This is the infamous roasted corn from Cafe Habana in NoLita. The ridiculously good looking server warned us that it would go “straight to the butt.” She was dreamy in that Lisa Bonet way. And so was this corn.

If you don’t know what to ask for, just point at it and they will cook it for you. Although in hindsight we could have learned to say what we were asking to eat.

Last month, before the Tokyo trip, I think I spent about three weeks straight making Pad Thai based on the advice of chez pim. Rice sticks, bean sprouts, fish sauce, and tamarind - yum.