So! our brooklyn trip! oh and a happy twenty twelve folks =]
May and I definitely had a lot of ideas and suggestions for places to eat in new york city but naturally we knew we probably didn't have the time and flexibility to jump from place to place in the big crazy city so we just threw everything onto a google map just so we new our options depending on where we were. You can imagine how often I stood in front of a starbucks pawning their wireless just so I could pick a place to eat off our google map. i really should have printed something like i had planned to, but we left toronto in a bit of a scramble.
the first morning after we arrived we met up with Rosanna in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhatten Bridge Overpass) to talk wedding and check out her venue Bubby's, this charming restaurant down by the water serving comfort food. The first wedding i've ever been to where we had fried chicken, mac n' cheese and pie! that's right.
She then suggested we go grab some pasteries at Almondine Bakery, this small humble french bakery just around the corner. With our morning coffee we had merigue, chocolate eclairs, a peach danish and probably the best almond croissant i've ever had. After talking shop with Ro, May and I headed off and spent the afternoon spontaneously walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and eventually ending up at the New Museum. The weather was incredible, I was walking without a jacket and the sun was blazing mid november, we were so lucky for our entire trip.
By early evening we were midtown and found ourselves lining up at Ippudo, a very well known popular ramen place that I had visited in the past on a friend's bachelor party weekend. Hungry and cranky, we walked around the corner to sunrise mart near NYU's campus and grabbed some snacks to carry us over and we thought it was funny to buy some packaged ramen for a breakfast morning. Sunrise Mart was pretty amazing (also recommended by Rosanna) it was basically an asian grocery snack mart just like we have here in Toronto/Markham but crammed into a tight second floor space. I found a bottle of Ginger beer for $17.99! but we didn't buy it, yeah right! the packaged ramen however was just $0.99. After an hour and change, we got a seat at Ippudo after 10pm and we shared a Chicken Karage app, perfectly crispy with a mayo green onion salad compliment. May had the Kogashi Miso Ramen (the red bowl) and I had Shiromaru Hakata Classic which is a Tonkotsu soup broth. The Ramen was a straight noodle, with a nice chewy consistency and the broth had a nice smokey and nuttyness. Remember the sesame grinder I was so happy to find in Toronto's Sanko? This is the noodle place i first discovered it.
Oh and if you're interested in what we're eating so far, or you're heading over to brooklyn or NYC sometime soon, check out our google map! its full of recommendations from our friends, some of which we may have gotten to on our trip. There's also things to do, not just food, so enjoy! and do tell us about your visits to brooklyn + NYC too.
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