Ludlow Bistro First Day of Summer

Talk about a nice first day of Summer... and to end it off with seafood from a local restaurant... 

Lets begin with the table bread.. So warm and doughy ... My favorite combo in one bite!!! Ugh it was so good...

To go along with this Bread was a thin slice of butter, some olive oil I believe it was EVOO roasted garlic and a sprig of thyme. Need I say any more... spread this concoction on that warm bread and yes you have a happy camper!!!

Little Neck Baked Clams 

 whole and chopped clams, herb panko 

bread crumb

These little things here were so delicious. There were 6 but I was a bit too hungry to wait for the picture to be taken. Let me tell you! Sometimes baked clams have too much panko or breading on top.. but this one was super flavorful and not overwhelmingly "bready"... 

Crispy Calamari 

tossed with cherry pepper oil 

The marinara for these calamari was super fresh and  the batter on the calamari was light and didn't take away from the entire dish... I'm not sure if I'd run to these though again. 

Buffalo Chicken Gnocchi 

pulled spicy chicken, gorgonzola cream 

sauce, house made gnocchi

This dish was both a shocker and a treat at the same time. To label this as an appetizer is an understatement. I would Add more of the Gnocchi and Buffalo chicken and make it an entree. The Buffalo chicken was super flavorful, not spicy at all (might be because I'm used to much spicier food) the Gnocchi was soft, airy, creamy, herbaceous, and just too darn good .... My BF and I fought for the last bite... I let him win :) 

Here's another picture of this delicious dish!

Here is a shared seafood dish. I was super excited that we were able to share this dish because the beginning of this meal was packed with mouth watering flavors that I could not believe was hiding from me before!!!

Seafood Capellini 

shrimp, clams, calamari, white wine 

tomato broth

Just as the description explains... this dish doesn't fall short in flavor!!! 

I like this place for it's different take on modern cuisine. When I first came to this place and had their specialty pizza I was hooked... Wish some of the specialties made the menu for good... Oh well.. 

Hope you guys enjoyed this review! Till next time!

http://www.ludlowbistro.com/

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Absolutely Mario vday dinner

I love romance. It wakes up the soul and gives you a little something to look forward to everyday!!!

Valentine's day dinner was the beat dinner I've had in a long time. It was romantic, sweet and very delicious!! 

Here we have a seafood pasta. It had prawns and lobster in a light tomato sauce. This was my guys dinner and it was beyond delicious and fresh. Underneath all that was angel hair pasta. Cooked al dente just how we like it!!! A must try I must say. 

Here was my delicious pair of lobsters. I have no idea what they cooked it in or what sauce that was but boy, were these fat and juicy pieces of heaven!!! This picture does no justice for the colossal amount of meat the lobster had. 

Accompanying my beautiful tails, was their penne pasta in butter garlic sauce. Topped with some Parmesan cheese. Was I in heaven or what!!  What I'd do to get this dish again in a heart beat!! 

This place is great for families, a date night, or girls night out. I would definitely come here again (even though I've been here before)  for happy eating.  

http://www.absolutelymario.com/restaurant/

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Dalisa Pizza

Fresh pizza made to order.

While doing laundry I walked into this pizza store and wanted a Margarita slice. There were none, so you could understand how annoyed I was.

Luckily I had a sad enough face for the manager to make me a fresh pie for less!!!  They grow their own herbs on premise, so you can imagine how fresh and delicious this pizza was. Yes I finished it with my guy... can't let good food go to waste!! 

http://www.dalisapizza.com/

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Tony di Napoli Family Style Lunch

I would def come back for lunch, dinner, when I'm bored, Oh yea If you have a crossroads card even better! They take 10 Percent off your entire bill. For a table of 8 We ended up paying on $22 each with tax and tip included. And boy it was a lot of food. I love family style resturaunt. I love the concept of sharing food at the table. But when I .und out about!!! this place, I was excited. It was way better tasting than Carmines by Far!!!

Here we have the Chicken Parmesan. Oh My good Was it good. To cook it so perfectly in this size takes skill. I was Floored by the sauce to chicken to cheese ratio. We had two orders of this! A def thing to try here.

 

 Here we have the Mushroom braised Sirloin dish. Oh my god was this really food. It was a special that day. I normally don't eat a lot of beef in one day but I went back for more, and more, and more. We had one order of this and it was plenty .

 

A side of Spinach with Garlic never hurt no body!. I loved the toasted flavor of the garlic and the fresh not weltered taste of the spinach. They had me at Hello!!! 

 

This was the Friday special. Black linguini with seafood! Salmons, clams, muscles , calamari, oh the works ! we had two orders of this beauty!

 I would def come back for lunch, dinner, when I'm bored, Oh yea If you have a crossroads card even better! They take 10 Percent off your entire bill. For a table of 8 We ended up paying only $22 each with tax and tip included. And boy it was a lot of food

www.tonysnyc.com/ 

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Lux Grand Cafe

I think Calamari is my new go to appetizer. it's like the beta test before I figure out if the entree will be good or not. I'm usually right and was happy that we ordered these. I love different types of aoli's and when a place does it right they deserve recognition! It was some type of herb lemon aoli that blew me out the water. I'd def have this again!

