The Kosher Traveler

Good News for DC

aaron — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:25:32 +0000

There was a lot of good news for DC this week when it comes to Kosher food. First there is a new restaurant that opened this week in an old location. Distrikt Bistro opened this week in the JCC. Having looked at the menu, I am very excited to try this place out. A hat tip to Dani over at yeahthatskosher.com for the news.

The second exciting news is that DC may get it’s very own Kosher food truck. I say may because there is no information in the article about who is going to be supervision on the truck. However the fact that Spike Mendelshon would be involved shows that Kosher food continues to go upscale. Thanks to Tom Bridge from We Love DC for sharing the news with me.

hopita — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:58:19 +0000

Dinitz

Basil – Brooklyn, NY

aaron — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:10:49 +0000

Tucked away in Crown Heights is a restaurant that really needs to be known about. That place is Basil. Brooklyn isn’t a place that you would usually associate with good restaurants but Basil breaks that mold.

The food here is good, the service friendly and my personal favorite, the kitchen is open so you can see what’s going on.

There is one confusing thing about the menu. In the appetizers they have Basil Fries and for dessert they have basil ice cream. The fries are your standard french fries and the ice cream has basil in it! I have to tell you that I didn’t think that it would be good but it was. I think that the fries would be good with some basil on them as well. The other desserts were good as well although the chocolate cake was on the rich side. Some people like that but I can’t handle that rich any more.

The rest of the food is just as delicious as the desserts. I had one of their Pizzas and others in my party had so pasta.

You really should give Basil a try.

Taam China – Brookline, MA

aaron — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:13:23 +0000

Two weeks ago, I was up in the Boston area staying in Brookline. That is where the majority of the Jewish population lives and where most of the restaurants are located. Since I was only there for overnight I only had one place to go to a review. That place turned out to be Taam China.

It is your typical chinese restaurant and the service is kind of average. The food is good and one of my favorites they do really well, the scallion pancake. What makes it really good is the plum dipping sauce that they serve along with the pancake. The other things that were ordered were good. I went with the vegetables in garlic sauce

and Hopita went with the Kung Pao Tofu.

To wrap this up, Taam China isn’t a great place to eat but if you have a craving for Chinese food while you are in the Boston area then Taam China will fit the bill.

Rumor of a New Restaurant in Pittsburgh

admin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:39:27 +0000

Last week while I was in Philadelphia enjoying a meal at Max & David’s, I received a text message from one of my spies. It seems that there may be a new Kosher place to eat in Pittsburgh. I hope to have some pictures and maybe a review next week.