let me just say this is not the perfect or the best restaurant ever but if you happen to be in the upper upper west side and you need to eat, thai market is an excellent choice. two of my good friends who live up here, and who are fussy eaters, recommended this attractively designed spot for reliable thai food spot, and it was tasty. service definitely could have been better, but the dishes we had were super fresh, nice and spicy and really delicious. though no sripraphai, which is my all time favorite nyc thai restaurant, thai market does have some more interesting dishes like daikon cake sauteed with spicy soy sauce, bean sprouts and egg as well as a nice black sticky rice dessert which is a nice change from the cookiecutter thai restaurants that blanket manhattan and brooklyn. thai market, 960 amsterdam avenue between 107th and 108th streets, manhattan, ny, .
with two small and darling kids and one lovely husband who all occasionally need some amount of tending to as well as a full-time job, this blog is an excuse for me to explore the streets of new york, with a focus on brooklyn -- my home -- and manhattan, for those great little finds that seem to appear randomly on all sorts of blocks around new york but are sometimes hidden from plain view. i gravitate toward small, beautiful, independent places with interesting things, fantastic and friendly service and mostly affordable stuff (or at least an excellent value) and food that is extremely tasty, reasonable and in a great space -- though taste will trump design every time. to help put all these ideas in one place, i also will provide a series of new york mini-guides. in each of these, i will highlight something fun to do and then give some food, shop and doing suggestions nearby. these mini-guides, soon to be accompanied by mini-maps, will help to fill an afternoon -- where to pick up a snack, what shops to check out nearby and is there a really sweet little park along the way for a much needed rest. and i am always looking for ideas -- so if you have any suggestions for where to eat and shop or what to do please let me know. . you can also follow me on twitter at cherrypatter.
and for those of you more interested in the photos, i have absolutely no photography training and while i have been picking up a few tidbits here and there, mostly i think the credit for the photos goes to my lovely camera. it is a canon rebel xti, and the lens i use most of the time is the 50 mm 1:1:8. i also have a 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 for longer views.
Excited that modern Chinese takeout spot (whatever that really means) might have a soft opening tomorrow in Gowanus next to fav 4&20 bbirds