Broadway

Okay, so I know everybody always talks about how the best stuff is off-Broadway, but I have yet to discover these gems and am pretty satisfied with my Broadway shows.

East Coasterly Activities

Kiran and I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge when he visited.

And Pete and I went to an apple orchard in NJ to pick apples. And then we visited a farm that made cheese from grass-fed cows, and where the workers wore dresses with their big rubber boots and gloves.

We found a perfect apple tree.

The Omnivore’s Hundred

[Taken from imurdstiny's Blog]

Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. Below is a list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange food, everyday food and even some pretty bad food - but a good omnivore should really try it all. Don’t worry if you haven’t, mind you; neither have I, though I’ll be sure to work on it. Don’t worry if you don’t recognise everything in the hundred, either; Wikipedia has the answers.Here’s what I want you to do:1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
--89. Horse---
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

I got 65/100.

Excuse me??? Roadkill?? I mean, I'll eat it because we don't want to be wasteful, but c'mon, something that every good omnivore should eat?? Any possible roadkill I might run into are squirrel, raccoon, opossum, pets, deer... ok, I might eat the deer. I'd also like someone to explain a salt lassi to me. Sounds like an enema. :) I like the mango kind myself.

Seinfeld: Old Lady Version

This weekend, we went to Joe's Shanghai in Chinatown for a snack of heart-warming soup dumpling goodness. We were enjoying our treats (8 pork ones and 8 crab/pork ones), when two old ladies walked in: one Jewish one (JO), and one Chinese one (CO).

JO: Oh my, look, everybody is eating the dumplings. (In Long Island accent)
CO: Yes, those two are only having shiu long bao. (Cantonese)

[me: Kiran, that's what I want to do when I'm old!]
[Old ladies open up the menus.]

CO: How about a fish?
JO: A whole fish? Just for the two of us?
CO: Yes, why not a fish?
Now, you don't like tofu, right?
JO: Oh, I can not STAND tofu. It's tasteless. No, I will not do tofu. Why don't we have dumplings?
CO: Hmm...
JO: I mean, everybody is eating dumplings in here. Usually, when everybody is eating something, it is usually their signature dish. I think we should have the dumplings.

And it goes on and on. It was seriously the old lady equivalent to Seinfeld in the diner!

Some Pics

Hello folks,

I have neglected to post pictures for awhile, and there are some good ones to share! Per my previous blog entry, I flew back to SF for birthweekend festivities. We started the night at Oola. It was gooood.

This is when the photo-taking frenzy started. Note how Bev is so natural in this picture, as if she's not posing at all.

We gathered our flair and suited up for our 13 Pieces of Flair party (ala Office Space)! Amazingly, we do not have a picture of Bev's RIDICULOUS electronic belt, that scrolled the word "FLAIR BABY, FLAIR!" across it.

And aw, look at the now newly engaged happy couple! Really, I LOVE this picture.
Uh huh. Here they are again... lookin' classy! :)
Everybody probably sported these censorship glasses!
They kind of stopped working after awhile though because they got so grimy. Ew... too many oily fingerprints.

What a great birthday!!!

Then, last week the sis came to visit! And we went to Lake George in the Adirondacks for the weekend. Audrey had grandeur thoughts of staying at a B&B, canoeing, and eating apple butter. But really, she didn't know what apple butter was, so we only got 2 of the 3.

Look how my head is as big as the rest of them.

Just a tad early for fall colors.

We had lunch on our own little private island, Gourd Island. We took a 20 minute detour to circle back and find out the name of our island. Now it lives in our hearts for forever.