Coffee And Bagels (At Home)

by Emily

Highlights from the “weekend” –

Coffee in all forms.

Egg and cheese bagels. This one had soft scrambled eggs and a melty slice of sharp cheddar; on an onion bagel.

This one had cheese, fried egg, and tons of Cholula. Plus roasted broccoli.

Leftover pizza with honey and chili flakes because that’s the only way I eat pizza now.

Greek yogurt with cinnamon, maple syrup, blackberries, granola, and Trader Joe’s mixed nut butter.

The best pasta I’ve ever made. Whole wheat angel hair tossed with caramelized sweet onion and green with brown sugar, butter, fish sauce, and chili flakes. Plus roasted zucchini and hot-smoked sockeye salmon.

Sinfully good booze from Evil Twin – marshmallow hard cider and fruity marshmallow sour IPA.

20Mar2020

Take-Out And Tuna Melts

by Emily

What a horrible week in human history. Suffice it to say I am feeling scared and sad for everyone.

There is no good way to segue between what’s happening in the world right now and “here’s some of what I ate this week” so… here’s some of what I ate this week:

Tons of no-contact take-out from local restaurants. Kung fu tofu with Sichuan green beans.

Cheese pizza with honey and gochugaru chili flakes.

Absolutely ridiculous yogurt bowls. This one was TJ’s plain skyr yogurt with fresh blackberries, TJ’s mixed nut butter, hot fudge sauce, and star sprinkles.

One day I had yogurt with berries and cinnamon and grain-free granola but mostly I ate hot fudge sauce. Did I mention we’ve also stress-eaten a ton of candy?

Coffee that I brought back from my trip to Michigan. I had to use the blog to look up the fact that my visit was in September 2019 because it feels like a million years ago at this point.

The best tuna melt ever. It was actually a mix of canned tuna and smoked trout (with mayo and pickle relish). On an onion bagel with sharp cheddar. Plus roasted caulilini baby cauliflower.

16Mar2020

The Ratio Of The Pizza’s Circumference To Its Diameter

by Emily

FYI – as of Saturday morning the recommendation in NYC was to avoid public transportation but continue to support local restaurants if you were feeling well, so that’s what we did this weekend. Obviously the situation has changed vastly since then. I stocked up on supplies last week and plan on self-quarantining for at least the next 14 days.

While you are stuck at home I strongly recommend streaming these (very raunchy, deeply funny) shows: Big Mouth / Future Man / Astronomy Club.

Highlights from the weekend include…

Breakfast at Win Son Bakery, which blew our freaking minds. Their custard toast is our new all-time favorite thing.

Pizza pie for Pi Day at Roberta’s. Tomato, mozarella, caciocavella, parmigiano, oregano, and chili.

Plus we had an amazing sticky bun.

A dessert-y yogurt bowl. Chobani milk and cookies yogurt with frozen berries, pumpkin seed butter, and sprinkles!

All of the dessert-y beer options at Evil Twin. Marshmallow triple IPA, marshmallow key lime sour IPA, marshmallow pina colada hard cider, passion fruit sour IPA, and cinnamon pear sour IPA (the marshmallow key lime was obviously my favorite beer of all time).

Homemade green curry. With ground turkey and tons of spring onions, on a bed of roasted zucchini.

I’ll miss you, NYC!

27Jan2020

LES = Let’s Eat Snacks

by Emily

Adam and I spent both Saturday and Sunday walking around the Lower East Side eating all the things, admiring street art, and just generally having a fabulous time. Plus we walked back and forth across the Williamsburg Bridge which is one of our favorite activities.

Weekend highlights include…

Smoothie time. Beary flavored! Banana, blueberry, blackberry, almond milk, and brown sugar.

Brunch at Sonnyboy. Bloody Mary.

I got the harissa folded eggs with brussel sprouts, mushrooms, and basil. I traded my avocado for a slice of Adam’s halloumi.

Malaysian eats at Kopitam. Bandung – condensed milk and rose syrup.

Nasi Lemak – coconut rice, fried anchovies, cucumber, peanuts, and hard-boiled egg.

Criss Cross ‘Shrooms – red chilies, wood ear mushrooms, and lotus. These were actually a bit too spicy even for me, but I loved the fried basil.

How exciting is this caffeinated cola flavored seltzer??! It was basically diet Crystal Pepsi!

Cookies at the newish Red Gate Bakery. A caramel brownie and a housemade oreo.

Ice & Vice always knocks it out of the park and their latest special is my new favorite thing – cream cheese soft-serve with guava white chocolate drizzle!

A veggie-packed riff on my buffalo chicken baked pasta. Spinach, riced cauliflower, whole-wheat pasta, ground chicken, cream cheese, honey habanero hot sauce, cheddar, and blue cheese.

Have a great week!

24Jan2020

A Bevy Of Beverages

by Emily

My favorite bites this week were actually sips! {I really want to make an “all about the beverages/Benjamins, baby” joke here but I’m holding myself back}

Highlights…

My new all-time-favorite coffee combo = Grady’s Cold Brew concentrate with the new Chobani sweet cream creamer.

This week’s yogurt bowl combo was vanilla bean Greek yogurt with fresh blackberries and Trader Joe’s peanut butter with chia and flax.

A girlfriend and I (and her baby!) met up in Nomad for lunch. Salads at Made Nice – I had the frisee romaine with potato croutons, egg, and buttermilk vinaigrette.

