updates on the cheap eats list

so sometime in august last year i found this list:
New York's Best Cheap Eats

me: "maybe we can try all the places on the list over the next year"
boy: "ok, sure"

and now 9 months later, we've still only tried 28 of the 101 restaurants on the list. the boy has since taken to accusing me of coercing him to submit to my bad ideas, but i maintain that he was at least agreeable, if not enthusiastic, when the idea was first formulated.

a few keepers have emerged from the list. buenos aires (6th between Aves A and B) is most definitely a value for money steakhouse that more than makes up for the trek you have to make to the subway station. super taste (eldridge and canal) lives up to its name, and the old chinese men slurping up noodles add to the authenticity. and we will all remember forever saravanaas, where we were so overcome with our excitement for thosai that we each ordered 2 entrees.

then there are places like sentosa, which were good, but not worth the travel time for brooklynites. no major disappointments though, which is heartening for the folks at new york magazine.

i think we could do at least 10 more over the next 3 months. there are some for which we don't have an excuse for why we haven't been there yet, like momofuku noodle bar, or room 4 dessert, or blue ribbon bakery. but we're working on it.