Comments on: Round-Trip from NYC to Guyana Via JFK in One Night http://fthechef.com/restaurants-new-york-city/nyc-to-guyana-via-jfk-in-one-night/ Eating and drinking in New York effing City. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Geoff http://fthechef.com/restaurants-new-york-city/nyc-to-guyana-via-jfk-in-one-night/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Geoff Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:49:15 +0000 http://fthechef.com/?p=2185#comment-244 Your description of the way the ghetto was portrayed in the movie is spot-on-- but that's actually one of the things I liked about it, how absurd it was. They made the ghetto look like a dead and haunted alien landscape, and I always thought that was kind of cool. No movement except the occasional paper trash rustling by... You'd think it's completely uninhabited, but the few residents are actually just barricaded in their apartments, fearful of the unseen monsters that roam the streets... it was laughable, but I still ended up getting a kick out of the almost science-fiction-y atmosphere. Anyhow, before I start giving "Judgment Night" too much credit... I really am looking forward to just picking a little local lunchcounter and giving it a shot this weekend. Hopefully we won't witness a murder and then get hunted down by Denis Leary! Your description of the way the ghetto was portrayed in the movie is spot-on– but that’s actually one of the things I liked about it, how absurd it was. They made the ghetto look like a dead and haunted alien landscape, and I always thought that was kind of cool. No movement except the occasional paper trash rustling by… You’d think it’s completely uninhabited, but the few residents are actually just barricaded in their apartments, fearful of the unseen monsters that roam the streets… it was laughable, but I still ended up getting a kick out of the almost science-fiction-y atmosphere.

Anyhow, before I start giving “Judgment Night” too much credit… I really am looking forward to just picking a little local lunchcounter and giving it a shot this weekend. Hopefully we won’t witness a murder and then get hunted down by Denis Leary!

]]> By: Jason Roth http://fthechef.com/restaurants-new-york-city/nyc-to-guyana-via-jfk-in-one-night/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Jason Roth Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:13:36 +0000 http://fthechef.com/?p=2185#comment-241 I saw <I>Judgment Night</I> in the theater and was so infuriated with the over-the-top PC depiction of "the ghetto". I seem to remember it looking like a cross between war-torn Kabul and one of the lower levels of Hell. But back to the food. The great thing about little restaurants in unknown neighborhoods is that they're both an adventure and usually low-priced. If the food is great, then it's just an added bonus. It's fun to "discover" them. Let me know if you find something interesting. I saw Judgment Night in the theater and was so infuriated with the over-the-top PC depiction of “the ghetto”. I seem to remember it looking like a cross between war-torn Kabul and one of the lower levels of Hell.

But back to the food. The great thing about little restaurants in unknown neighborhoods is that they’re both an adventure and usually low-priced. If the food is great, then it’s just an added bonus. It’s fun to “discover” them. Let me know if you find something interesting.

]]> By: Geoff http://fthechef.com/restaurants-new-york-city/nyc-to-guyana-via-jfk-in-one-night/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Geoff Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:31:37 +0000 http://fthechef.com/?p=2185#comment-240 Also: I kind of like "Judgment Night." It's one of those "flipping through the channels, catch it midway through, sit and watch til the end" movies for me. Like "The Shawshank Redemption," except not nearly as good. Also: I kind of like “Judgment Night.” It’s one of those “flipping through the channels, catch it midway through, sit and watch til the end” movies for me. Like “The Shawshank Redemption,” except not nearly as good.

]]> By: Geoff http://fthechef.com/restaurants-new-york-city/nyc-to-guyana-via-jfk-in-one-night/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Geoff Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:25:32 +0000 http://fthechef.com/?p=2185#comment-239 I love reading these tales of foodly adventure. There are all kinds of little hole-in-the-wall ethnic "restaurants" (I use the term loosely) near me on Long Island, and I keep meaning to just go into one and try something one day, instead of passing them by and thinking "Huh, wonder why I never noticed that Thai/Greek/Indian/whatever place before." Whenever you post about stumbling across some interesting eatery in your travels, the desire to just give one of these local places a try manifests itself all over again. If the weather's nice this weekend, maybe the girlfriend and I will take a walk... I love reading these tales of foodly adventure. There are all kinds of little hole-in-the-wall ethnic “restaurants” (I use the term loosely) near me on Long Island, and I keep meaning to just go into one and try something one day, instead of passing them by and thinking “Huh, wonder why I never noticed that Thai/Greek/Indian/whatever place before.”

Whenever you post about stumbling across some interesting eatery in your travels, the desire to just give one of these local places a try manifests itself all over again. If the weather’s nice this weekend, maybe the girlfriend and I will take a walk…

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