cheeeeeeeese Food Adventures For Your Urban Lunch Hour en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:10:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://midtownlunch.com/forums/search.php http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market/page/2#post-18477 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:38:56 -0500 Rosemary 18477@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>I agree about Penzey's as their spices are the best and so fresh! I like Junior's as well - LiLac chocolates - Zaro's has great canolli's - Oren's Coffee - Corrado Bread and Pastry - Murray's also has salami and great meats to go with the cheese - </p> <p><a href="http://nycstylecannoli.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://nycstylecannoli.blogspot.com/</a> </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market/page/2#post-18474 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:44:07 -0500 Greyrabbit 18474@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>Long time lurker.</p> <p>The butternut squash lasagna in Dishes is very tasty. </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market/page/2#post-18462 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:09:29 -0500 mkim1206 18462@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>StreetMeas, yes, i thought the same about the Financier desserts. They look great but they don't taste as good as they look. My sis who is a pastry cook tasted a few stuff from there and said, they don't use good quality ingredients. O_O i was like, how can you tell??? </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market/page/2#post-18458 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:04:06 -0500 StreetMeasOnsumer3008 18458@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>Yea, Yvo LOVES dishes' banana and chocolate puddings. No joke.</p> <p>I like the belgium chocolate in the pudding. Good stuff!! Banana was only okay for me when I had it a while back. Too much of a chocolate person it would seem. Heck, I'd probably be all over JELLO PUDDING SNACKS. </p> <p>I can go inside the GCT market every workday if I wanted to. My first stop is usually Murray's cheese(Ah, stinky and putrid cheeses) and then to go eyeball Zaro's pastries. I want the Chocolate Lava cupcake recently but then my fat-ass shouldn't. Financier (also in GC) usually has better pastries (better looking, I can't vouch for taste on all.) </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18452 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:04:48 -0500 Yvo 18452@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>@Zach - no doubt (it's once), but I have always paid for the banana pudding and have been back a few times for the Valrhona chocolate pudding (ask StreetMeas; he knows!). I've also been back to buy the Zaro's items I mentioned. :P :) </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18450 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:47:52 -0500 deanlo 18450@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>pro tip: the best spices don't come in see through containers.</p> <p>c6s, vad eva u van to cook it vith, obviously. </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18445 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:37:00 -0500 Zach Brooks 18445@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>@yvo - LOL of course you love it! How many times have you been to free tasting events there. Everything tastes better when it's free :-) </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18424 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:31:24 -0500 mkim1206 18424@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>Murray's cheese shop has one of the most affordable and tasty brie cheeses i know. yumm... </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18422 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:01:58 -0500 llama 18422@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>Murray's has a great selection of cheeses and meats. I love the goat cheese and salami. Penzys spices are great, they have a lot of things you can't find in normal supermarkets. Their unsweeted cocoa powder is my favorate for baking. Oren's Daily Roast has pretty good coffee, I perfer the espresso at Joes though. </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18401 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:31:13 -0500 mkim1206 18401@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>Parden my grammar... as you can see, english isn't my first language.</p> <p>Gotta try Dishes' puddings though. </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18400 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:27:07 -0500 Yvo 18400@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>I love Grand Central Market and hate your grammar. </p> <p>Murray's is great for meats &amp; cheeses, Corrado has some good stuff. I like Zaro's ciabatta loaf and their foccacia is really tasty as a snack or a whole meal if you're a small eater or eat it with cheese from Murray's. </p> <p>I'm also in love with Dishes' Valrhona chocolate pudding and their banana pudding. I'm not a pudding expert by any means, but both are really quite tasty. </p> <p>Oh, and there's a chocolatier? in there that might be good, I don't really eat too much chocolate so I don't know. </p> <p>As for the spices vs. other spices, I think the concept is that McCormick's is less fresh so it holds less flavor, but I couldn't say for sure, though I cook a fair amount at home, I haven't noticed any discernible difference between the cheaper spices vs. the more expensive ones. I think Penzey's has a wider variety and some things you won't find in a supermarket, though. </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18399 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:21:44 -0500 Chris H. 18399@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>/slightly off topic</p> <p>I'm in love with Kalustyan's. Every time I go there I walk out with a spice that I have no idea how to use. Last time I went to buy za'atar and truffle oil and I ended up buying vadouvan and Chinese 5 spice. What the hell do I do with vadouvan?? </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18398 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:13:48 -0500 Formz 18398@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>No, there really is nothing worth it there. I was shocked last week when I saw them selling cooked whole lobsters for $15 a lb when my local grocery store was selling live ones for $3.99. Ugh, I hate that place. </p> http://midtownlunch.com/forums/topic/grand-central-market#post-18397 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:11:51 -0500 heWho 18397@http://midtownlunch.com/forums/ <p>With Kalustyan's less than a mile away (and how often do you need to stock up on spices?), I always go there over Penzey's. </p> <p>Murray's Salami is also worth checking out. And Corrado's has better bread than most spots on the area. But aside from that, just about everything is a splurge, so "worth it" is tough to justify. I've gotten some fantastic fish from Wild Edibles, but at jaw-dropping prices (I usually go for cheaper fish like skate if I'm shopping there). I've also gotten some really good meat at the counter across from Wild Edibles, but again, the prices are insane. </p>