i feel dumber just trying to type that way. We’re back to normal now. Florencia 13 offers what is known as “Wet”. And getting this “Wet” means oven baking and topping with homemade sauce and melted cheese. You’d be crazy not to add something as awesome as that. Big fat burrito with lots of meat. Tons of gooey cheese and delicious spicy sauce combos for a great burrito.
The tacos are small, but overflowing with toppings.
Granted the tomato, cilantro, and onion was great, but the authentic corn tortilla and delicious meats brought this all together. Fresh and crispy were the two words constantly running through my head in each bite.
Florencia 13 is a teeny tiny place. It fills up really quick. I can’t even begin to imagine trying to go to this place on a Friday or Saturday night. Try going on a weekday, you’ll enjoy.
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Florencia 13
185 Sullivan Street
New York, NY 10012
Prices: Nacho Trece $12, Florencia 13 Burrito $13, Suavecito Tacos $13
Hours: Mon-Thu 4pm-3am, Fri 4pm-4am, Sat 10am-4am, Sun 10am-3am
Access: A,B,C,D,E,F,V Trains To West 4th; 1 Train To Houston; 6 Train To Bleecker; B,D,F,V Trains To Broadway/Lafayette; R,W Trains To Prince Street
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- 1 pounds beef round sirloin steak, cut into 1/4 inch strips
- 2 tablespoons corn oil
- 1 cube beef bouillon
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 large green bell peppers, sliced
- 1 medium spanish onion, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 teaspoons ginger paste
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can crushed tomatoes, with liquid
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Cut the sirloin steak into 1/4 inch strips and set aside
Combine soy sauce, garlic, pepper, and ginger in a bowl
Then add the crushed tomato sauce and whisk away
Set the sauce aside. This will be poured over the meat once they are placed in the crock pot.
Mix beef bouillon cube with hot water until dissolved, then mix in cornstarch until dissolved, set aside
Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, heat the corn oil and season the beef strips with some pepper and brown on both sides for 2-3 minutes
immediately transfer the steak strips to the crock pot
Pour the tomato- ginger soy sauce mixture over the meat and then add the onions, green peppers, and a couple of more dashes of soy sauce
Lastly, pour the bouillon mixture and pour over the onions and peppers
Cover and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours, or on low for 6 to 8 hours. During this time go run some errands, watch a movie, drink some hot cocoa, and relax!
Serve with some garlic-y brown rice! Yum 
]]>Rice To Riches’ menu consists entirely of ride pudding.
This is the true test. And to tell you the truth, I actually haven’t even eaten rice pudding in eons. I was heavily persuaded to go and decided to keep an open mind. The place itself was very welcoming. A “futuristic decor” along with funny jargons and jokes plastered to the walls, windows, and doors, was very fun.
The rice pudding has silly names such as Sex Drugs and Rocky Road, Take Me To Tiramisu, Fluent In French Toast, and a slew of others.
Not knowing what the hell some of these flavors are, you are allowed to sample many different puddings before you make your final pick.
My choice: Chocolate Chip Flirt which is basically chocolate chip rice pudding.
And can honestly say, I can scratch it off the list of things I don’t like. I’m a changed man and now very much like rice pudding now. Soo much lighter than true pudding with a twinge of a chunkiness. The chocolate was top notch. Thanks Rice To Riches for changing me into a rice pudding liker.
For one dollar more you can add a topping.
Once again, the choices have creative names such as Remedy (caramel vanilla sauce), Flourish (toasted buttery pound cake), Heart Throb (tender loving jelly), and others. To top my Chocolate Chip Flirt I chose Mischief (buttery graham cracker blanket). It indeed was buttery. It was indeed graham cracker perfection. A perfect blend to the rice pudding.
The rice pudding is served in different sized dishes from Solo (serves one) all the way to Moby (serves 10). The moby is seriously the size of a bucket. I could fit my head in this thing. That’s a lot of rice pudding! The dishes are so rad looking, one would be crazy not to wash this sucker out and use it at home to keep (I did).
