Dave Cook

Grilled pork neck with papaya salad, Asian Bowl, Forest Hills, Queens. More from the excellent, chiefly Burmese menu: squash, watercress, and onion-potato-carrot fritters; fermented tea leaf salad; garlic noodles with seafood.

A three-egg omelette at the Kingsbridge, Bronx, location of IHOP, one of five in the borough with oxtail as an option. H/T, from the NYC discussion boards of Hungry Onion: small_h, who has a mighty appetite. So do I — but it's a good thing I didn't get a short stack, too.

@cursedinternet The official address is 1061 St. Nicholas Ave. Snoeman has done his thing on neighboring blocks — 161 St., 162 St., and others — so "163 St." seems to be his way of keeping in rhythm.

@EIT Is the official address both addresses? It’s very lovely!

Seen in passing: Hand-painted artwork by Snoeman (2023), Archie Grocery, St. Nicholas Ave., Manhattan. Snoeman's festive colors decorate what must be dozens of storefronts and street carts in Washington Heights; you'll find his work in Coney Island, too.

At Ricky Fruits, Vegetables & More, a Mexican grocery at the southern edge of Washington Heights, the ice pops known as bolis are stout and dense, almost like a frozen puree. This one, pica fresa, is flavored with the namesake spicy strawberry candy.

Ngapi yay is a pungent dipping sauce usually reserved for crudités; to the amusement of Burmese friends like Hnin Nwe Chaw (who comped me), I use it to dress pasta, too. At last month's New York Burmese Water Festival, Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, Elmhurst, Queens

Greek (and Greek Jewish), Ukrainian, Burmese, Turkish, Norwegian, Indonesian, and more: New York-area food events for May 14-20 bit.ly/nyfoodevents-m…

Olive pocket, Hoboken Farms, Riverview Farmers Market, Jersey City Heights. One dollar. Also shown: the eastward view from the market. Free.

A chance of meatballs (the largest had a quail egg inside): mie bakso by Ida Zainal, Indonesian bazaar at Masjid al-Hikmah, Astoria, Queens. Also: lontong sayur, coconut milk-based vegetable curry; lupis (comped), sticky rice with brown sugar syrup. Another bazaar is coming soon!

A pulled pork lonche bañado, bathed in a slightly spicy tomato sauce, at Mexican sandwich shop Macario, Park Slope, Brooklyn. It's half-sauced when served, while the other half stays warm till you're ready. Eventually there's more sauce than sandwich; that's what spoons are for.

Ready for a dip: tsukemen with chashu and added ajitama — chewy cold noodles, accompanied by a rich chicken and fish broth, with braised pork belly and a marinated soft-boiled egg — at Okiboru House of Tsukemen, Orchard St., Manhattan

Lava rock cheese tteokgalbi, deep-fried cheese-stuffed mini-meatballs, in biteaway view; a jjim of oxtail and short ribs braised with honey, soy, and garlic; and sogogi gukbap, a hearty Korean beef soup, as served and as portioned, at Woodam, Flushing, Queens

Seen in passing: a common prohibition notice, written by hand, and adapted for the Little India neighborhood of Jersey City

Korean, Filipino, Greek, Norwegian, Japanese, Indonesian, Italian, Haitian, Mexican, more: New York-area food events for May 7-13 bit.ly/nyfoodevents-m…

Griddled Chinese cabbage, Chengdu-style hot and spicy prawns, steamed fish fillet with ginger and scallion, and griddled lamb at Legend of Taste, Whitestone, Queens

A spinach slice at Dea Burek — under the same ownership as decades-old Dukagjini Burek, near Pelham Parkway — enjoyed during this past weekend's Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu Fair, Belmont, Bronx

An Albanian sampler, free for all while the food lasted, at this past weekend's Gjergj Kastrioti Skenderbeu Fair, Belmont, Bronx. Also shown, and widely displayed elsewhere throughout the festival, too: the flags of the United States, Albania, and Kosovo.

Seen in passing: bodega sandwich dispensary? Hopcheese, Belmont, Bronx

An overloaded Uzbek hot dog by Sharq Kitchen; an hojaldre, Panamanian frybread, freighted with salchicha by G&G Cuisine; and Chinese hawthorn bingtanghulu, glazed with sugar by Chan Bai Mei, at the Queens Night Market, returning this evening to Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Pre-gaming with friends before a big Sichuan group lunch, with even more friends, across the street at Legend of Taste: a rye bagel at Utopia Bagels, Whitestone, Queens