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Now you all remember i visited this joint last year, and i’ve been coming back trying the other things that they had to offer…and believe you me, so far i haven’t been let down at all.
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| The Works: 1 arepa of your choice, 1 empanada of your choice, ceviche, plus rice, beans, plaintains and avocado. $12.00 |
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Now how can you top this? its like you get the best of everything here! and how could i not add the cold veggie sauce and the hot sauce that’s provided on the table? soooo goooooooooood. The beans are ridiculously good…don’t let their plain looks fool you!
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| I choose the cheeseburger empanada….I LOVE THE CHEESE BURGER EMPANADA…the burger is always perfectly cooked, with a little tinge of spicyness (for flavoring, and will be fine for the faintest of spice eaters) and the fresh mozz they use PERFECTLY accents it…it’s ridiculously good and i super highly recommend this as the FIRST EMPANADA you should try at this joint. |
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and of course…the Zach…I feel this is the most simple yet so complicated in texture and flavoring arepa that they have to offer…of course many of you would beg to differ, but the crunchy crispy chicken, and the light hearted breading with a hint of salty flavor all drizzled in sweet sweet thin honey, accompanied by the warm inviting innards of the arepa with the crunchy fried outer corn bread….make it an ochestra of the three letter word….YUM. and i’ll have words with any man (or woman) that says other wise.
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Summation: This place kicks ass and will kick your ass. Don’t let the pics fool you, its alot of food, and i’ll guarantee you that it will take any big man/woman appetite to boot. and if not…order some more arepas or empanadas. i mean i was full, and i ordered some more…to go of course. ![]()
and yes, this place is always ridiculously packed, but service is always really friendly and pleasant.
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After seeing my Green Tea Ramen post, a lot of readers have been telling me to try Chapagetti….i thought it was a tad on the blander side….perhaps maybe i left too much water in the pot for the sauce?
Any which way, FatNation members have been giving me different iterations to give the Chapagetti more ‘UMPH’.
I look forward to trying other renditions of this:
1. Sliced rice cakes/veggies and meat
2. Korean Canned Spicy Tuna (Gochu Chamchi)
3. Braised Gluten
4. Spam
5. Hot Dogs lol.
anymore suggestions? 
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Tropix
PH: 718-275-0024
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95-32 Queens Boulevard
Rego Park, NY 11374
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| Well Crazy has been telling me about 25cent wings on Mondays at Tropix (25 different flavors too!) for a little bit, and since i was working Alpha’s shift all this week, i figured i might as well hit up some tasty joints due to the earlier work hours. SO WHY NOT?!?!?!? |
There’s a 2 drink min to get wings. Which makes sense…and isn’t such a big deal. However, sometimes i think Crazy purposely tries to get me drunk so he can take advantage of me…that dirty bastard. 
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It took a while for our food to get to us, but what do you expect? the place was PACKED.
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| Garlic Parm, our safety…just like Hooters…YUM! |
| Spicy Chili, these were good, but nothing to wow about. |
| Jack Daniels, these were aite…they’re better at TGIFs. |
| Spicy Green Sauce, These definitely stole the show…you could probably put this green sauce on a shoe and it’d taste good. (i highly recommend you ask for more sauce on the side as they are a little skimpy with the green spicy sauce.) |
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Summation: Of course just having this once a month is plenty fine, as you don’t want to consume too much fried food, but it was really good.
I’d recommend ordering a salad ($5.00) or some starch to help with the digestion of such greasy food.
All in all the wings were pretty good, and that’s saying a lot since i went to school up in Buffalo (HOME OF THE BUFFALO WING! WOOT!)
I’d definitely recommend rounding up some friends and going there and getting some cheap eats.
CHEERS!
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So why would i post about Fu Long?
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| they have a mini fridge in the front…with some nifty ice cream bars. |
| and a freezer in the back…whoa, check out all the melon bars. |
but what really catches my attention is this…can’t see?
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Here’s a closer look. Yup, Green Tea and Red Bean Milky Ice Bar. $3.99 a box (five bars in side)
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| Sorry if its a little melted, it had been out too long and had to refreeze it. lol. |
| good grief this is freaking good. |
Summation: THANKS JELLY BAO for showing me where this is. Funny thing is, it’s kind of right next to JoJu. Now you know where it is, STOP ASKING ME! 
ishofat.