I never thought I’d like rice pudding, but Rice To Riches made a believer out of me. So good.
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Rice To Riches
37 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012
Prices: Solo $6, Epic $7.75, Moby $40, Toppings $1
Hours: Sun-Wed 11am-11pm, Thu-Sat 11am-12am
Access: 6 Train To Spring Street; R,W To Prince Street; B,D,F,V Trains To Broadway/Lafayette; J,M Trains To Bowery
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- 1 rustic ciabatta flatbread (I bought it from Trader Joe’s)
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 2 slices salami, sliced
- fresh mozzarella, 6 chopped slices
- 2 tablespoons Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1 teaspoon parsley
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F
In a large skillet over medium heat add a tablespoon of olive oil and saute onions until they are soft and caramelized, approximately 15-20 minutes.
Place the Ciabatta flatbread on a baking sheet and drizzle with the remaining tablespoon of olive oil
Spread out the mozzarella cheese
Then add the strips of salami
Followed by the caramelized onions
Then crumble about a palmful of Gorgonzola cheese all over the pizza and lightly season with parsley
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until cheese has melted
Enjoy yourself some homemade gourmet pizza!
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They’re that tricky booger stuck so far up your nostril, you’ll need your pinky and a long finger nail to get it out. They’ve made it all the way to the AFC Championship game and because I live in New York, my eyes and ears are flooded with both Jets fans and bandwagon Jets fan (that’s most of you) touting their team to the fullest. It’s funny, before this season I never heard a peep from these guys. Needless to say, this weekend will be the first time in my life I’ll be rooting for Peyton Manning. I feel ill.
I made sure to go to the Waterfront Ale House on a non-football day to avoid all that pain.
As a matter of fact, it was a complete 180 with good food and a nice atmosphere. The WAH, as I’ll call it, describes itself as being a neighborhood bar and boasts of having one of the most amazing beer selections one can find. I don’t drink, but I suppose this is good to know to spread the word.
They have nachos on the menu? Well, guess we’re having nachos aren’t we? The item here is called the Super Nachos Platter and consists of warm tortilla chips piled with chili, onions, jalapenos, olives, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream.
For a few bucks more you can also add venison chili, but we did not. I was very impressed with this plate. The chili had a smoky flavor and was quite meaty. It made for the scoop of each each nice and plentiful. So plentiful in fact that after all the nacho chips are gone, so much topping still remains on the plate.
WAH is highly touted in their sandwiches and bbq dishes. We had the pleasure of trying the Tuscan Chicken Club which was grilled chicken breast, fresh mozzarella, field greens and tomato on warm focaccia bread.
Such a simple sandwich with easy ingredients made perfectly well. Crispy, flaky bread and a juicy cut of fowl chomping down with soft cheese, yes each bite was wonderful.
On presentation alone, I’d give WAH a very high grade. Just look at the picture for the Hickory Smoked Turkey!
Splendidly arranged open-faced sandwich triangles plated with symmetrical side dishes complementing. Then there’s the ingredients: hickory smoke turkey served on open face farm house cheddar on 7 grain bread and jalapeno jelly. You’d think jalapeno jelly would spicen up the sandwich big time. Nope, rather it comes 0ut very sweet adding an interesting element to the fantastic pick of farm house cheddar.
You know that Southwestern Chicken Quesadilla looked pretty awesome on that menu. It was hard to say no to that one. Maybe another time for that any a chance to try other dishes as well. Booo Jets!
Waterfront Ale House
540 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Prices: Super Nacho Platter $10.95, Tuscan Chicken Club $9.95, Venison & Black Bean Chili $12.95
Hours: Mon-Thu 11:30am-11pm, Fri 11:30-12am, Sat 12pm-12am, Sun 12pm-11pm
Access: 6 Train to 28th Street or 6 Train To 33rd Street
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