I know that it’s Wednesday and I’m seriously on IST for posting this late, but I have battled rain, wine (trust me, this is a battle), and an almost-missed flight to bring my weekend in NYC to you. So please, read on.
During my 5-day stint in NYC, when I wasn’t eating, I was walking to the next place to eat. The city is fantastic, with so much food that I simply couldn’t fit it all in one trip – or one post!
While the SF food scene is very grassroots (think pop-ups and Kickstarter campaigns), New York has a godfather-like sensibility with a classic, powerful edge. Although they seem to lack the amazing Bay Area produce (thank you, California weather), they make the most of everything and take pride in what they do.
Take a look at how I spent my first few days below!
Also, the winner of the Savage Flour Cookie Dough of the Month is Travis Kwee – congratulations!
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- La Maison du Macaron (Flatiron): Small shop with many tropical flavors like coconut vanilla and mango. I still think the macarons I had here were the best I’ve ever had.
- Eataly (Flatiron): If all the good things of Italy manifested themselves in America, this is what would happen. I could have come here everyday and been happy – I only wish I bought some pasta to take home with me; a MUST visit.
- Dominic Ansel Bakery (SoHo): I had to pay a visit to the famed originator of the cronut. While I didn’t wait in line for the iconic pastry, I snagged some others and they were pretty damn good; plus, the line for them was less than 5 minutes!
Wine flights at SFO cus I’m classy like that. And also frantically running to my gate 15 minutes later.
The mango macaron was outta control!
The Italian mecca that is EATALY
Dinner at Eataly – Stuffed ravioli with ricotta and spinach. Fantastic.
Localization at Starbucks – we don’t have these in SF!
Lurking on the cronut line going around the block
I opted for the 5-minute line to cop this Nutella Milk Bread: Nutella-twisted brioche topped with hazelnuts and served warm!
And then because I can, I went back to Dominic Ansel Bakery three days later and lurked on his new spring menu
Midday snack: A “magic” soufflé of a brioche outside filled with molten chocolate scented with orange water
i dont know why there is so much craze on croutons but secretly i want to be part of that line and devour such hyped pastry..
Haha there are so many knockoffs now, I’m sure you can eat one of those and be fine. I ate a knockoff in SF and was satisfied, so not worth the line.
Your trip to NY is my dream trip! I want every single thing you ate!
Keep reading, cus there’s a lot more coming up!
UGHHHHHHHHHHH. When I visited my aunts, they lived RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM DA. And I didn’t get ANYTHING. Kicking myself. That nutella milk bread and the souffle sound out of this worldddddd. Love this recap! Also, I can’t believe my bro won hahaha.
Whattt how did you NOT go to DA? It’s pretty damn good, cronuts aside. You need to go back!