Eating In Translation

Maxi's Noodle: Just Like Mom Would've Made

"We're always glad for a second bite at a wonton. At Maxi's Noodle, in Flushing, this Hong Kong delicacy is notably larger than its Chinese forebears. The dumplings and fish balls at Maxi's are hefty, too, each large enough to require two delicious bites, if not three. The size wouldn't matter, however, if the wontons weren’t wonderful — the pale pink of fresh shrimp, combined with a little pork, gleams from within their translucent wrappers.

"The restaurant’s namesake, Maxi Lau … keeps a framed photo of her mom at the restaurant … and has her portrait tattooed on one arm. Maxi's mom didn't have time to open a place of her own, but now, in spirit, whenever Maxi is at her restaurant, her mom is right by her side." Read more on Culinary Backstreets.

New York-area food events, November 17-24

Opening day: Union Square Holiday Market
Thursday, November 17, 11:00-8:00; continues daily through December 24
Vicinity of 14th St. and Union Square West, Manhattan
www.UrbanSpaceNYC.com/use
Free admission

Halal and the City
Thursday, November 17, 6:30-8:30
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. (at 103rd St.), Manhattan
www.MCNY.org/event/halal-and-city
Tickets: $30

Opening day: Church of Sweden Christmas Shop
Thursday, November 17, noon-6:00; continues Wednesday through Sunday till December 24
Church of Sweden, 5 East 48 St. (Fifth-Madison Aves.), Manhattan
www.Facebook.com/photo?fbid=227761339573716&set=a.167123198970864
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/38594284791/lightbox
Free admission

Norwegian Seamen's Church Christmas Fair
Friday and Saturday, November 18-19, noon-7:00; Sunday, noon-4:00
Norwegian Seamen's Church, 317 East 52nd St. (First-Second Aves.), Manhattan
www.SjomannsKirken.no/kirke/new-york/kalender/julemarked
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2017/11/norwegian-seama.html
Free admission

Danish Seamen's Church Christmas Fair
Saturday and Sunday, November 19-20, 10:00-4:00
Danish Seamen's Church, 102 Willow St. (at Clark St.), Brooklyn Heights
www.DSKNY.org/page/3429/christmas-fair
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2017/11/danish-seamens.html
Free admission

New York-area food events, November 10-17

Season finale: Uptown Night Market
Thursday, November 10, 4:00-10:00
"Under the famous Harlem arches," Twelfth Ave. at West 135th St., Manhattan
www.MascHospitalityGroup.com/uptownnightmarket
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/52013600345/lightbox
Free admission

Canstruction
Continues Thursday through Monday, November 10-14, 10:00-8:00
Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St. (at North End Ave.), Manhattan
www.BfPlNY.com/canstruction
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos /eatingintranslation /albums /72157711715248542
Free admission; donations of canned food welcome; all cans in the exhibit, too, will be donated to City Harvest

MAHAA Burmese fundraiser at the St. James Parish House
Saturday, November 12, 11:00-3:30 (although food might be available as early as 10:30, and many items sell out fast)
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/mahaaspring2021/mahaaspring2021/photos/a.124824019695812/492643209580556
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=mahaa
Free admission; proceeds benefit the Myanmar American Humanitarian Aid Association

New Jersey Vegan Food Festival
Saturday and Sunday, November 12-13, 11:00-5:00
Meadowlands Exposition Center, 355 Plaza Dr., Secaucus, New Jersey
www.Eventbrite.com/e/2022-new-jersey-vegan-food-festival-presented-by-the-vegan-local-tickets-275976502147
Admission, per day: $20; kids ages 13 and under, free

NYC Chili Bowl
Saturday, November 12, noon-2:30
Auditorium of Good Shepherd School, 620 Isham St. (Cooper St.-Seaman Ave.), Manhattan
www.Patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/nyc-chili-bowl-returns-inwood-bragging-rights-good-cause
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=isham%20chili
Admission: adults, $10; children under age 10, $5; proceeds benefit the Good Shepherd food pantry

Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church Bazaar
Saturday, November 12, 1:00-8:00; Sunday, 12:30-4:00
Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church, 461 Bergen Blvd., Ridgefield, New Jersey
www.StsVartanantzChurch.com/2022/10/welcomes-you-to-our-2022-food-festival
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2013/11/sts-vartanantz-armenian-apostolic-church-bazaar.html
Free admission

Grand Bazaar NYC
Sunday, November 13, 10:00-5:00; repeats weekly
100 West 77th St. (at Columbus Ave.), Manhattan
www.GrandBazaarNYC.org
Free admission

Opening day: Union Square Holiday Market
Thursday, November 17, 11:00-8:00; continues daily through December 24
Vicinity of 14th St. and Union Square West, Manhattan
www.UrbanSpaceNYC.com/use
Free admission

New York-area food events, November 3-10

Canstruction
Opens Thursday, November 3, 10:00-8:00; continues through November 14
Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St. (at North End Ave.), Manhattan
www.BfPlNY.com/canstruction
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos /eatingintranslation /albums /72157711715248542
Free admission; donations of canned food welcome; all cans in the exhibit, too, will be donated to City Harvest

Bethel United Methodist Church Cranberry Festival
Saturday, November 5, 8:00-3:00
Bethel United Methodist Church, 7033 Amboy Rd., Tottenville, Staten Island
www.BethelUMCSI.com/cranberry-festival.html
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/EatingInTranslation/19641676976/in/photolist-vFurje-vFurhk-vVEJg3/lightbox
Free admission

East River Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast
Saturday, November 5, 9:00-noon
Trinity Lutheran Church, 3118 37th St., Astoria, Queens
www.Facebook.com/TrinityLIC/photos/a.174405679247769/5807034512651496
"We're flippin' to raise funds for our community. Breakfast includes unlimited pancakes, sausage, coffee, and tea
Tickets: adults, $10; kids ages 10 and under, $5

Loyal Lodge Sons of Norway Scandinavian Bazaar
Saturday, November 5, 10:00-4:00
St. James Lutheran Church parish hall, 230 Second Ave. (at Woodlawn Ave.), St. James, New York
www.Facebook.com/photo?fbid=548114070652606&set=a.502525298544817
Free admission

Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House
Saturday, November 5, 11:00-5:00; repeats periodically
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Eventbrite.com/e/ny-indonesian-food-bazaar-tickets-430536033867
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=indonesian%20james&view_all=1
Free admission

New York-area food events, October 27-November 3

Día de Muertos tianguis (open-air market) at Rockefeller Center
Friday through Sunday, October 28-30, 11:00-10:00; Monday through Wednesday, 4:00-10:00
Rockefeller Plaza just west of the rink, Manhattan
www.RockefellerCenter.com/events/mexico-week-dia-de-muertos-at-rockefeller-center
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=muertos%20rockefeller
Free admission

St. Spyridon Greek Food Festival and Bazaar
Friday, October 28, noon-5:00; Saturday and Sunday, noon-6:00
St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, 124 Wadsworth Ave. (179th-180th Sts.), Manhattan
www.HeightSites.com/event/greek-food-festival/2022-10-28
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2013/11/st-spyridon-greek-food-festival-and-bazaar.html
Free admission

Opening day: Winter Village in Bryant Park
Friday, October 28, noon-8:00; continues daily through January 2
Bryant Park, between 40th and 42nd Sts. and Fifth and Sixth Aves., Manhattan
www.BryantPark.org/shop-eat/category/holiday-shops
Free admission

Day of the Dead at St. Mark's
Friday through Sunday, October 28-30, noon-5:00
East yard, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th St. (at Second Ave.), Manhattan
www.ManoaMano.nyc/event-details/day-of-the-dead-dia-de-muertos-nyc-2022
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/49144164968/lightbox
Free admission; advance registration requested, donations gladly accepted

Cerasella: Italian Delights

"In Italy, 'we would call this a bar,' Caterina Pepe tells us. We're chatting inside Cerasella (pronounced 'Chair-ah-Sell-ah'), the small pasticceria e caffetteria she owns with her husband, Luca Schiano, not far from their home in Long Island City. In New York, of course, a bar is typically adults-only, and rarely known for its food. Using that name for Cerasella, Caterina adds, would lead New Yorkers astray — but happily so, once they found themselves in front of the pastry case." Shown here: an exquisite sfogliatella riccia made with Neapolitan semolina, Calabrian orange and Apulian buffalo ricotta, coupled with an espresso. Read more on Culinary Backstreets.

