Here’s what’s in my fridge right now: a stick of butter, two beers, a pint container of rice, four Persian cucumbers that are beginning to shrivel and every condiment known to mankind. This is all to say, there will be takeout tonight.
As much as I love cooking on a night in — often desperately needed given all of the restaurant going — it’s not always tenable. This month especially, between office holiday parties and cookie swaps and white elephant exchanges, I’m craving being home on my couch and eating food someone else cooked.
Get thee to the couch with a throw blanket, tip your delivery person more than the app suggests, and consider these suggestions to accompany the new season of Netflix’s “The Ultimatum.”
There’s some assembly required when ordering from Bushwick’s Bunna Cafe, but the colorful spread is well worth a little effort. Credit…Heather Willensky for The New York Times
A tricked-out feast in a box
A delivery order fromBunna Cafe in Bushwick comes in what looks like a pizza box adorned with their logo (an illustration of a jebena, the pottery used to brew Arabic coffee), and the thrill of opening it is unmatched. The Feast for Two is an epic spread with two portions of each of their nine vegan entrees — my favorite being the misir wot (creamy red lentils) and gomen (tender braised collard greens). They’ve got instructions on their website to set you up for success: Unroll one of the springy injera, and spoon some of each dish on. They include four more injera for scooping up each dish, but you might not regret ordering extra along with a side of daata, their vinegary, cilantro-laced hot sauce.
Bunna Cafe, 1084 Flushing Avenue (Knickerbocker Avenue)
