It’s past midnight, you’re hungry, tired, and maybe you’ve had a little bit too much to drink in a New York neighborhood far from home.  What are you to do?

Gobbl is proud to announce the launch of Gobbl Late Night, a new website for mobile devices that provides New Yorkers with a listing of over 200 restaurants in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn. Gobbl Late Night organizes restaurants by neighborhood for easy access and provides accurate, up-to-date information on closing times, locations, and types of cuisine.

To check out Gobbl Late Night, point your Internet-enabled mobile phone to http://late.gobbl.com (or test it on your browser).

Also, view our snazzy press release announcing the official arrival of Gobbl Late Night.

In an Iron Chef-esque battle hosted by House Foods and the Gohan Society yesterday, four celebrity chefs competed for a $5000 prize and the favor of three expert judges (Michael Romano of Union Square Café; Peter Berley, a noted health food chef; and Andrea Strong of the Strong Buzz food blog). Each chef created two-course meals consisting of an entrée and a dessert and utilized tofu as the main ingredient. The star chefs were Erik Battes—Chef de Cuisine of Perry St., Wylie Dufresne—Executive Chef and Owner of wd-50, Edward Higgins—Chef de Cuisine of Insieme, and Akinobu Suzuki—Executive Chef of Sakagura.

First up was…

Erik Battes

A chef who grew up in the kitchens of Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Erik Battes applied his love for French and Asian cuisines to both his entrée and dessert. The entrée consisted of crispy tofu with sweet corn, lemongrass, and cilantro and used high tech devices and acids to achieve unique textures. The host of the event and WOR Food Talk host, Mike Colameco, noted that the use of acids in the competition reflect the trademark aspects of Perry St. For the dessert, Battes created a refreshing basil tofu ice cream with market strawberries. Battes commented that the ice cream was “a long trial and error process [starting off] with a 4:1 tofu and ice cream ratio and [ending up] with a 2:1 ratio”.

The winner and photos of the other 6 creations after the jump.

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