New York-area food events, October 20-27

Uptown Night Market
Thursday, October 20, 4:00-10:00; repeats monthly through November
"Under the famous Harlem arches," Twelfth Ave. at West 135th St., Manhattan
www.MascHospitalityGroup.com/uptownnightmarket
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/52013600345/lightbox
Free admission

Patio Party with Purpose
Thursday, October 20, 5:00-8:00
King David Tacos, 611 Bergen St. (Carlton-Vanderbilt Aves.), Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
www.Instagram.com/p/CisMKEduwC3
Tickets: $75; proceeds benefit the Lilith Fund, which "supports the right of all Texans to make their own reproductive choices, regardless of income"
Via Eater NY

Bowl of 'Zole: Pozole Festival
Thursday, October 20, 6:00-9:00
99 Scott Studios, 99 Scott Ave. (at Randolph St.), Bushwick, Brooklyn
www.BowlOfZole.com
Tickets: $65, or $100 for hour-earlier VIP entry; ages 21 and over only; "each chef will be donating ten quarts of pozole" to the event's community partner, City Harvest

Season finale: Harlem Bazaar
Friday, October 21, 3:00-9:00
On the plaza outside the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, 163 West 125th St., Manhattan
www.MascHospitalityGroup.com/harlembazaar
Free admission

Pinoys of New York Pop-Up Market
Saturday, October 22, noon-7:00
Little Manila, Roosevelt Ave. between 69th and 70th Sts., Woodside, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=140023818774707&set=a.129467419830347
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&text=%22little%20manila%22
Free admission

New York-area food events, October 13-20

New York City Wine and Food Festival
Thursday through Sunday, October 13-16, various times
Various locations
www.NYCWFF.org
See website for details

Chinatown Nights
Friday, October 14, 8:00-11:00; repeats periodically
Forsyth Plaza, Forsyth St. at Canal St., Manhattan
www.Instagram.com/p/Cjj7uf1MTM6
Free admission; online RSVP requested

American Hungarian Foundation Artisan Market
Saturday, October 15, 10:00-2:00
Courtyard of the American Hungarian Foundation, 300 Somerset St., New Brunswick, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/AmericanHungarianFoundation/photos/a.179796998698135/5907194612624983
Free admission

Harlem Harvest Festival
Saturday, October 15, 11:00-4:00
A. Philip Randolph Sq. (St. Nicholas Ave. between 117th and 118th Sts.), Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/harlem-harvest-festival-2022-tickets-426193294617
Free admission; online registration requested

Philippines Fest Ube Festival
Saturday, October 15, 11:00-6:00
Inside Smorgasburg, Marsha P. Johnson State Park, 90 Kent Ave. (at North 8th St.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.Instagram.com/p/CjicZP5rFo8
Free admission

St. Thomas the Apostle Slavonic Festival
Saturday, October 15 (dine-in available), 11:00-8:00; Sunday (takeout only), 11:00-2:00
St. Thomas the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church, 1407 St. Georges Ave., Rahway, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/saintthomastheapostlebyz/photos/a.1717774318259663/5494681800568877
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2018/02/slavonic-festival.html
Free admission

Oyster Bay Oyster Fest
Saturday and Sunday, October 15-16, 11:00-6:00
In and near Theodore Roosevelt Park, Oyster Bay, New York
www.TheOysterFestival.org
Free admission

Raise Kind Humans: Taste of the Seaport
Saturday, October 15, noon-5:00
Check in at 12 Spruce St. (William-Nassau Sts.), Manhattan
www.TasteOfTheSeaport.org
Tasting tickets: five for $50 advance/$60 onsite; proceeds benefit PS 343, the Peck Slip School, and PS 397, the Spruce Street School

