Tangents

I may expand on this entry later; right now I mainly want to record where I went and what I ate before too many of the details escape my memory. (Earlier this week, I was trying to remember a restaurant the BYM had liked, which he likewise had forgotten about, and finally retrieved its name by scrolling through his blog.)

[*** indicates my favorites]

Friday 11/6:
El Toro Taqueria - kimchi/steak taco, beans and rice, horchata

breakfasts at Pointe Plaza Hotel through 11/12: coffee, chocolate donuts, hardboiled eggs. Sometimes some other pastries or a bagel. Wall Street Journals.

Saturday 11/7:
*** Cafe Mogador (Williamsburg): lamb tagine, hot cider, Lagavulin 16, cappuccino
Pacific Standard: a pint (maybe Deep River?) + a banh mi hot dog

Sunday 11/8:
Cafe Mogador: Middle Eastern Eggs breakfast (two over-easy eggs, hummus, tabouli, arabic salad, zahatar pita, harissa), coffee

(***wedding: Finback Double Sess beer [ginger, szechuan peppercorns, and chamomile, and I thought cardamom?], cava, and lots of mostly vegetarian deliciousness [my tablemates seemed especially taken with the polenta with wild mushrooms]. And pecan pie with coffee.)

Monday 11/9:
Tea and banh meatball sliders at Body by Brooklyn
Madiba - Safari platter (biltong, droewors, nuts, dried fruit), chicken livers peri-peri, boerewors roll, roti, seafood bunny chow, pint of beer on tap

Tuesday 11/10:
Pretzel and hot dog from a street cart (he was out of knishes)
Bowl of butternut squash soup and glass of Gremillet champagne, MoMA Terrace 5 Cafe
Le Rivage - prix fixe: seafood bisque, trout amandine, cream puffs

Wednesday 11/11:
Penny House Cafe - cappuccino
Inaka - yellowtail scallion roll, avocado shiitake roll, miso soup, salad (above average), sake
Sugarburg - pint of something on tap, yellow squash po-boy (included feta cheese and pickled onions) with fries

Thursday 11/12:
Kogane Ramen - takoyaki (octopus balls), tonkotsu ramen
*** cheeses (including blue!), olives, and red wine chez friends
*** Speedy Romeo - grilled octopus with romesco sauce, the Saint Louie pizza (Provel, Italian sausage, pickled chiles, pepperoni), and the Kind Brother pizza (wild mushrooms, smoked mozz, farm egg, sage); Single Cut 19-33 Queens lager
*** Jack the Horse Tavern - tarte tatin (apple cake and pear-ginger parfait) and shot of Caol Ila (peaty), plus a taste of Craigellachie (Speyside; smooth)

Friday 11/13:
Almondine Bakery - chocolate mousse with tiny crunchy chocolate balls. Intricate papercuts on the walls.
Shake Shack - burger, fries, Brooklyn Brewery East IPA (which is actually canned in Utica)
*** Cornelia Street Cafe - glass of tempranillo and cone of calamari rings. Fried to perfection.
*** Jack's Wife Freda - in their words, "South African Israeli Jewish Grandmother Cuisine." Our cousin remembered this place when trying to figure out where to go after the show at CSC. Matzoh ball soup, lamb tartare, arugula salad (with pickled onions), and shot of Pig Nose whisky for myself. Tasted the others' entrees (fish; lamb; peri-peri chicken) and shared in the first carafe of côtes du rhone, as well as the desserts (chocolate mouse and malva cake).

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