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V-Neck and a Cardigan
I eat food. I take photos. Sometimes I take photos of the food I eat.
Brunch at Essex — Potato Pancakes with Lox, Salmon Caviar, and Poached Eggs
This is what I was photographing here.
Bondi Road, Lower East Side
Bush Benedict (that means with bacon)
Essex Restaurant, Lower East Side
Mexican Matzo Brei
Things you should know — Essex Restaurant has one of the best brunches in the city. You know what they don’t have? Alcohol before noon on Sundays.
Take note kids.
Meatball Shop, Lower East Side
Chicken Meatballs with Classic Tomato Sauce over Polenta
congee village
Oh? You didn’t have fried frog last night for dinner?
Well neither did I… but my dinner-mates did.
Clinton Street Baking Company, Lower East Side
Japanese Pumpkin Pancakes with Pumpkin Seed Streusel
Tots
Is there anything better?
from Marshall Stack
Marshall Stack, Lower East Side
Things I currently want: a plentiful cheese plate with bread, grapes, and nuts.
Vanilla Bean, Hazelnut, and PB&J Doughnuts from the Doughnut Plant
I don’t make resolutions I can’t keep like “eating healthy”. I know, and you do too by now, that I’m going to bake, eat Mexican, and I now have a giant jar of Nutella to get through.
Right now is the perfect example…. all I want is this sesame chicken. Seriously, I’d push an old lady into the street to make it happen. Maybe.
Congee Village, Lower East Side
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Congee Village, Lower East Side
Stanton Social, Lower East Side
Er and I went here last night and went appetizer crazy. This place is amazing.
The meal started off with little Ceasar Salad bites (pictured) compliment of the chef. Anything with free cheese is more than okay with me.
We decided to split 6 dishes, including:
Nori Spiced Tuna Tartare Roll (pictured)
Potato & Goat Cheese Pierogies with caramelized onions & truffle creme fraiche
French Onion Soup Dumplings (pictured)
Red Snapper Tacos with creamy avocado & spicy mango (pictured)
Barbeque Duck Confit & Black Bean Empanadas with smoked tomato & blood orange jam
Stone-Ground Blue Corn Crabcake ‘Corn Dogs’
Everything we had was incredibly delicious. I’d have to say my favorites were the pierogies and the crabcake corn dogs (what’s not to like… it’s delicious crab AND fried batter?).
The absolute best were the French Onion Soup Dumplings. It’s served in an escargots dish. Each toothpick has a crouton, melted gruyere cheese, and a soft (and hot!) round bread-like thing filled with French Onion Soup. I was speechless it was so good.
And now I want some more.
Food photos coming soon. Mmmm.
