Cooking Chicken Pasta With Vegetables

I guess I'm back to blogging. Should be easier now with my G2x- decent camera with flash & blogger app.

Now to the food. Penne with stir fried chicken, peppers, steamed broccoli, oil, and parmesan. Tasty and healthy dish. Stir frying was done on a wok.

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Kyochon Chicken

The most crispiest and consistently spicy chicken ever. Simply addictive. (Full disclosure- I went there at least six times last month.)

Original wings. Tasty and crispy. Good on its own right but I only eat to have a short respite from the hot and spicy irresistible wings.

My friends order it and I usually get a fry or two, just to change it up and give my mouth and tongue a rest. The fries are slightly crispy on the outside while the inside is cooked just right.

Kyochon Chicken
15652 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY

Dinner at Dera Restaurant

Sweet Mango Lassi, $4. I just wish it was served cold.

I believe this was Chicken Tikka Boneless. I'm not 100% sure because my friend ordered this, but nonetheless this was amazingly tasty. The spices really soaked into the chicken well.

Tandoori Beef, $8. Just like the chicken, deliciously well-spiced. I loved both dishes. However next time I'd also get a dish with some curry sauce.

Dera Restaurant
7209 Broadway
Jackson Heights, NY

Dinner at Nyonya

A certain someone could not wait for dessert after the meal. Above is ABC but our waiter recognized it as shaved ice dessert.

Red bean and corn in ABC. It's a sweet dessert with evaporated milk. ABC's simple taste makes for a nice and light summer dessert.


Roti Canai. Excellent pancake and delicious chicken curry broth.


Beef rendang. Well-seasoned and tears apart easily. All that oil makes me wonder if Nyonya's Upper West Side branch makes it with significantly less oil.


Penang sizzling tofu. I love this dish. I can usually do without a tofu veggie dish, but the egg coating on the tofu made them tastier than usual and added a nice contrasting texture to the silky soft tofu inside. The sauce flavored the tofu and broccoli well.


Nyonya
194 Grand St
New York, NY

A Meal at Baluchi's (Forest Hills)

Veggie Samosas, mainly filled with curried potato and peas. The green sauce has a bit of a kick and the red sauce is smoky and sweet.


Chicken biryani- the chicken was a bit player on this one. The chunks of chicken were delicious but the rice absorbed the spices better.

Chicken Vindaloo! The reason why I go here. Well-seasoned and SPICY!!! J, my partner in crime at this favorite haunt, insists on the chicken chunks being cut in half and they're tender enough that we just use the spoon to do it. Some finesse is required so none of the sauce spills over, but the flavor dividend is worth it.

Garlic naan on the left- it was aromatic in a "I can't wait to eat it!" way. The right was my cheese naan, and even though the cheese didn't have much of a taste, the added texture made it interesting.

A little chicken vindaloo on top of the naan goes a long way. I can't decide which one I like better, mixing the chicken vindaloo with the naan or with biryani rice. Ahm both?

Baluchi's has other branches in NYC, but they cook some of the dishes differently. This is my preferred branch, because their version of chicken vindaloo is my favorite in NYC. I'm not sure if it's authentic, but I love the taste of the dish.

Baluchi's (Forest Hills)
11330 Queens Blvd
Flushing, NY 11375

Dinner at Himalayan Yak

I had breakfast at Jollibee's, exercised at the gym for ~45 minutes, late lunch at Joe's Shanghai, and dinner at Himalayan Yak.

Above is the lamb kebab. Nicely charred and I prefer it over the chicken kebab. The meat's texture reminded me of liver. (Yum!)

Above is chicken kebab...There were more pieces but we were hungry.


Above is the Indian Chicken Butter Masala. It was delicious and went well with the cheese nan below.


Below is the Tibetan Chicken Sha Momo or dumplings.


Nepali beef stew- I can't remember the name.


A glass of Mango Lassi. I could have easily drank several of these.



Himalayan Yak
7220 Roosevelt Ave.
Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Fried Chicken and Spaghetti at Jollibee

I had to take a picture of the Jollibee.

I got the #7 meal above and it also comes with soda, ~$7.

I ordered the spicy chicken which apparently meant sprinkling it with some spicy powdered mix. It didn't add much to the flavor except for making the skin saltier. I plan to stick with the regular chicken next time.

The spaghetti was slightly sweet, per Filipino tradition, but I don't believe it'd deter Western palates from enjoying it.

Jollibee
62-29 Roosevelt Ave
Woodside, NY‎ - (718) 426-4445‎