By the time you read this I’ll be on a plane heading west, woo-hoo!
We are on our final week of summer vacation. We are excited for today’s travels, but when we made our plans we made sure to include time for some New York City love. Adam and I spent the past three days having a blast in our hometown. We ate all the things, got in some good dog cuddles, and spent some time showing off the Lower East Side to a friend (one of our favorite humans recent moved to the city for fellowship and we are excited to share the love).
Here were the top six edible highlights from the past three days…
{1} Antica Pesa = our new favorite Italian spot
Every piece of this meal was perfection. From the “Stranger Danger” – Ilegal Mezcal, guava, mint, hot honey, lime, and a Campari float.
To the cheese plate with the best blue cheese we’ve ever had.
I had housemade fettuccine with fresh mozzarella and eggplant puree and Adam had outstanding lasagna.
Plus for dessert we had coffee granite with chocolate cornflake crunch on top and a Gianduia hazelnut cream on the bottom that was my all-time favorite bite of dessert.
The boys liked their smoked salmon toasts and I loved my duck rice bowl with olives, citrus puree, and duck cracklins.
{3} Mother’s Ruin
My chicken and waffles were my favorite plate of food of the summer! The wings were coated in ridiculously fantastic Cholula-honey glaze. I also had a great drink with light rum, cava, honey, and mint.
{4} Booze in Brooklyn
We played our favorite game at Barcade (and were infinitely frustrated by Tapper) and I fell in love with Dogfish Head’s SeaQuench gose.
Plus we had way too many drinks and fell in love with the vibe at Rocka Rolla.
{5} Treats at Bibble and Sip
Iced lavender latte and a coconut Thai iced tea panna cotta. And now we want to go back and try every other flavor of panna cotta.
{6} Turkey cheese burgers
We made yummy turkey burgers – simply seasoned and kept moist with a brioche panade – on brioche buns with sharp cheddar cheese and bread and butters from Pickle Guys.
With roasted zucchini.
And a duo of fruit beers – New Belgium Juicy Watermelon Ale / Flying Dog Tamarind Ale.
See you this weekend!
Eating Chalk 