Food (and some beer!) in Flushing, Queens, NY

Mingle Beer House
37-04 Prince St.
Queens, NY 11354
718.939.3808

It's not just beer that's served here but also tasty food in a karaoke environment - Perfect!
I hear they have at least 6 varieties of beer on tap including a pricey Chimay($11). The Taiwanese appetizers and stir-fried foods add a spicy twirl to an evening of beer drinking and mingling :)

Review of other popular food joints NY Timeout

I am also reading this other blog by a foodie on a 'shoe-string' budget .. quite an apt source of inspiration for me !

40 days of meatlessness..

The transition from hearty, beefy foods to seemingly lackluster vegetarian chow can be challenging and almost cruel to our hungry palates :)
But let's not fret this season of Lent - because when you venture into the NYC outdoors, a satisfying vegetarian meal is anything but a challenge to find. And NO, I am not saying that we enter into those mainly meat-based restaurants and sit down for a meal made up of slimy salad juices and silly-looking sides!

There are many fantastic places that will serve a generous vegetarian meal that consists of almost all the flavors that one's gastric senses would crave for. And yeah while they are not abundant, fortunately I have been able to discover a bunch of what's not only the best but also the super affordable ones :)

(In the Village):
Counter
Sacred Chow
Café Himalaya
Red Bamboo
Gobo
Hummus Place

(Uptown):
Candle 79
Josie's
Peacefood Café
Maoz

(New places still to be tried):
Quartino (Roman Trattoria - Noho)
Taim (Middle Eastern - West Village)

Mundo Café (Turkish - Astoria)

And as I'd like to think, a touch of velvety fish here and a spattering of meaty broth there won't hurt our abstinence routine much :)