Lola Dement Myers
i do not purchase coffee or tea outside of the house
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lola dement myers (b.1997) is living and working in nyc. she does it for no reason.
Where do you live most of the year?
nyc
What do you look for in a restaurant when you walk in?
no line + outdoor option
What is your final meal?
buckwheat tea
honey crisp apple
dimes chicken salad
chocolate cake from saint ambroeus
3 guests for dinner, dead or alive?
natao fukasawa = perfect person
ivy dement = perfect person
tan lin = perfect person
Lola’s Taste Maker Guide
Breakfast: commerce inn, nyc
Order: *split with zane kind*
farm house breakfast =
toast
sausage
smashed peas
scrambled eggs
hashed potatoes (don’t eat)
+ black tea (no milk or sugar)
+ 1 pancake with butter and syrup
Coffee: my home (i do not purchase coffee or tea outside of the house)
Order: green tea / buckwheat tea
Lunch: lovely day
Order: buckwheat tea, miso soup, + seared wild tuna roll
honorable mention = green papaya salad, + summer roll + chicken satay
Special dinner: minetta tavern
Order: sautéed spinach + steak frites + dirty gin martini + soufflé for two if you feel inspired
energy: proper old-school new york
hack: full menu served at the bar. also you can almost always walk-in after 10pm.
Casual dinner: buvette
Order: zane kind (bf) and i will go to buvette 1-2 times a week. the following is the perfect budget meal / menu hack.
1 dirty martini with hendricks
1 chocolate mousse to share
1 salade de poulet to share
Special shoutouts
dimes deli
i think dimes is perfect. nothing is wrong. note i am speaking both of dimes market and dimes deli.
market best no.1 = chicken salad
market best no.2 = peanut butter cookie
deli best no.1 = breakfast burrito with bacon
deli best no.2 = seared salmon with a substitute of picked salmon
deli alternative best no.1 = green pozole (now red pozole)
deli alternative best no.2 = soba noodles with pickled salmon