Ice cream at the new Milk Bar flagship – I had cornflake soft serve with fudge and sprinkles.

New favorite kombucha is this juicy one with watermelon, hibiscus, and green tea.

Milkshake IPAs (aka IPAs with lactose) are my favorite and this Gotta Get Up To Get Downstate guava one from Swiftwater is 10/10.

I just discovered an amazing Asian grocery store near our apartment so we had some pretty great snacks this week. Like numb and spicy hot pot chips.

And yogurt gummies and passion fruit gummies.

Easy dinner from the Trader Joe’s freezer section – meatless breakfast patties and cauliflower pancakes. Plus roasted green beans and a dipping sauce made with honey habenero hot sauce.

Chicken and waffle nachos! Multigrain waffles, waffle flavored chicken bites, cheese, scallions, and a maple Cholula aioli.

Have a great weekend!

20Jan2020

Ramen And Tacos

by Emily

We had a great weekend full of yummy city eats thanks to time spent in Astoria, Cobble Hill, and LIC. Five highlights include…

{1} Doughnuts from Sugar and Water. A cake doughnut crusted in sprinkles and a doughnut-croissant hybrid covered in chocolate.

{2} Coffee from Velvette Brew. This is my new favorite quad nonfat iced latte in NYC!!

{3} Brunch at Leyenda. Their cocktail menu is amazing; my paloma was made with housemade grapefruit soda! And I had breakfast tacos with scrambled eggs with kale, requeson cheese, avocado, and pickled onion. They came with an avocado-tomatillo salsa that everyone at the table was wild for.

{4} Ice cream from Malai. Rose with cinnamon roasted almonds // non-dairy cinnamon with black salt caramel.

{5} Dinner at Mu Ramen. The entire meal was a breathtaking 10/10 but the highlight was these scallion and corn okonomiyaki with smoked trout salad, tobiko, bonito flake, and foie gras syrup.

6Jan2020

Waffley Glad

by Emily

We had a really amazing time in Hawaii (several posts are coming soon!) but I am awfully glad to be back home with Webster!

I didn’t make it the grocery until Sunday afternoon but we still managed to eat some yummy things this weekend. Highlights include…

My new favorite yogurt bowl = Trader Joe’s plain Skyr yogurt with maple syrup, blueberries, banana, and blistered peanuts.

Extra spicy, extra veggies hand-pulled noodles from our mall’s fancy food court.

A perfect snack.

Costa Nova made me a fantastic quad iced latte! Plus a waffle with marshmallow and cookie butter!

We thought this frozen kunefe from Trader Joe’s was fantastic. Highly recommend buying if you spot it.

Waffle flavored chicken bites with baby carrots and maple sriracha aioli.

My new favorite veggies bowl = a base of cauliflower rice with soft scrambled eggs, sauteed baby tomatoes, and avocado (topped with Cholula).

The night before we left for Hawaii we celebrated our anniversary at Bowery Meat Company and the night we returned we feasted on leftover duck lasagna.

23Dec2019

Coffee Shops And Christmas Pop Ups

by Emily

Adam and I had such a fun weekend! We ate all of the things and saw a million twinkly lights. Sooooooo many holiday pop up bars and holiday themed coffees!!

Holiday things – – –

Ample Hills‘ chocolate peppermint ice cream with white chocolate peppermint bark. It was insane topped with marshmallow fluff!

Maman‘s holiday cookie latte with eggnog ganache.

Stumptown‘s rum raisin latte. <– most exciting latte of the weekend

Leyenda‘s Sleyenda pop up. They have by far the most exciting and intentional pop up menu but unfortunately it was slammed while we were there and we only wanted to hang for one drink. I had a delicious coquito with espolon reposado tequila, oloroso sherry, Braulio, coconut liqueur, coconut, cinnamon, and egg.

Loreley Beer Garden‘s Winter Wonderland pop up. Spiked eggnog with Captain Morgan, whipped cream, nutmeg, and caramel + boozy black and white hot chocolate with bourbon and toasted marshmallows. <– best holiday cocktails of the weekend

The Springs‘ Ho Ho Holiday Lounge pop up. Nog Yourself Out – Mt Gay black barrel aged rum, eggnog, oregeat, and nutmeg + Hot Springs – Cruzan blackstrap rum, hot chocolate, malt, and mini marshmallows.

The lights in Dyker Heights were so wonderful!

But the decorations at Chelsea Market remain my favorite New York holiday thing!

Things that aren’t festive but were still fun – – –

A trip to White Noise‘s Brooklyn location. We had a scrambled egg sandwich on brioche with cheddar, sun-dried tomato, and plum mayo.

Rose Wolf in Williamsburg is the cutest newish coffee shop. And we had the best cake and coffee. An extremely caffeinated and sugared cold brew with espresso, maple, caramel, cinnamon, and foamed milk + a chocolate funfetti cake.

A cute and yummy sparkling lime hibiscus tea.

Cookies and cream cookie with caramelized white chocolate from Mah Ze Dahr.

Sour cream and brown sugar strawberry ice cream with lemon jam and black walnuts from Morganstern’s.

Ramona is our favorite cocktail bar at the moment! Vivian Darkbloom – charcoal mezcal, pineapple, mint, lime, Falernum, and lime bitters + Cloudbursting Daiquiri – Flor de Caña 4 year rum, passionfruit, lime, and grated cinnamon.