Le Chéile

Le Chéile is an eclectic restaurant with an Irish theme, and serves many kinds of beers and pub grub & American dishes. They say that their name“Le Chéile” (pronounced – “leh kay-lah”) is a Gaelic phrase which means “together.” It has a nice bright color throughout, both inside and outside. They always has pretty flowers […]

Federal Donuts

So, there is this interesting little place called Federal Donuts in Philly. I haven’t had the opportunity to visit there myself, but I received donuts from there as a gift. So, how do I know it is interesting place? Because they serve Coffee, Donuts, and… Chicken!  Fried chicken, to be exact. I guess donuts are […]

Nijo Castle

Japanese restaurant with large sushi menu and teppanyaki. Very large space for family and friends, lots of cool, interesting Asian decoration.  I assume there is not a single Japanese working here, but they try to over-compensate with decoration and also, getting the hostess to dress in cotton Summer kimono. Even though they are not authentic, […]

MacarOn Café

One of the well known and popular Macaron shop in NYC.  I like the fact that there are several locations, and the macaron size is bigger than most other places. Their macarons are naturally gluten free, Kosher certified, and hand-made in NYC. They also offer sandwich, salad, and few other items other than macaron. We went […]

Katsu-Hama – 55th

Katsu-Hama is a no-frills Japanese comfort food restaurant specializing in deep-fried pork-cutlet (“Katsu”). They offer other traditional comfort food, like donburi and ramen. We went to the 55th street location for early dinner. It is on second floor, looking over the street below. It is quite small, so it can get filled up quickly. They […]