I have to say that Sunday used to be my least favorite day of the week. Although since moving to New York, I have really come to love Sundays for their brunch traditions and relaxation vibe. You see, New Yorkers are crazy every second of every day, but somehow we all soften on Sundays. Maybe because it is a combination of the calm before the work week storm or just taking that "day of rest" mentality to heart.
This past Sunday I was accompanied by my good friend Kristen for her first return trip to the city since she moved out at the beginning of summer. We had had a wonderful weekend and fell back into our old patterns of grabbing dirty chai lattes and shopping around soho. Of course a big part of our traditions are brunch. We actually used to refer to Sundays as "eat everything / calorie-free day" to justify gorging on yummy food at least once per week. Let's be honest, this particular [whole] weekend was full of yummy food, but i will focus on the best day overall, which of course happened to be Sunday.
For brunch, a fun group of us met and waited excruciatingly too long for a table at Kitchenette in Tribeca (the one downside to brunching). The food was pretty good, but I have to say that my favorite thing about the meal was actually my Bloody Mary. This could have been a combination of my howling stomach downing the drink before I had a thought of what i was going to eat...but I digress. I had breakfast enchiladas that were terribly tasty...although I can't really separate deep hunger pains with the actual taste of the food in this case. I got mixed reviews from everyone else at the table, so I suppose I will have to ask you to try this one out for yourself for a proper evaluation. I can say the dessert case on the way out was reason enough to venture back...
Sunday Funday continued with a shopping trip through soho (including a highly disappointing trip to Louis Vuitton), wine drinking at Soho Park Grill and back home to get ready for dinner at my fav place in the city thus far, Casa Mono. They have the most amazing food, all filled with interesting flavors and items to compliment each other. It's where Paul took me on our first date and he really wanted Kristen to experience it before she headed back upstate (as if marvelous food would convince her to move back) .
Among many items...we had duck hearts, rabbit skewers, pumpkin and goat cheese croquetas, octopus and of course the best item on the menu foie gras (duck liver). The duck hearts were full-flavored, but if you are at all bothered by texture, i wouldn't recommend them. The rabbit was perfectly tender and delicious. The fall pumpkin flavor was yummy (mostly b/c I love anything fall related on a menu), but was not the most exciting thing we ate. The best was obviously foie gras (like that is surprising given my last entry and was so good that we ordered two) and the octopus...they paired it with a type of grapefruit, fennel and soft spices making it taste quite refreshing.
No fantastic meal like this can go without dessert! We decided to share the ice cream with mint and jellied figs and the chocolate cake with fresh berries and ice cream. Both were light, yet intoxicating but my favorite was shockingly the chocolate cake out of the two. I typically don't like heavy desserts, and just saying cake makes it sound heavy, but I can assure you it was light and fluffy...like eating a delightful chocolate cloud.
It's back to real life at work this week, but I can still dream of the tasty treats we had this past weekend... Anyone have a place for me to try this weekend?
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