I did not say we ate anything here -- I merely point out that this made me immediately think of my friend (and also of scheduling a potential time to revisit the shop and try 'em here).
Jing Fong's new chafing-dish-like grill station.
Things to randomly run into while in NYC: there was a international Falun Gong parade (they have members in Ecuador?!) on Mott Street right past Munchies Paradise which went on and on and on, which we discovered later marched up the Lower East Side past Rivington Street.
My favorite moment (which unfortunately, I couldn't capture on "film" was when the tall Rastafarian crossed Grand Street through the crowd of Chinese Falun Gong marchers (as opposed to the blond, Belgian, Falun Gong members). Only in New Yawk folks, only in New Yawk.
And after a strafing-run visit to Orchard Corset, when LQ, M & I engaged in speed shopping with the entertaining and highly efficient proprietors (10 purchases fitted and paid for within 15 minutes), our poor guy friend Sam fled and discovered Spitzer's Corner around the corner (named after a defunct former dressmaker's shop there, and not THAT Man), which had 40 beers on tap, and 40 more bottled brands.
Their menu looked tasty (more scheming for future visits -- note to self: corner of Ludlow & Rivington) including the pricelessly titled Duck Fat Potato Cake. Everyone else had various beers. I had a glass of Prosecco. And we lounged out and schmoozed for an hour or so, both amongst ourselves, and chatting with the very pleasant bartender as we asked what she did with the endlessly accumulating pile of extra beer pull levers.
Arrogant Bastard -- no longer just an epithet for that annoying guy you meet on really bad first dates
Some tres amusing piggy banks @ Economy Candy, where I bought some white chocolate pastilles, a dark chocolate-covered Oreo, and a small baggie of dark chocolate M&Ms. This was after the white sugar rice cakes from Lung Moon Bakery, which was before Spitzer's Corner. G*d alone knows how many WW points I ate today, 'cos I certainly don't.Click on the photo to truly appreciate the snarky, funny captions.
Dinner was at the sadly soon-to-close Florent, oh yummmmmm... You can buy memorabilia from the restaurant (like the framed Babar and Xanadu (Flo-adu) posters on their wall) on eBay, proceeds to go to the soon-to-be unemployed staff workers' fund.
What I did with the leftover fabric from my bridesmaid gown: create a drawstring bag for toting around my current knitting project. LQ (a/k/a the other bridesmaid) was entirely amused, and even my mom liked it.
DUCK FAT POTATO CAKE???????!
ReplyDeleteI thought of you immediately -- funny, that, eh? ;)
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