Pea Soup

Pea soup topped with prosciutto, tomato, cucumber, & pistachio

David Burke at Bloomingdale's

A friend of mine recommended a movie called Agora, which was about the fall of Roman Alexandria, and we went to see it today. Since we have been to Alexandria, I was curious how it was supposed to be...

Movie was very well done but was such a traumatic story...

After the movie we had to eat something good and Chris suggested David Burke at Bloomingdale's. Bloomingdale's is probably the only department store I go to... and I have never seen this restaurant before. The entrance is on 59th Street and we were served by the friendliest waiter.

Now I am interested in checking out his other restaurants.

Meatloaf

Hanger stake

David Burke at Bloomingdale's
1000 3rd Avenue New York, NY 10022
212-813-2195

Events in June & July in and around New York

Here are few events that caught my eyes in June & July:


June 3rd - 6th
Umai Gourmet Food Fair at Mitsuwa

June 6th
Japan Day at Central Park

July 12th
2010 Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital in Central Park

July 13th
Free New York Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Concert


Enjoy your summer, everyone!!!

BUCATINI ALL'AMATRICIANA

This was Chris's first Bucatini...
After eating at Lupa, he's been obsessed with Bucatini. We had Bucatini at Lupa and it was really good. So he found Bucatini recipe on Babbo's website and made it at home... After this, I can't go back to regular pastas...

Here is the link to recipe.

Enjoy...

Happy Birthday

Chris's birthday is around Mother's Day, so it's always hard to make reservations at restaurants. We wanted to go back to one of Mario Batali's restaurants, but the only place that we were able to get a reservation at was Lupa at 10PM.

So before dinner, we ate at Salt - the above picture is from Salt.
Salt serves everything organic, so it was very refreshing. We had appetizers there.
Plus it was nice to get a table without a reservation on a Saturday night, which is very unusual for Manhattan. It was very cozy inside and casual, which we enjoyed very much.

Then we were off to Lupa. We weren't that impressed with entrees, but were extremely happy with pasta dishes. We would definitely go back to Lupa for pastas.

http://www.saltnyc.com/
58 MacDougal Street
new york, NY 10012


http://www.luparestaurant.com/
170 Thompson Street
New York, NY 10012-2575

By the way, there was a Japanese restaurant next to Lupa, and people were lined up.
If you are in that neighborhood, check that out... Sorry, I can't remember the name...

Monsanto

I am writing a paper on Monsanto. I knew a bit about Monsanto but now I am finding more and more about Monsanto and it's very disturbing.

Here is a helpful link on what I am writing about.

You need to know. You know how much I love to eat and how much I love to talk about food, but it's important to know what we put in our mouths.

It seems like Europeans care... But it doesn't seem that we give a crap... Maybe we should!!!

Happy Cinco de Mayo

To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Chris made:

Chorizo and Vermont White Cheddar Tostada
with red wine vinegar infused red onion herb slaw in an avocado ring /
truffle, tomato, and English cucumber salad