Sherman's BBQ

My hair is one giant knot. I made the mistake of putting mousse in my hair before going for a motorcycle ride. I'm not even going to attempt to straighten it out. I think it might be poofing funny in the back, but I'm not going to look. Hair drama.

NE way, we went into Manhattan and just got back. We circled around Harlem and decided to stop at Sherman's BBQ. Steve used to live in the area when he was a young buck. Every time we cruised by, he'd mention Sherman's. So today, after all these years, I sat down on the dirty NYC curb and ate me some barbecue. (They don't have any seating - take out only.) So the q, it was not at all what I expected. It fell short of my wishful thoughts. The chicken itself - fell off the bone. That was the good part. The rest, well, the sauce. It wasn't barbecue. It was like sweetened tomato sauce with peppers (green bell) in it. And the potato salad, too, was way too sweet. Neither the sauce nor the potato salad tasted seasoned at all although I'm not sure if just a little salt & pepper would've done the trick. Sigh. I had an unsatisfactory food experience.

Sherman's Barbecue
2509 7 Avenue
Manhattan, NY 10039

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BBQ Beef Brisket Sandwich

Oh my goodness! I had the most delicious sandwich experience today. It was so good that when I came home, Sid licked my hand (the one that was holding the sandwich) - a lot. So you're probably wondering where and what. I'll tell yas...

We were casually cruising by on the motorcycle when we spotted something to the left. An empty lot with several cars and a big, black truck with a trailer attached to it. I saw that the trailer had somethings that looked like a smoker and a grill with top. My brain screamed 'Roadside BBQ'!

It was here that we had this amazing beef brisket sandwich on a roll. For $7, you'd get a big mound (like maybe over half-pound) of pink & brown, well seasoned and smokey-flavored meat. The seedless kaiser roll was really good too. It worked really well with the brisket. It wasn't too fluffy or spongy. Good complement. I really wanted the baby back ribs, but I'm so glad we decided to split the brisket. It was so yum, that we made pigs of ourselves and split another - exactly the same. Damn, good food makes me happy. The only downside to this experience was that I ate way too fast (it was piping hot) and the blister that formed on the roof of my mouth popped (and with a little sting) as I was scootering later in the day.

Oh, there's another downside, for some reason - now I'm not saying it was the brisket - but, but when I came home I had to run to the bathroom. And even after spending a good part of the afternoon in the bathroom (pardon the tmi), I would still definitely go back and eat another beef brisket sandwich without hesitation. I love sandwiches. And that was the best beef brisket sandwich I ever had.

All Smoked Up BBQ
Beekman NY
(Along Route 55 - road side)

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Self-Rising Crust Pizza Review

So who doesn't like pizza? Everybody likes it. Grandmas, adults, small children and dogs (and my dead cat Sonny - he was usually a very picky eater. He didn't eat stuff that you'd think cats did. But when it came to pizza, he'd sit on top of the box until I gave him a piece of crust.)

And not too long ago, my brother and sister-in-law asked me to review frozen pizzas. I wrote a couple of reviews but never blogged 'em. From what I remember, I disliked DiGiorno's and I liked Frescetta. These pizzas are the ones with the self-rising crust. (The one I liked best so far is an ultra thin crust white pizza made by California Pizza Kitchen.) So, the rising crusts. The one we had tonight was, *hold your breath*-a store brand. Yes, Stop n' Shop was having a sale. We got a couple (well, 3). Tonight, we baked some up with freshly grated pecorino romano on top. Afterwards, I tore up some fresh basil and we were in business. Okay, the crust rose alright. It was a lot denser than I expected it to be. It just barely made the cut off for being too doughy. Actually, I think maybe it didn't - it was doughy. The sauce was a little on the sour side. Not too much flavor there. It was doable tho' - it didn't gross me out the way DiGiorno's does. The cheese was nothing special. It was okay. It was the extra romano we grated on top that did the trick.

All in all, with 5 being average, I'd say it's about a 5. (DiGiorno's gets a 1; Frescetta gets a 7.)

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Two Restaurants, One Night

Breakfast wasn't very good but I ate it anyway 'cause I was hungry. Cube Steak and Eggs. I feel like I should eat something else to cancel it out. My friends and I did that once. We went from a salvadorean restaurant to a korean restaurant. We ate big, full meals at the salvadorean restaurant. In fact, we ate so much that the three of us felt sick. I was ready to vomit. Instead, I had this brilliant idea. We'd go eat something spicy to penetrate the mass that was responsible for making us feel like tightly rolled hogs. So I suggested korean food.

As soon as we left the salvadorean restaurant we hopped into the car. In less than twenty minutes, we were seated at a korean restaurant. I figured one entree per person was enough. It's not unusual to have two entrees at a korean dinner. For example, we usually order lotsa kalbi (marinated rib meat, usually cubed or cut into strips (in many restaurants, the waiter/waitress brings out a platter of raw meat with a rib bone attached for everyone. The meat is cut into strips with a pair of scissors and the bones are either discarded or thrown onto the BBQ grill (built into the table) as a final tidbit)). Our individual dishes vary from soups, stews, noodle dishes etc...And portions are not small. So anyway back to the original story: We ordered the main dishes minus the kalbi and forced down as much as we could. Okay, I won't lie. We all finished our dishes with the help of lots of contorted faces, sighs and giggles. When we left, I couldn't believe we'd just eaten like pounds and pounds of food. I still felt sick, but I didn't feel sicker because of it. Alrighty then. I may have inadvertently bored some of you. Ooopsie! :)

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