This is Taverna Kyclades. It's my favorite restaurant ever, and it's located in Astoria, Queens, my old neighborhood. I don't know how they cook the fish, I think over an open grill, but its incredibly fresh tasting. This place is always always packed. I went last Wednesday with two friends, Kelly and Teresa, and we waited from 8 to 8:40 for a table...finally we took a table inside just so we could eat. You know it's amazing when you have to wait that long on a Wednesday, in Queens no less. The first time I ate here was with S on my 31st birthday. Here is a sample of the fish...doesn't look so great, but it tastes really good. This is red snapper, but I always get the sea bass and split with someone.
This is one of those places that you wouldn't make it to as a tourist...but now you know about it in case you feel like making the trip out to Astoria Queens for a really nice dinner.
When Connor was here, we thought we were in line for admission tickets at the Met when someone asked us, "is this the line for bamboo?" We were like, oh...wrong line. Connor asked me, who wants to look at bamboo? Well, that's just what I did last weekend. It's not bamboo, but Big Bambu, here's a review in the Times. It was like a big fort of bamboo on the rooftop of the museum. It was awesome. They actually take people on climbing tours of the structure. The roof at the Met was very cool and I want to check that out more often this year.
