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#Monthly Pearl: Brooklyn Kura

5/29/2018

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The Who:
When Brooklyn Kura co-founders Brandon Doughan and Brian Polen met in Japan at a mutual friend’s wedding, they discovered that they shared a passion for sake, a traditional Japanese fermented rice beverage.

After heading back to the States, Doughan, a biochemist with 20 years of homebrewing experience, and Polen, who worked in analytics, experimented with making sake at home, took courses, and apprenticed at breweries. Eventually, they began to entertain the idea of opening their own sake brewery. That dream became reality in 2017 when Brooklyn Kura opened in Industry City, an innovation hub in the waterfront Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park.

The What:
Brooklyn Kura was the first sake brewery in New York State and one of only 15 sake breweries in the US when it opened.

Doughan and Polen pride themselves on hand-crafting their sake with the finest possible raw materials. The sake-brewing process is similar to brewing beer, and the beverage consists of four main ingredients: water, rice, yeast and koji, a mold also used to make other fermented products like soy sauce.

At the sleek Industry City tasting room, you can taste a range of sake, from shiboritate (fresh-pressed) to orizake (pre-pressed) to moromi, which is still-fermenting and taken straight from the vat, allowing you to truly appreciate the subtlety and complexity of the drink.

The Why:
Brooklyn Kura is a welcome addition to NYC in many ways: the company fits perfectly into the ever-growing community in Industry City, which consists of over 450 innovators and makers and is redefining manufacturing in the city and our local craft beverage scene, which has experienced a boom in recent decades.. We go through this complex and sometimes taste Brooklyn Kura's sake on our Made in New York tour.  We delve even further into the renaissance of craft beverages on our Craft Cocktail Tour (where you can buy a bottle of Brooklyn Kura at Astor Wine and Spirits) in the East Village and our NYC Brewery Tour in Long Island City.

The Where:
Brooklyn Kura
Industry City
68 34th Street (Courtyard ⅚)
Brooklyn, NY 11232
(347) 766-1601
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#MustDo in NYC: May 21-27, 2018

5/21/2018

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America's Melting Pot Cuisine, Wine Lessons, A Czech/Slovak Fest, + Celebrate Loisaida

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Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting Pot Cuisine/ Monday, May 21, 2018 at 7pm
On our Tenements tour, we learn how all American food is really food brought here by waves of immigration. Chef Edward Lee delves deep into the topic in his new book that takes him across America to discover how the country's food culture is still evolving thanks to a diverse group of immigrants. New York Times food editor Sam Sifton discusses the topic with the author at 92Y.
Wine Classes by Moore Brothers/ Wednesday, May 23, 2018 from 6:30-7:30pm
The final in a series of four classes from the local Industry City wine shop happens tonight at the neighboring Extraction Lab. Learn how to find the best wine for your palate through taste and smell. Wine doesn't need to be intimidating - as long as you know how to find the wine that you like the best.
39th Annual Czech & Slovak Festival/ Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 12pm
The oldest beer garden left in the city is not German but actually from the Bohemian region of Czechoslovakia. Come celebrate the Czech and Slovak culture with traditional cuisine, live entertainment, and lots of beer. The festivities take place at the aforementioned Bohemian Beer Garden in Astoria.
The 31st Annual Loisaida Festival/ Sunday, May 27, 2018 from 11am-5pm
The Lower East Side is known by the long time locals as Loisaida as a celebration of the Latin American community. The celebration continues at this annual festival that includes Latino music, cuisine, and a pride carnival. Come be a part of this multi-cultural community.
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#CurrentObsessions: King David Tacos

5/15/2018

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The Who:
You might be surprised to see Liz Solomon up every weekday morning hawking tacos from a little pushcart on Wall Street. But her love for breakfast tacos was too strong to resist. And it took her from her advertising job to running King David Tacos.

Liz is originally from Austin, Texas where breakfast tacos are ubiquitous. Her father David (where King David's name comes from) was the one who gave her the idea to open up a traditional Texas-style breakfast taco cart. So she learned the ropes working at The Meat Hook before starting her catering business which then blossomed into a pushcart in Prospect Park and now in the Financial District catering to the morning business folk.

The What:
King David Tacos is only open for breakfast and serves real-deal Tex-Mex breakfast tacos.  By 10am, Liz has sold out and the cart has left the tiny Mannahatta Park where they set up. So you have to come by early (they start at 6am).

These tacos feature a flour based tortilla sourced from Austin and come in a few different varieties. You can have the BPEC (bacon, potato, egg, and cheese), the Queen Bean (refried beans, potato, egg, and cheese), or the Ori'zo (chorizo, potato, egg, and cheese). They're served with a side of smokey, spicy picante salsa.

Our Hamilton Happy Hour tour starts a little later than the cart's hours, but if you are in the neighborhood earlier, it's nice to taste the passion of a modern local entrepreneur. No doubt Hamilton himself would have walked this street and would have craved a breakast taco or two.
 
The Why:
We have just about everything in New York City, but up until recently, we did not have many options for serious Austin-style breakfast tacos. ​Liz at King David decided to do it herself.

This great street food vendor also fits with Urban Adventures' current Global Street Food Awards campaign. We know that King David would be a great contender. 

The Where:
King David Tacos
Wall Street  at Mannahatta Park
New York, NY 10005
(929) 367-8226
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#MustDo in NYC: May 14-20, 2018

5/12/2018

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Vegan Burger Competition, Harlem Collab Dinner, Beer From All Five Boroughs, + A Festival of Brunch

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The Burger Supremacy 2018/ Monday, May 14, 2018 from 7-9pm
This is not your typical burger competition. All the burgers vying for the supremacy at VSPOT Organic are actually vegan. This is a tasty event leading up to the NYC Vegetarian Food Festival on May 19. Come taste the plant-based burgers, be surprised at how good these meatless patties can be, and vote on your favorite. 
Dine In Harlem: LoLo's Seafood Shack/ Thursday, May 17, 2018 from 6:30-9:30pm
As part of the weeklong Harlem EatUp! festival, this collaborative dinner brings the flavors of downtown and uptown together. Eat out at our favorite Harlem seafood restaurant at this special dinner hosted by LoLo's owner Leticia Young and chef Raymond Zamata Mohan who welcome Chefs Janine Booth and Jeff McInnis from Root & Bone to join them in the kitchen.
Five Boro Craft Beer Fest/ Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 4-9pm
All five boroughs are represented (and then some) at this incredible event featuring 50 breweries. This annual party is one of the best organized beer fests in the city - there will be live music, great food, and plenty of local and rare beer to go around. It all goes down at The Well which is a highlight of our Brewed in Brooklyn tour.
BrunchCon/ Sunday, May 20, 2018 from 9am-4pm
If you wish you could sit outside, eating poached eggs, and drinking mimosas all day long, then this is the event for you. Make the most of your morning/afternoon meal by sampling from thirty different brunch vendors and indulging at the open mimosa and Bloody Mary bar. 
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