On Friday night, I made a special trip to DessertTruck, a Mister Softee type van parked on 8th and University. DessertTruck was started by two friends – one a pastry sous chef from Le Cirque and the other an MBA student at Columbia: We ordered two warm desserts: the molten chocolate cake and the Slow-Baked [...]
One of the many staples of my diet is pasta (also included: watermelon, mangoes, apples, peanut butter, potatoes, steak, and Pinkberry). I love making pasta at home topped with Whole Foods’ basic marinara, some bell peppers, and a little Italian sausage. When I don’t feel like cooking, I’d like to have a restaurant to fall [...]
99 Miles to Philly’s cheese steaks are so awesome they’re probably better than the ones you get in Philadelphia (SO kidding…I’ve never had a cheese steak in Philly so I can’t really compare the two). Anyway, I love the cheese steaks from 99 Miles to Philly – the meat, wiz, and bread combo is heavenly: [...]
After AVENUE Q, the three of us headed to Balthazar for dinner (we’ve only been to the restaurant for brunch and wanted to check out the options for dinner). The restaurant was packed, but luckily, Chris made a reservation before going to the show so we were seated right away. Since we saw a matinee, [...]
On Thursday, my mom came to visit! We went shopping, ate out, and spent the weekend doing girly-things. I took her to the Pearl Oyster Bar for some lobster rolls, oysters (yum), and clam chowder. Luckily for us, we only had to wait 15 minutes for a seat because we sat at the counter instead [...]
