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November 11, 2007
Too...much...food...
This weekend has just been a non-stop eating fest. Met up with friends for lunch at Jackson Diner yesterday--I didn't want to do the buffet thing so I ordered the chicken biryani. Jackson Diner has a reputation for being a tourist trap and Adam and I generally avoid it but the biryani was the best in recent memory. There was a lot of it though so I wanted to have a lighter dinner but that plan was quickly thwarted. We went to the back room of a restaurant for a friend's birthday and after Adam and I had ordered entrees, platters and platters of appetizers and sushi emerged which, unfortunately, I was not able to resist eating on top of the dinners we ordered.
This morning I was still full from the food from last night and today was my sister-in-law's baby shower so I was hoping the food would be standard sub-par catered food but the food was good and, unfortunately, I was not able to avoid stuffing myself for lunch. About an hour after I returned home we had to leave to go to our favorite Thai restaurant where we had plans to eat dinner with our neighbors. Unfortunately, Adam and I can't go there with other people without ordering a ton of food and we honestly stuffed ourselves silly. What sucks is I really need to go to the gym but I have a really annoying blister on my right heel that will take who knows how long to heal.
Posted by Jennifer at 09:47 PM | Comments (0)
November 04, 2007
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
When I found out that an upcoming function was in Bay Ridge, I groaned inwardly--Bay Ridge is the last subway stop on the R train--we live off one of the first stops on the R train so I knew it would be a long ride. Fortunately, I did a search of Bay Ridge on Chowhound yesterday and found out there are a number of food shops and eateries that justified heading out there a few hours early to explore the neighborhood. Unfortunately, Paneantico was crowded but there were only a few people at Little Cupcake Bake Shop when we got there. Except for a nibble of Adam's cupcake, I haven't tried their cupcakes yet (I bought some to eat at home) but think Little Cupcake might be one of my favorite NYC bakeries thus far. It's spacious (unlike most cupcake bakeries in Manhattan), has a warm, inviting ambiance, and they serve Illy Caffe.
We strolled down Third Avenue, which reminds me of Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills, but with vastly better stores and restaurants and also of a less yuppie Park Slope. We then took a detour onto Fourth Avenue to try the chicken schwarma at Karam (good but not amazing) and to go to Century 21. I go to the Century 21 downtown frequently but have never been able to convince Adam to go with me so I was happy he finally had an opportunity to go. Before we went there today, I thought Bay Ridge which just an out of the way neighborhood with not much to do or see but I have to conceed that going there today left me with a little neighborhood envy.
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