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A Festival Of Soup Unfolds In Brooklyn This Weekend
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Nell Casey
Published Oct 21, 2016
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Wake up this weekend to breakfast in Spain with an Andalusian-inspired brunch at Iron Chef Jose Garces' newish Brookfield Place restaurant Amada. The midday feasting includes dishes like Huevos Flamencos ($13), a tomato pepper stew with eggs, migas, and serrano ham and a brunch special ($29) that includes a bread basket, coffee or tea and a choice of dishes including serrano ham, smoked salmon opened faced sandwiches or brandade with green olive and potato.
Meanwhile in East Williamsburg, new Taiwanese-American soul food restaurant Win Won also has a global brunch on the weekends. Snack on garlic and cilantro-marinated cucumbers ($5) and dou jiang you tiao ($7), a fried dough with salty soy milk. Larger entrees include a Taiwanese take on chicken and waffles ($15) and tsung you bing jia dan ($11), a scallion pancake with an herb omelette.
French Onion Soup from Bar Tabac (Yelp)
On Saturday, the Smith Street Soup Festival returns with a lineup of local restaurants offering their takes on the liquid dish. From 1 - 4 p.m., stop by the corners of Bergen, Butler and President to purchase tastes ($5 for 5 tastings and $10 for 12), then walk around to sample soups from Fawkner, Bar Tabac, Avlee, Stinky Brooklyn, Vinny's, Sunken Hundred and a dozen more. Proceeds benefit the culinary arts program at the nearby High School For International Studies.
The Kings County Distillery hosts New York Times editor and author Clay Risen on Sunday as part of The Spirited Pen: Writers Talk About Whiskey. Risen's book, American Whiskey, Bourbon, and Rye: A Guide to the Nation's Favorite Spirit, makes him an ideal candidate to discuss the whiskies coming out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard-based distillery. Attendees will get a one hour guided tour of the facility, including the barrel aging room, plus a taste of four whiskies from Kings County Distillery. Tickets $14.
Get another glimpse of NYC's robust alcohol production scene with the Bushwick Brewing Tour on Saturday afternoon. Tour guide Chris Heuberger leads the group around northern Brooklyn for some insight into the area's brewing history as well as general history of the city. The tour ends with a few pints at craft beer bar The Well. Tickets $30.
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