New York-area food events, October 6-13

CiderFeast NYC
Thursday, October 6, 6:00-9:00
99 Scott Studios, 99 Scott Ave. (at Randolph St.), Bushwick, Brooklyn
www.CiderFeastHQ.com/cider-feast-nyc
Tickets: $55, or $85 for hour-earlier VIP entry; ages 21 and over only

Italian Festival at The Mount
Friday through Monday, October 7-10, various hours
On the grounds of Mount Loretto, 6581 Hylan Blvd. (at Kenny Rd.), Staten Island
www.CC-SI.org/staten-island-feast-2
Admission: adults, $5; children ages 10 and under, free

Autumn Treasure, Bake, and Book Sale
Saturday, October 8, 9:30-3:30; Sunday, noon-3:30
Church of the Resurrection, 8509 118th St. (85th-Hillside Aves.), Kew Gardens, Queens
www.Facebook.com/events/1292372238247491
Many more books than baked goods, and yet, previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/49115864112
Free admission

Kalamansi Festival
Saturday, October 8, 10:00-6:00
Fourth Ave. between 9th and 10th Sts., Manhattan, likely on one block of a larger street festival
www.Instagram.com/p/CidKgCcuN0a
Free admission

JapanFes: New York Noodle Contests
Each probably occupies one small part of a larger street festival
Saturday, October 8, 10:00-6:00
Fourth Ave. between 9th and 10th Sts., Manhattan
www.JapanFes.com/new-blog/2022/oct-new-york-ramen-conteset-manhattan
Sunday, October 9, 10:00-6:00
Broadway between 74th and 76th Sts., Manhattan
www.JapanFes.com/new-blog/2022/oct-new-york-ramen-conteset-manhattan-mtgty
Free admission to both

Panamanian Parade and Festival
Saturday, October 8, 10:30-6:00
The parade proceeds down Franklin Ave. from Bergen St. to President St.; the festival is a block west on Classon Ave., Crown Heights, Brooklyn
www.PanamanianParade.org
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=Panamanian%20Independence&view_all=1
Free admission

NewYorkTlan
Saturday, October 8, 11:00-???
First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst, 10010 Astoria Blvd. (at 101st St.), East Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=401812438770078&set=pb.100068239756463.-2207520000
Free admission

New York-area food events, September 29-October 6

Weather update
Saturday's forecast is very windy and rainy. Check with the organizers before you venture out to any events.

Taste of the Upper West Side
Friday, September 30, and Saturday, October 1, 7:00-10:00
O'Shea Complex Schoolyard, Columbus Ave. at 77th St., Manhattan
www.TasteUWS.com
General admission tickets, per evening: $110; proceeds "help fund neighborhood projects through the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District

Hudson Valley Garlic Festival
Saturday, October 1, 10:00-6:00; Sunday, 10:00-5:00
Cantine Field, Washington Ave. Extension, Saugerties, New York
www.HVGF.org
Admission, per day: adults, $10; children under age 12, free

Lumpia Fest
Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2, 11:00-7:00
Canal Street Market, 265 Canal St. (Broadway-Lafayette St.), Manhattan
www.Instagram.com/p/CjB1nLgrMeJ
Free admission

Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House
Saturday, October 1, 11:00-5:00; repeats periodically
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/events/501907554708772
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=indonesian%20james&view_all=1
Free admission

Staten Island Egyptian Festival
Concludes Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2, 11:00-9:00
Archangel Michael and St. Mena Coptic Orthodox Church, 4095 Amboy Rd. (at Linderwood Rd.), Great Kills, Staten Island
www.Facebook.com/events/615174833497589
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=michael%20mena%20staten
Free admission

Postponed: Pinoys of New York Pop-Up Market
Saturday, October 1, noon-6:00
Little Manila, Roosevelt Ave. between 69th and 70th Sts., Woodside, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo?fbid=133386056105150&set=a.129467419830347
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=little%20manila
Free admission