bombay frankies makes me want to l-l-l-l-l-l-l a lollipop...

...chicken wing.

These were amazingly flavorful, greasy morsels of well seasoned chicken. The only issue I had with them was that the bone fragments from shoving all the wing to one end crunched my teeth.

I've been here before, many times before for their shrimp frankie roll (see the contents below) which is my favorite. This ties with it.

Grandaisy's not so grand sometimes

So I went back to Ettia spa for Spa Week and thought I'd hop over to Grandaisy and try the zucchini pizza this man got the last time I was there.



It looked really good (and so did the plain slice simply covered in tomato which was quite yummy), but tasted ever so bitter.

Maybe the zucchini were a little ticked off about the cold weather setting in. I'll give them another chance some day.


I also went to try Sal and Carmine's pizza on 102nd and Broadway. It's supposed to be the best plain ny slice in the area...


When I got there I had high hopes. After all two men behind a counter with a mound of dough next to them and a bunch of congealed offerings in the display case is what NYC is about, right?

Well.. I took that baby out mid walk home and bit into it...



SO SALTY. Too salty to even have a picture taken.

Maybe the dough was having a bad day too.

So, for now, if you go to Grandaisy get the plain tomato pizza and if you're going to Sal and Carmine's hope that it's not too salty. I was so glad I didn't order the pepperoni after that first bite... and I adore salt.

Creperie NYC

I submit for your approval a crepe shop of small stature and great taste: Creperie NYC
This place is AWESOME. Wanna know how awesome?

This awesome:

This awesome:

This awesome...

This delectable confection is a Nutella, banana and strawberry crepe with ice cream on top. Note how it is lovingly drizzled with more Nutella and garnished with fresh strawberry goodness.

Next to the bar Libation and around the corner from 'Inoteca, Toys in Babeland and Economy Candy this litle shop stays open late and always satisfies.

mochi doughnut goodness

There's this little place called Cafe Zaiya on 41st between 5th and Madison (not the same place I get my tea). They have a lot of fast Japanese pre-packaged meals, cream puffs from Beard Papa (/drool) and a very lovely bakery section.

In this bakery lies the stealthy mochi doughnut. You might just miss it in between the red bean donuts and the mini pizzas but it's right there waiting for you to take your first addictive bite.

It's covered in granulated sugar and fried to a deep golden brown. Honestly, this doughnut had me at sugar, but there's more!

When you bite into it the texture is quite chewy like a piece of mochi, funny enough. By the time you get to one it's probably absorbed the oil it was fried in so each bite is a sligtly greasy, sugary spackle job on your arteries.

This donut isn't light as air, but it also isn't as dense as its sturdier, bean paste filled counterparts. There are air pockets in between the layers so it reminds me of a french crueller a little (my other doughnut addiction).

I think they pipe them out with a pastry bag/tip to get this perfectly swirled shape. I happened to take a picture of the bottom of this one so you can't really tell.

Some days... oh some days they have them half dipped in chocolate! O_O

today's tea: itoen oi ocha

I love cold tea. I tolerate hot tea (and it's great in the winter), but there's something so refreshing about a very cold glass of your favorite kind. This tea is great cause it comes in a 2 liter bottle of green tea goodness. Sadly, the supermarket around me likes to jack up the prices so I try to go to Chinatown or this one little spot on 41st between 5th and Madison near my office since it's at least a dollar cheaper there.

>_> Sometimes I'm bad and dump some sugar in using a makeshift sheet o'paper funnel.