Saturday, April 3, 2010

Day 1 - 20/03/2010

Dim Sum in Brooklyn! It might be a 45 minute train ride, involving going into Manhattan and back into Brooklyn on a different line, but it is so very worth it.
- har gao (shrimp dumplings in rice flour dough)
- shu mei (pork and shrimp dumplings)
- pork ribs
- vegetable dumplings
- shao long bao (soup dumplings!)
- chewy fried pork dumplings
- shrimp wrapped in chow fun with soy sauce
- shrimp wrapped in tofu and fried
- almond jello
- $45 for 3 inc. tip

Coffee at Dunkin Donuts, where a little boy tried to dance with Fred.
- medium coffee

Almondine Bakery, Park Slope (Free Macaroon Day!)
- zingy lemon macaroon
- zingierblackcurrant macaroon
- zingless raspberry macaroon
- tea

Yoghurtberry, 23rd St, Manhattan
- yoghurt with blueberries and mochi (no pingsu! they hadn't cleaned the machine!)
- $4.50

LA Burdick, also on 23rd
- ginger macaroon (YUM)
- zingy rasberry one
- mean guy at the counter (hates the the orange shade in there perhaps? it's adorable otherwise)

Dessert Truck Works, Clinton St, LES
- lemon and thyme macaroon (mmm aromatic and tangy)
- raspberry and anise macaroon (the BEST)
- chocolate version - (rich and salty!)

Home, Williamsburg
- PG Tips
- fresh snickerdoodles

Bon Chon Chicken at Boka, St.Marks, East Village
- lychee cocktail (Seoul twilight!)
- crispy wings and drumsticks with spicy sauce and garlic and soy sauce
- $35 for everything (inc. Fred's beer and my cocktail)

Spot, St. Marks
- condensed milk ice cream with caramel sauce (tasted like being little again, you know what I mean...)
- kabocha squash ice cream for Fred and coffee for Crumpet
- $12

Home
- popcorn
- Modelo beer

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