Epicurean Expeditions
Exploring Food and Travel DelightsTake a culinary journey with Victor Jung as he explores the latest restaurant, cocktail lounge, and hotel openings in your favorite city or vacation destination. Victor has spent over 20 years in the food & beverage and hospitality sector. Starting from his roots at his relative’s restaurants and bars, he learned all aspects of front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house operations at a young age. Victor is not a classically trained chef or mixologist but developed his style and technique under some of the leading chefs and mixologists in the business.
As one of the founders of The Line Group, Victor has owned, operated, and consulted with many leading hospitality companies since his entrance into the field in 2005. Known as the multiple concept operator behind the highly acclaimed Sons of Essex, Rochelles, Casa Bocado, Escondido, Raven, Opus, and 205 Club in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Nolita, and Meatpacking district.
Each week, Victor will highlight the Top food and drink destinations in the New York City Metro area and his travels to your favorite vacation destination in the United States, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and Mexico. You will get the pleasure of seeing these iconic culinary destinations firsthand.
So let your eyes and mind build your appetite as you get the latest updates on the recent food and cocktail trends.
Dining in December: Manhattan’s Best
New York City can seem like a nearly endless metropolis—because of its size, it can be difficult to know where exactly to start when traversing the city in search of some delicious food. Especially in Manhattan, the city's most well-known and crowded borough, being...
6 Above-Average NYC Sports Bars
New York City is a town filled with sports bars. NYC has over half a dozen professional sports teams, and multiple teams for the same sport. There are the Mets and Yankees, Jets and Giants, and the Knicks and Nets. Luckily for sports fans, New York has enough fandoms...
Anthony Bourdain’s Stops Around New York City
The world lost a food icon in Anthony Bourdain this past month, who was just 61 years old. Bourdain was known for his unique combination of edginess and eloquence while providing viewers of his show, Parts Unknown, with tremendous insight into foods and cultures all...
Where to Eat in NYC’s Little Italy
For years, Little Italy (located in the center of everything in lower Manhattan) was the prime destination for true Italian cuisine. Indeed, a visit to Mulberry Street, with its bustling crowds and loud restaurant hosts beckoning patrons to try the many restaurants...
What to Order: The Dos and Don’ts of Cocktail Drinking
The age-old question of what to order at the local watering hole is one which answers change as rapidly as new ingredients appear on the market. However, there are trends that go with the ebb and flow of bars and restaurants, and then there are classic cocktails whose...
