I'll work backwards...We've been to Buffalo Wild Wings (good for wings, beer and TV screens) not much good for anything else; the Lobster Joint in Greenpoint (fantastic) and Ray's Candy Store on the LES for beignets (yum, yum, yum); Pershing Square; Dani's; Narita and The Meatball Shop.
I started work today :) Will begin with just 2 days a week and if there's more to come that's fine, otherwise 2 days is good. Payroll secretary at PS 174!
Beach closes this Sunday (boo hoo), but good things are on the way.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
La Paella, Top Hops, Euro Market, Ray's Candy Store and Ferrara's
All in one night!
Michael and I went to Ferrara's last night to buy Easter bread.
Afterwards we ate dinner at La Paella: Manchego cheese with apples; shrimp in garlic; pork chop with peppers and potatoes; grilled calamari. 1/2 carafe of red sangria. Place is small but quaint. Service is good, attentive but no rushing, red sangria is really good (lots of fruit) and the grilled calamari was some of the best I've ever had.
After that, we went to Ray's Candy Store for beignets. They were amazing!
Then on to Top Hops (http://tophops.com/) where Michael loves their beer selection. Cool place to drink there and take out in bottles or growlers.
Next on to Astoria to Euro Market (http://www.yelp.com/biz/euro-market-astoria) where they have a great beer selection too. I also shopped for a while and got French Feta, Hungarian salami, Greek spanikopita, bread and spoon sweets (sour cherry) to put over their homemade Greek yogurt. This is a great store with a wide selection of products from out of the country. It smells like smoked meat when you walk in and the guys that work there are really nice and helpful.
Tonight it's Greek treats for dinner!
Happy Easter and Happy Passover!
Michael and I went to Ferrara's last night to buy Easter bread.
Afterwards we ate dinner at La Paella: Manchego cheese with apples; shrimp in garlic; pork chop with peppers and potatoes; grilled calamari. 1/2 carafe of red sangria. Place is small but quaint. Service is good, attentive but no rushing, red sangria is really good (lots of fruit) and the grilled calamari was some of the best I've ever had.
After that, we went to Ray's Candy Store for beignets. They were amazing!
Then on to Top Hops (http://tophops.com/) where Michael loves their beer selection. Cool place to drink there and take out in bottles or growlers.
Next on to Astoria to Euro Market (http://www.yelp.com/biz/euro-market-astoria) where they have a great beer selection too. I also shopped for a while and got French Feta, Hungarian salami, Greek spanikopita, bread and spoon sweets (sour cherry) to put over their homemade Greek yogurt. This is a great store with a wide selection of products from out of the country. It smells like smoked meat when you walk in and the guys that work there are really nice and helpful.
Tonight it's Greek treats for dinner!
Happy Easter and Happy Passover!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night
Tonight Michael and I went into Chinatown. I was hoping to catch a little Chinese New Year spirit, but there were no parades only a few drum beats down the street. We ate dinner at Shanghai Cafe (100 Mott Street between Hester and Canal). We specifically went there for their soup dumplings to be able to compare them with the ones at Joe's Shanghai. And the verdict is...not so dissimilar from each other, but if I had to pick a winner it would be Shanghai Cafe. The rest of the food was so-so: Shanghai pan fried noodles with chicken, shrimp, pork and vegetables and also eggplant in garlic sauce with pork. They do refill your water glasses without asking and I really liked their hot tea.
Afterward we went to Ray's Candy Store (113 Avenue A) for beignets (think zeppoles). They were hot and yummy and dusted with confectioner's sugar. Here is the most special one of the bunch:
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