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Arepas Cafe
PH: 718-937-3835
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33-07 36th Avenue
Astoria, NY 11106
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| The Professor and I had wanted to eat at Cafe Triskell, however, right when we walked in, the awesome cook told us that they weren’t opened today, and that he was actually going to be on vacation for a week. We wished him a much deserved good vacation and left. This did not help with our hunger, so we decided to go across the street to Arepas Cafe, a place i had spied the last time i had gone to Cafe Triskell.
*restaurant front picture courtesy of Google Street View.
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| Our food came rather quick, with the two supplied sauces and my Passion fruit Juice (Maracuya) $3.00 |
House Salad (Iceberg lettuce, cherry tomatoes, avocados, and house dressing): It was just as expected, a pretty much plain jane salad. It was what we had ordered, but what really made the salad all that much better were the two dressings supplied…one was a reddish/orangish dressing that was spicy. the other was a green cold vegetable dressing known as guasacaca. Guasacaca is so good that you could put it on a shoe and it’d taste good. $6.75
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| Mami (Venezuelan roast pork, avocado and white cheese): This was really good, but its crucial that you get all the ingredients in your mouth when you take a bite. It was even better with the green sauce…and of course pushing some salad into this gigantic arepa didn’t hurt either. lol $7.25 |
Carne Mechada Arepa (Venezuelan style shredded Beef): This arepa was also really good. Again pushing salad into it with some guasacaca sauce really made it soooooo gooooood. $6.00
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Summation: In total, i’d say that the Arepas are definitely different than the ones i had at Valencia Luncheria…I’m guessing Arepas Cafe uses corn flower, whereas Valencia actually uses corn meal.
So i’d have to say the Arepas are different…These are pretty good, but definitely on the pricier side.
I definitely like Valencia more, but for a quick fix..and if i’m not in the mood to drive so far (Valencia Luncheria is in another state afterall)…I don’t mind coming here…
I also look forward to trying some other things they offer. Decor is pretty nice, and service was a little spotty, but all in all i enjoyed the food, just not the price. 
CHEERS!
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I crave steak sandwich. Thinly cut up some steak and grill up some sweet onion. Toast some bread.
(macho manly thinly cut that is)
Put it all together and slice in triangles.
make sure to “braid” the steak (a manly braid) so that the sandwich holds together better when you chomp into it. ignore the piece of corn. It just wanted to be a part of the awesomeness that is of the ultimate manly steak sandwich.
I decide to saute some spinach with garlic and put it as the “spread” in my steak sandwich. to make it healthier.
Eat hearty my friends….Eat Hearty. *FLEX 
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Saigon 48
PH: 212-247-8669
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234 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036
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| I was hungry in the office and wanted to try something new other than my usual stomping grounds. Admittedly i was in the mood for some fried rice, and Panda’s always sooooo expensive…(Panda being my favorite fried rice). A co-worker whom is also a foodie recommended Saigon 48′s House fried rice…and told me of its wonderful ingredients…AND A PRICE TAG OF 4 DOLLARS CHEAPER THAN PANDA! so WHY NOT?!?! |
| Food came fast, and HOT! even the bag was hot, i couldn’t wait to dig into it. me was shtarvin! |
Vietnamese Crispy Spring Rolls (2): These were HUGE! in comparison to what i’m use to. love the crunchy crispy skin, and the innards were quite hot and tasty too.They were good, but not 4 dollar good…$3.95
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 The fish sauce that they supplied for dipping the spring rolls was really good.
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 Thai Iced Tea: was also good. Wasn’t overly sweet and you could taste the tea…very dark and rich. $2.95 |
House Fried Rice (with shrimp, chinese sausage and egg): This was really good. I mean it’s definitely different from young chow (young chow has chicken, shrimp, pork, and mushrooms) but it hit the spot. The saltiness of the sausage and the freshly cooked shrimp made the fragrant rice really good…and the onions bursted with juice to help accent the ochestra of this fried rice. It’s the little details that bring this dish forth to wholesome goodness….mmmmm greasy. $7.95
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| My favorite thing about fried rice is when a restaurant doesn’t skimp on ingredients…and this fried rice was lacking in no way. |
| Summation: I admit, the fried rice is really really good…not as good as Panda…but for 4 bucks less, it’s definitely easily swaying me into getting it over Panda.
If you require a fried rice fix, i would definitely recommend this joint, and i definitely look forward to trying other items that my co-worker has recommended. 0_o *droolage.
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