I LOVEEE seafood!! You don't know how happy I am to have a seafood joint in my neighborhood and it's literally around the corner from me! It's a market and a restaurant, how convenient! I came here to buy fish before and they have a huge selection of fresh fish to choose from. I've always wanted to check out their menu so finally Andy and I went one night....
Chef with sole is a small seafood joint with a few tables in the front of the store and towards the back is the market section. The decor of the place definitely spells out seafood all the way, nets hanging from the ceiling, ship models, and fish ornaments all around. I think it's cute...
So we decide to order a few of our favorites.....
Mussels in white wine, garlic, lemon and butter ($6.99)
We loved the sauce!! I wanted to drink it after we were done with all the mussels. I wish they served bread so I could've ate it with the sauce. The mussels were really fresh, the meat was actually creamy. If it wasn't fresh the meat would've been rubbery and chewy.
Mini Crab cakes with roasted garlic aioli ($7.99)
I like this appetizer but some of the crab were slightly too burnt. I like my crab cakes to be lumpy with chunks of crab meat. I felt the meat was too chopped up, too mushed like mash potato or a croquette. The favor was very good, I can taste alot of the crab taste with a hint of the squeezed lime. The bed of spinach was great with it.
Lobster Roll (New England Style) served with cole slaw and pickles ($11.99)
I love lobster itself and anything that's made from lobster especially lobster rolls. I really like this this one! There were other ingredient in the lobster roll sandwich which made this roll very unique and delicious! Andy and I couldn't tell what we loved about it so we started to analyzing the ingredient in this lobster roll. We weren't sure what was the yellow looking chunk of ingredient was so we asked one of the staff. It was mango! Delicious!
But I thought the mayo taste covered too much of the lobster and other ingredients. Maybe they should put less or use something to bring out the flavors of the other ingredients...overall I liked it alot!
hmm...I'm drooling right now...look at those chunk of lobster!
The staff at Chef with Soles were so nice! And also we met the chef, his name is Brian. He talked to us for a bit and he spoke about his experience as the executive chef at other restaurants and at a airport (I forgot which one...). His father also owns a butcher shop which is also in Bay Ridge. He was nice talking to him and I would definitely go back to chat and try more of their food! I think their food is fresh, taste great and the price is reasonable!
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Chef with Sole
8618 3rd Ave (between 86th St & 87th St)
Brooklyn,
NY 11209 
(718) 680-7653
Happy Birthday Cecille! <3
The first stop we went to was Shanghai Cafe.
We were excited!!!
Our other spy members, Vivian and Ling
We got interviewed by the writer after each bite of the food. The photographer was snapping pictures left and right and telling us to pose.
Our food writer Jeny
Here are some of my favorites from each of the restaurants. You can see the rest of the dishes in the article.
this has some sort of veggies and pork
Over all I thought Shanghai Cafe was so so....I've been here many times so I guess I was sick of the food. And the dish they gave us wasn't anything special.
interesting decoration with a mini looking bridge...
the buns were small but the skin was thinner which I like...
This restaurant went all out and served us their expensive dishes which was mostly seafood. I love seafood!!
crabs with salty eggs, one of my favorite of the day...
crispy shrimp with tea leafs, another favorite of the day...the shrimp was so crispy you can eat the whole thing like a chip...
thumbs up to the chef!!
Mission accomplished!!!
our photographer
Perks being a food spy: I got a souvenir bag filled with goodies, a pin, awesome free meal and being in a very popular food magazine!! yay!! 
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Chef with sole is a small seafood joint with a few tables in the front of the store and towards the back is the market section. The decor of the place definitely spells out seafood all the way, nets hanging from the ceiling, ship models, and fish ornaments all around. I think it's cute...
So we decide to order a few of our favorites.....
Mini Crab cakes with roasted garlic aioli ($7.99)
Lobster Roll (New England Style) served with cole slaw and pickles ($11.99)
hmm...I'm drooling right now...look at those chunk of lobster!
The staff at Chef with Soles were so nice! And also we met the chef, his name is Brian. He talked to us for a bit and he spoke about his experience as the executive chef at other restaurants and at a airport (I forgot which one...). His father also owns a butcher shop which is also in Bay Ridge. He was nice talking to him and I would definitely go back to chat and try more of their food! I think their food is fresh, taste great and the price is reasonable!
Today I got the ladybug! My goal is to collect MOST of them. Stay tune to see how many I will get. I'm gonna post my daily TY purchases here: