this is from Two Little Red Hens by way of the Dean and Deluca on Broadway and Prince
SO GOOD. nuff said.
brooklyn blackout cake
this is from Two Little Red Hens by way of the Dean and Deluca on Broadway and Prince
SO GOOD. nuff said.
this is from Two Little Red Hens by way of the Dean and Deluca on Broadway and Prince
SO GOOD. nuff said.
m-m-m-maialino
So we did end up scoring some delicious eats at maialino on Friday and boy am I happy I chose this place for my (belated) birthday dinner.
The bread basket was tasty and refilled quickly for us. I especially liked the little cheese sticks and the focaccia with rosemary
And now to the porky goodness
appetizers:
We started out with prosciutto di parma and fresh mozzarella
We also had the fried artichoke. My boyfriend didn't like the dipping sauce thinking it overpowered the artichoke so he used the plate of olive oil to swirl the deliciously tart morsels in. I loved the sauce.
the main event: We got the maialina al forno for two. Delicious bits of roast suckling pig cooked over tender potatoes infused with porky goodness.
This was fricken awesome.
We got sugar snap peas with prosciutto to go with , but we didn't like them as it seemed like there was extra sweet peas added in and something felt off.
The pork, though, was so excellent.
I told my boyfriend I could eat pork skin every day and be happy and he told me he'd like to grow old with me so I should probably reconsider that..
but the skin! *drools thinking about it* It wasn't hard and toothsome, but crisp and melt in your mouth tender at the same time. Dear lord please let me be able to recreate this some day.
Big ups to our server who slipped in a roll of ciabatta with our leftovers so we could make our own porchetta sammich. I wish she'd slipped in some more skin. >_>
The bread basket was tasty and refilled quickly for us. I especially liked the little cheese sticks and the focaccia with rosemary
And now to the porky goodness
appetizers:
We started out with prosciutto di parma and fresh mozzarella
We also had the fried artichoke. My boyfriend didn't like the dipping sauce thinking it overpowered the artichoke so he used the plate of olive oil to swirl the deliciously tart morsels in. I loved the sauce.the main event: We got the maialina al forno for two. Delicious bits of roast suckling pig cooked over tender potatoes infused with porky goodness.
This was fricken awesome.We got sugar snap peas with prosciutto to go with , but we didn't like them as it seemed like there was extra sweet peas added in and something felt off.
The pork, though, was so excellent.
I told my boyfriend I could eat pork skin every day and be happy and he told me he'd like to grow old with me so I should probably reconsider that..
but the skin! *drools thinking about it* It wasn't hard and toothsome, but crisp and melt in your mouth tender at the same time. Dear lord please let me be able to recreate this some day.
Big ups to our server who slipped in a roll of ciabatta with our leftovers so we could make our own porchetta sammich. I wish she'd slipped in some more skin. >_>
keen for kee's chocolates
Delicious chocolates and macaroons.
They didn't have all the flavors I had a taste for, but I got creme brulee (the hexagon), black sesame, black rose, honey saffron and almond (white chocolate).
I also got lavender, blueberry and pineapple & papaya macaroons
I loved the black rose and honey & saffron truffles. I adored the lavender macaroon. Everything else was good except the pineapple and papay macaroon was dry & crumbly on the inside of the cookie part.I will definitely be back! It looked like they moved two doors down and were still renovating the shop. I want to have a little shop like this one day.
serendipity: the sweetest thing
forbidden broadway sundae. nuff said.
wondee wonderful
Somehow I forgot to post these, but I went out to lunch in Hell's Kitchen with a WoW friend and I suggested we go to a Thai place I'd been meaning to try, Wondee Siam. I think there are about five of these, because the fifth one is up in my current neighborhood.
tom ka soup with shrimp (my favorite place for this, lime, coconut milk, galangal, mmm!)
haw mok (fish mousse with coconut milk in it, spicy)
something he got that i forgot the name of
mieng ka na (dried shredded pork with cashews and lime bits and deliciousness served with chinese broccoli leaves)
tom ka soup with shrimp (my favorite place for this, lime, coconut milk, galangal, mmm!)
haw mok (fish mousse with coconut milk in it, spicy)something he got that i forgot the name of
mieng ka na (dried shredded pork with cashews and lime bits and deliciousness served with chinese broccoli leaves)