Teeda Dinner

Ok friends, it's time to try our first eating adventure...

I want to introduce friends to some of the more interesting restaurants I have discovered. The first is at a new Thai restaurant called Teeda. If this works, I'd like to lead a series of dinners to interesting restaurants mostly in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.

Teeda is located very close to my place, Schnack. The dinner I've arranged is set for Wednesday August 4th @ 8pm. I have eaten their
about 6 times and the food is very good. I've often asked for more authentic spices and spicy to sweet ratios and they have always accommodated me. I've asked for this dinner to be fairly authentic in taste without making it "way to spicy." If you are looking for mild spicy food, this dinner isn't for you. I'v e gotten to know the Chef
and I feel he will push himself to do a great job for this meal.

There are two choices of menus. They are otherwise fixed; everything (food, tip & tax) is included except drinks. There are two tasting menus; one including meat and seafood and one that is Vegan. Both are 5 courses and have the same dessert.

The regular menu is $26 and includes::

Fried Fish Cake. (Todd Man Pla, my favorite)
Tom Yum Shrimp
Sea Scallop with Panang Curry Sauce
Nuer Yang (thai steak) with spicy lime sauce
Thai custard with Ice Cream

The chef/owner promised truly vegan fare including no fish sauce, fish, etc.
The Veggie menu is $21 and includes:

Thai Spring Roll
Seared Veggie Dumplings
Tofu Veggie Soup
Sautéed Eggplant with salty yellow bean and chili.
Thai custard with Ice Cream

Teeda is located at 218 Columbia St, their # is (718) 643-2737.

If your interested in attending you need to reserve by sending a payment via www.PayPal.com to hhawk@yahoo.com for $26 or $21 for each regular or vegan menu. All reservations are final but transferable. If you have trouble using paypal I can send you a PayPal "invoice."

I'm not making any $$ on this adventure in fact I'm probably losing a few % due to the fee's that paypal charges. I'm paying for my own dinner.

/hawk

A beginning

The story of my pure lust of authentic food started in a small Japanese place off of 3rd Ave and 9th St. My Japanese friend and partner in food crime, Hiroyuki Kurashige, suggested we eat the $3.95 special listed on the "table tent." Hiro spoke, then, little English and I thought we were having a communication breakdown... There wasn't any thing for $3.95 on the menu in English... But he showed me the Japanese side and there in Arabic numbers was $3.95! Then I had the fear that the place was charging less $$$ to those who read Japanese. A quick count of the items on the menu however quickly revealed the truth; there were 3 more dishes listed on the "Japanese" side then on the English side. They were editing.

It turned out they offered 3 dishes with various combinations of grated radish (Daikon), tiny fishes, soya and things like mushrooms or seaweed. Hiro and I loved the dish, esp. the tiny fish. Visiting there the again a month or so later I pointed out this "editing" to a couple at the next table who then excitedly order one of these dishes; they hated it.

Thus germinated my idea to get some friends and friends of friends together to delve into the authentic food that doesn't have universal appeal; I don't always like such aggressive food in fact my next restaurant will likely specialize in the authentic food that is easy to enjoy.

If you like to eat almost anything... shoot me an email and I'll keep you posted.

harryhawk@gmail.com