That is exactly what I did ALL weekend! I drank, I ate and I was very merry despite the cool weather. But the rain held off for most of the weekend allowing us to eat and drink in peace.
I know that this blog is supposed to only be about food, but I must include that Jersey Boys is the most amazing Broadway show EVER! I sang and danced my way through the entire show and still have the Four Seasons in my head this morning. If you haven't seen this show yet, get yourself to 52 and Broadway pronto.
Now back to the eating and the drinking...
As you recall from my post last week, after the show we went to Toloache for a late night dinner. Only in New York can you walk into a restaurant at 10:45 pm and have every table be filled and some people not even eating yet.
We ordered their famous margaritas, the guacamole tasting and the queso fondido to start. Rhonda, being the adventurous one, got one with jalapenos and cucumber in it, I stuck to the pomegranate and Melissa got this great watermelon one. Hers was probably my favorite. The guacamole tasting was great also. I mean it's not that hard to mess up guacamole but we got three different kinds and each stood out in their own way.
The first was just your regular guac, simple and delicious. Next was the traditional guac plus fruit in it. A concept that I had never heard of before, but it was my favorite! The mix of avocado with strawberries and pomegranate was great! And the third was the spicy guac. The color threw me off at first, a dark brown, making me think that they use old avocados but turns out a chipolte sauce is added to add the spice! This one was a crowd favorite as well, but I'll stick to my frutas.
Following the appetizers we got the lobster tacos, tilapia tacos and the chicken enchiladas. While the tacos were small, only two came per order on small tortillas, they were amazing! The tilapia ones came with a slaw on top and the lobster tacos were pretty basic, but it's hard to compete with chunks of lobster.
While we promised ourselves we were going to be adventurous and get the grasshopper tacos, we chickened out and stuck to the food groups we were familiar with.
My dad got the Paella and he said it was the best paella he's ever had. Just like the rib-eye on Thursday night was the best rib-eye he's ever had and on Saturday night it was the best trout he's ever had. My dad definitely needs to come to New York more often!
Sorry no pictures of Toloache and its food, I was way too tired and full!
On to Saturday night at A Voce in the Time Warner center. This is the second A Voce in the city so you know it has to be good. The restaurant itself was gorgeous with great views of Columbus Circle. We got seated at a round table which was perfect for sharing and conversing, which we did a lot of.
The menu was extremely creative and different, so if you're not an adventurous eater, don't come here. We started off the night with some small veggie plates and the bread. Again, we knew we were in for a great meal after we tasted the foccacia and it's olive oil and cheese spread.
Next came the appetizers. Keith got the beef carpaccio, Melissa got the pork belly with figs and balsamic and I got the cassoncini. I'm sure you guys don't know what these are, but I'll explain. They are amazing fried dough pockets filled with cheese with pieces of prosciutto on the side. The waiter explained that you're supposed to wrap the prosciutto around the fried dough and we did just that. Anything involving cheese and fried sounds good to me and add in a little prosciutto and it turns into amazing! See picture below for proof.
For the entrees we got a mixture of pasta, chicken and fish. The pastas were homemade so they were obviously my favorite. Melissa got pappardelle - surprise, surprise-- I got the spaghetti with crab and sea urchin and Rhonda got the butternut squash ravioli. Keith of course had to be healthy and order the chicken and my dad got the trout which you read above. And we actually got dessert! I was too full to breathe let alone look at the dessert menu but we got the doughnuts and panna cotta. I'm really disappointed that I couldn't eat more because the doughnuts were so good! They were warm on the inside with this filling inside that I can't even explain and then there was chocolate dipping sauce on the side. If I could do it all over again I would have forced myself to eat more dessert regardless of the consequences that might have happened later.
While my parents left after our 11:00 am Sarges lunch, my eating didn't end. Lindsey and I had our first successful double date at the Smith and then to Chikalicious for dessert! I might need to venture down to the East Village again sometime soon because Chikalicious was out of a lot of stuff! No chocolate chip cookies, and only 3 flavors of cupcakes left - but we got all three and a macaroon. The banana cupcake was my favorite especially because it reminded me of my moms banana chocolate chip muffins. Next came the vanilla and I didn't even try the coconut because that's not my style. For being a chocolate lover, the vanilla was pretty good. All the icings were light and creamy and the cake was moist. Next on my list is the Chikalicious restaurant next door for its 3 course pre-fix dessert tasting. Sounds pretty amazing right?!
Well that concludes my weekend eating recap. Hope you all enjoyed reading about it as much as I did tasting it. I'm not sure when my next outing will be but don't worry it will be soon and there will be pictures.
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