Corner Burger

You already know about the hunt for poutine – DLS‘s favorite savory snack – so I told him a while back that I’d take him to the only place I personally know in NYC (well, Brooklyn) that has a long list of poutines available: Corner Burger. This time, I did get the Monkey Milk Shake I wanted last time – vanilla ice cream, milk, bananas and honey. It was really good – and when I couldn’t finish it but we wanted to leave for our next activity (mini golf, finally!), they put it in a to-go cup for me. The [...]

Tuesdays with TT: Torrisi Italian Specialities

It never ceases to amaze me how fast time flies, so before I knew it the calendar flipped to April yet again and that meant my birthday was fast approaching. Last year, CT totally surprised me with dinner at Per Se for my 30th. Actually I am still in shock. She got me really good. Since I am getting older she didn’t want me to have a heart attack, so she let me choose where I wanted to go this year. I read a couple months back that the revamped Torrisi Italian Specialties would have a special 20 course historical [...]

Corrado Bakery

One day, between events, TC met up with me and we headed to Corrado Bakery to grab a snack and hang out, use an outlet to charge our phones and the wifi to surf the internet. TC was hungrier than I – we actually tried to visit Taim since I’d never been, but they were closed for the holiday week – so he got a prosciutto, mozz and pepper panini. I could tell he liked it but I’m sure he’ll offer his further opinion in comments! Since I wasn’t all that hungry, I chose toast topped with tomatoes and a [...]

Redhead

Post-Dominique Ansel, TC and I headed over to The Redhead, where we’ve been talking about visiting for fried chicken since October. Buns served to us as we perused the menu were nothing special. We decided to start with an order of hush puppies with creme fraiche and caviar.  The caviar was decidedly of the ‘stinky’/fishy kind, and did nothing for the hush puppies, which were light and fried nicely – it just didn’t go. I think most people order this for the sheer novelty of the item, as we did, but not because it tastes good. TC decided to order [...]

5 Burro

I’ve written about 5 Burro a number of times in the past – but thought I’d dash off another post because I tried something new this time. I met up with Snorlax and FeistyMom one random Saturday afternoon for lunch, and we were seated quickly by the windows. Snorlax was raving about the mussels, so we decided to get that to start… Really observant readers may have noticed that I don’t eat mussels with any regularity. I’m just not a huge fan – and I’ve tried them at many places, but the drying, mealy crumbly texture always puts me off. [...]

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