Seconds after giving a long hello hug to my dear mother I raced to the Chelsea location of Blue Bottle Coffee, under the High Line at West 15th Street, to try my first zinger. Such are my priorities when back home in New York: Family first, coffee close behind. The...
Chelsea
el doble my double burger benchmark
The El Doble at Txikito (pronounced "chic-kee-toe") Â - a Basque restaurant in New York's Chelsea. The chubby double burger is draped with smoked sheep's milk cheese and peppery salsa especial. The version seen above was requested to be on the rare side of...
What makes the banana blue gelato at Patisserie Valerie blue?
The Patisserie Valerie gelaterias at Spitalfields in East London and Duke of York Square in Chelsea feature a flavour called banana blue. You can't miss it, but you might want to give it a pass. As someone familiar with blue corn, berries and potatoes but not yet...