New York, pt 1

This is very late, thank god I wrote it all down in my handy July-start moleskine.

Thursday and Friday

So I decided to break down my NY foodie account by days both for ease and clarity.

I arrived Wednesday night and Thursday morning we were off!

Thursday:

La Bagel Delight – healthy lox special

[sorry, I was too excited to take pictures initially]

Ozzies – mocha granita, which is the best ever

Black Gold – just a stop to check out all the buzz. Color me eh.

Cafe Pedlar – my kind of place (surprise, surprise, since it’s Frankie’s). Shared a pretzel + mustard and cold-brew coffee

Pacifico – guacamole, sangria and Mexico vs France

Trader Joe’s and Stinky’s trip for dinner party supplies and the best new thing (I saved it for the plane):

and then the main event – Supper Club/Me and Leah edition (thanks for the pictures, ladies)!

on the menu:

• Crushed garlic & tomato bread Barcelona style + firm Spanish manchego like Zamorano cheese
• Orzo greek salad
• Grilled shrimp
• Our strawberry yogurt tart (of course)

and a lot of fun, fun, fun!

Friday:

Breakfast at Locanda Verde, a new favorite weekday brunch location – lemon ricotta and blueberry pancakes, Karen DeMasco’s zucchini bread and uova modenese (cotechino hash, spinach, tomato hollandaise and eggs). Love it here.

Light lunch over football at Rue 57 – nervous England mix-and-match match food: edamame, warm mushroom salad, copious amounts of iced tea.

Drinks at Cafe Chambord & Botanica (going along with the theme of ‘we’re NOT hipsters, are we?’) – oh, ginger beer. Also, coconut water, later.

Dinner at the Meatball Shop (hi, Michael!) – new favorite place – spicy pork meatballs, napa cabbage salad, peanut butter cookies (unbaked) and homemade blueberry ice-cream. Mmmm.

I want to do it all over again, as usual.

TBC (Pt 2 coming up this weekend)