Peking BBQ

We decided to try the highly rated Peruvian Chicken of Woodside so we got our take out tonight from, none only than Peking BBQ. I forgot to snap a photo of our dinner, but we had leftovers - so you get to see the leftovers. Ha. This place is super yummy. The green hot sauce is the jam and the chicken is super flavorful. With a name like Peking BBQ, you would expect Peking Duck and other chinese food. Well, it does come with pork fried rice (which is super tasty also), but the rotisserie chicken is straight up legit Peruvian style. Plus, this place is super cheap. You can get half a chicken with rice and a salad for like $5.99. Craziness. We will be eating here again. Probably really soon too (ahem - no gas still!!!)

Gino's

With my gas still not being connected, I've had to order out A LOT. It sucks because I feel so unhealthy not being able to cook something myself and not to mention, this is getting expensive! We moved into our new apt two weeks ago and because of Hurricane Sandy, they cancelled my appointment to get the gas turned on. I know I have really nothing to complain about here since so many are doing without way more than just gas. But - still. It's annoying. Anyways - we ordered pizza and a salad from Gino's the other night. (Woodside) The kid that delivered it to us did a bang up job. Literally. Half the pizza was stuck to the roof of the box. Oy! The pizza was okay. Nothing bad, but nothing amazing either. Typical NY style pizza. The salad was underwhelming. I probably won't order from here again unless I'm just grabbing a quick slice on the go.

Woodside Cafe

 This little diner is literally right down the street from me (about a 5 minute walk). If you come from 4 to 8 you get the afterwork special (soup/salad, entree, and drink for $12). Steal! I got the soup: potato leek. It was delicious.

My entree: Shepherd's Pie. It was amazing. The ground beef was super saucy with thick brown gravy and it had carrots and peas. It was so hearty I was able to eat half and give the other half to my sous chef for lunch! Winning! 

Buds

 This place is called Buds Ale House...or Buds Pub...I forgot. This place had more TVs in one bar than I've ever seen. We watched the Giants game. They lost.  This winner is a mac and cheese hot dog. Curtis ordered this...surprise.

Hot wings. Boneless. Amazing and mess free. Also - I love blue cheese now. Never did. Now I do.

Westbury Manor

 I know. I went to a wedding and I took photos of the food. So not fair. You can't go here and eat this, but I don't care. I ate it and I'm blogging about it damn it! This was our salad. It was a spring mix with tomato and mozzarella and mushrooms and pruscuitto. Olives on the side. 

 Curtis had the filet. It was tasty. It even came with it's own carafe of brown sauce (not pictured). I don't think he used it though.

 I had the salmon with grilled prawns and champagne sauce. It was also good...although I was expecting a head on my shrimp. I was ready for it.

Cookies and cream with whipped cream. Nothing makes ice cream better then crumbled cookies.

Doug's Diner

 This is actually not called, "Doug's Diner." It's called NY Style Diner - or something like that. But Doug and Shawn (friends of mine) have been coming here consistently for 2 years now - so it's basically his. Their advice: get the onion rings. My verdict: They are pretty good. Big and fat and crispy and you get a massive amount of them.

I also ordered the Chicken Souvlaki - which is buried under the lettuce, tomato, and onion. The sandwich is good but not easy to eat. I used a fork and knife. :)

Organics

Found a juice spot in Astoria. Drank half this before snapping a photo. This was called The Hangover Cure: carrot, apple, lemon, and ginger. It was fantastic. Made me feel like a million bucks drinking it. All healthy and shit.