Recette

StB returned home recently, so of course dinner plans were made.  She chose Recette, having heard good things.  Of course, SpB and I arrived late, both having come in from far-Queens… but I immediately ordered a fizzy drink – sparkling wine with a cube of sugar in the bottom.  It was okay.  StB ordered the razor clams with a chili compote.  She said it was tasty.  ($9)HB and I both ordered duck carpaccio with chicken liver mousse and apple slivers.  I liked this dish quite a lot, but at the same time, honestly?  $12 for the above and that’s a [...]

Xie Xie

I had the good fortune to be able to score tickets to Hamlet before the show closed… and I think I’ve only mentioned briefly my love of theater (watching, not participating!) here, but it is one of the things I absolutely adore about NYC.  (About 4 years ago, I set out to see one show a month, and did this for about a year before it got too expensive and I’d seen nearly everything I wanted to.  It was awesome.)  In any case, I just read Hamlet for English class this semester (nope, I never read it before), and watching [...]

SF Foodbuzz Food Bloggers Fest – Outstanding in the Field (dinner on Saturday)

click to enlargeHere’s the big one!  The dinner everyone wants to hear about… Outstanding in the Field, a giant warehouse, and a billion (okay, not a BILLION, but a lot) of food bloggers.  You’re going to have to ignore my awful photographs and look at someone else who probably has way better pictures, because cold warehouse + poor lighting + jabbering away + wine refills + plus plus plus… let’s just say my photographs leave something to be desired, mm’k?  I watched them prep these awesome bowls of soup – mushroom dashi, maitake, shimeji and enoki mushrooms.  [...]

SF Foodbuzz Food Bloggers Fest – nopalito (dinner on Thursday)

One of my favorite cousins made some time to hang out with me while I was in San Francisco for the Foodbuzz Food Bloggers Fest.  I know how busy he is – especially because at the time, his wife was eight and a half months pregnant with their first child (!!!) – congratulations again, I can’t wait to meet him!!! – so I really appreciated that they both came out to eat and catch up with me.  They chose nopalito, which, to my understanding, is kind of new-ish, and is forward-thinking-Mexican, sourcing the best and local/organic ingredients.  Sounds interesting, [...]

Salon de Tapas

AB’s birthday passed recently (errr… a while back; I keep pushing this post off), so we gathered to celebrate.  Unfortunately, I was a bit late for dinner, so as soon as I sat down, I was handed a glass of strawberry sangria (which was surprisingly REALLY good!), and didn’t stop drinking for two hours, so the pictures are incredibly blurry.  As I had no hand in the ordering process, I also don’t know the names of everything.  Oops! Slices of filet or steak of some sort.  Super tender – at one point, AB actually cut a piece in half by [...]

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