"I want a meal, not a metaphor" - Chris B.

NYC #1

Where do I start? In NYC this past weekend, mostly eating and some rocking. Started out Friday morning w/a bagel from Murray's Bagels. Delicious, plain bagel w/walnut raisin cream cheese. Murray's just happened to be right around the corner from our hotel. We had lunch not to long after at Mon Petit Cafe, that was decent. Chris was the winner at that meal w/a croque madame I made him order. I had most of two Magnolia cupcakes that afternoon, which were a little dry, but the icing was great. That night we had dinner at The Spotted Pig. Guinea fowl w/morels in a maderia sauce. This was by far the best thing I ate the whole trip. The sauce alone was amazing. I fed Chris a bite before he had tasted his meal and he was already disappointed in his choice. I almost forgot, we were walking around the neighborhood waiting for our table to open up and we went into a little market. I was so excited that they had Malta there. It's silly I know, but I had seen Richard use it on Top Chef a few days before and was interested. I love a weird beverage. It was very malty (big shock w/a name like Malta) and kind of tasted like burnt liquid bread soaked in ginger beer. All this food is making me hungry, I'm getting a burger. More later....

Today I finished reading "Service Included: four star confessions of an eavesdropping waiter" and I loved it. I was so jealous of being able to work in such a super fancy restaurant. Not to mention being around such amazing food. I also had deer sausage that Tiger got from a friend and brought in for me to try. Delicious!! Recently, I came to the realization that I have a new favorite meat product; salami. I've had it on pizza a few times and I love it. Tomorrow I am going to make homemade ice cream sandwiches, I have been craving them for about a week. But right now I am going to on the hunt for a yogurt parfait, my new must have almost everyday food.