I kind of discovered my weakness for Ethiopian food during my semester abroad in Barcelona, where I used to dine at 'Abissina', a lovely restaurant in the district of Gracia (a post may follow - we'll see!). When I looked for several restaurants in New York, price wise reasonable and as authentic as possible, I found 'Ghenet' in Brooklyn and decided to give it a try. For some Manhattaners getting to this place may seem as an entire world trip, but if you want to enjoy some Ethiopian food you should take that challenge ;).

The way food is presented may not seem that appealing to some, but I promise it is delicious!

Since I have been short on time this week, due to lovely surprises and visitors, today's post will focus on pictures rather than on much explanation. If you visit New York City, be sure you don't miss 'Chelsea Market', right next to the High Line (also not to miss!!). First, the area is beautiful to walk around, have a look on the downtown skyline from the pier or visit some of the many many nice art galleries located in Chelsea.

Kaffee, my essential every-day-drug. Back home, I managed to rehab from it and switch to my beloved Kusmi, Mariage Frères or Theodor tea, but here in New York that paper cup in your hand is a must-have accessory ;)! Besides, in NYC you can find many coffee bars, which serve great coffee (And I'm definitely not talking about Starbucks here!!). So while strolling through TriBeCa, one of my favourite neighbourhoods, I found this super nice coffee place serving not only the dark elixir against morning grumpiness, but also various sorts of pastries and lunch dishes.

I know, I know...I am in the States for almost three months now and there has still been no blogpost on Burgers, so here it is. The reason for this slightly delayed post, is me simply not wanting to write about all the burger chains and burger places I tried, which were rather just average.

My blog got into the news section of 'In Vino's' webpage - Many thanks, I am happy you liked my review!!  See 'The Recipe Suitcase' on their page HERE !! Or see my post about 'In Vino' HERE !!

There is nothing like a good glass of red wine, accompanying a nice dinner. Although I am not the biggest wine connoisseur, I like to have a glass of red wine now and then, either just while relaxing, with dinner or with a nice cheese. I read some books about wine, tried quite some different ones and I always try to learn something from my dad in this field.

Since winter is almost here and it is getting colder and colder, I have to look for some places where I can hang out, drink hot chocolate for hours and hours while reading a book or browsing the internet. 'Café Angelique' (click to get to webpage -> here) seems perfect for this. Located in West Village, close to Greenwich Village, it is located in a very pretty area with Washington Square nearby.

For all of you impatient guys, wanting to see some of my restaurant discoveries and food porn more often than once a week there is now the possibility to follow my blog on Instagram on recipe_suitcase.

Für alle die keine Lust haben eine Woche lang auf einen meiner nächsten Posts zu warten, gibt es jetzt die schnellere und wortkargere Variante. Unter recipe_suitcase ist mein blog nun auch bei Instagram zu finden. :)

On a Saturday afternoon flea market visit, I ran into these delicious doughnuts. They actually caught my attention because of having a "dulce de leche" flavor, which I am absolutely a big fan of. Unfortunately, I missed out to buy one early enough, and when I was leaving the flea market, there were no more left. But the disappointment did not last very long, when they told me that there was also a shop nearby where I still could buy the doughnuts.. I went there, bought the hibiscus one (dulce de leche had been sold out ;) and was endlessly happy.