 

Now for the entree. Do you see the size of this thing? It's the size of two heads I swear. I love chicken Parmesan and they know what they are doing. The pasta was aldente as it  should have been and the sauce to pasta ratio was excellent. Need I say more?

 

My guys dish was the shrimp scampi with angel hair pasta. The shrimp were more like prawns. Nice healthy size creatures that were packed with flavor. Yes I'd

 order this when I venture back...

  

I never had peach cobbler before and i wondered why after my first bite. It was warm and chewy and crunchy and sweet and cold all at the same time. Now I'm not a huge fan of sweet treats but this is on the list of things I'd def eat again and again. 

In all honesty, I'm not a big chain restaurant eater, but this one I really recommend visiting!

www.grandluxcafe.com/

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Lavo NYC

A few gals and I hit the town for my cousin's bday. She wanted Italian, I have no issues with Italian. Especially if it's at Lavo!!!

Huge chicken Parmesan the size of two heads was split amongst two hungry woman. I had a bite or two and I was amazed how good it was. Usually Chicken parm is just chicken parm... The sauce and cheese were so fresh it was worth another bite... and another....

 

Best Seafood Pasta in the world (until I make one!)

This is the sole reason I agreed to going out (shhh don't tell anyone) The first time I had this dish I dream t about it for a year! Then when it was mentioned again I quickly jumped to the occasion and got dressed three hours before dinner like a panting dog.  The sauce is seasoned so well... pasta really aldente and the seafood was really decadent...and you can SEE THEM!

 

 

Meaty Asparagus 

I love vegetables... especially asparagus. They had really meaty asparagus and it was seasoned to perfection. Looking at these pictures is making me hungry....

 

 

Penne AL a vodka!!!!!

I tried this as well. Although the eater wasn't too fond of having an al-dente dish... I thought the sauce was really good. So did everyone else who tried it. 

 

 

Chicken Penne Alfredo! 

This was not your run in the mil Alfredo sauce. It had some pzazz  to it. The chicken too was seasoned really well with fresh ingredients.

 

 

Pan seared Red Snapper!!!

The birthday girl had a pan seared res snapper. From the small bite that I had... I could tell she really enjoyed it. Only issue was that it didn't really come with any sides that she liked. 

 

 

Happy Birthday Strawberry Short Cake  

There were two of these at the table!!!! I think that explains how  good this was!

 

I def recommend this place for many occasions!!! The food is good and the staff is great as well!!

www.lavony.com/‎  

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Trattoria Casa di Isacco

 This is a beautiful date night spot!!!

The ambiance, the staff, the food... are all so....

Here we have a complementary dish while we looked over the menu. It was polenta  with their fresh marinara sauce. OMG was it good!!! it was light and fresh and so decadent that I wanted more.

Here we have a blurry picture of their sangria. YES this too was GOOD! we got a pitcher and was more than satisfied with our choice. They had other great choices on their wall to choose from but seeing the sangria on their shelves looked really appealing. 

 

Out of their daily appetizer specials we decided to go with their herb roasted calamari. It was knock your socks off good. Again sorry for they horrible picture.. this does not justify how it looked on the plate. It came out on a sizzling  pot and the waiter served us both. The fresh rosemary, thyme and oregano balanced really well with the olive oil and what ever else was in that sauce...

 

 My date ordered the lobster ravioli... He was really please. The picture doesn't show how big the ravioli's were but boy were they good!!!. The waiter insisted on getting this dish and he was not lying on the reason why. every bite was filled with flavor and of course LOBSTER!!!

  

I ordered the pesto gnocchi. I was really happy with my dish (another choice selected by the waiter) The pesto was so refreshing and smooth, and you could tell that the gnocchi wasn't store bought gnocchi because of the creamy texture it had.

  

I definitely recommend going here for a nice date night or a one one one with a friend. this is really a nice chill spot. Very romantic!!!

http://www.trattoriacasadiisacco.com/

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Dough Boy's Deer Park (CLOSED)

Dough Boys

Where do I begin. Well, the pizza we have below is a lobster pizza. I was not your average lobster pizza. The sauce was more of an Alfredo sauce, and the lobster and shrimp were coked to perfection. they weren't chewy as you's expect it to be from some places. over all I wanted more

 

Here we have my favorite item at the place. Chicken rolls are easy to mess up. Some placed don't make the rolls with sauce inside. Well my friends, the sauce is so flavorful  that they give you extra to dunk this awesome creation in. This log of chicken goodness was only $5 bucks... beat that any where else.

 

When I'm in the neighborhood, I do not hesitate to stop by this place. You won't either if you try it! Till next time happy eating!

http://www.allmenus.com/ny/babylon/295270-dough-boys-pizza-cafe/menu/

 

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The Kitchen

Let's talk about food.

My favorite thing in the world!!! 

This place made me more than happy my entire stay of the trip. So happy that the I wanted to pack the dish i had to go home for a week!.

Below we all had the lunch special. Here my friend had the Salmon with the mash potato. Judging by the size he wasn't too pleased with the portion but the salmon was really flavorful at most. 

The STAR OF the SHOW was my Salmon Penne AL Vodka!!!!! HOLY batman I kid you not. The marriage of the two was the best thing since Bradjolina!!! The sauce was savory and a sweet after taste. There were real chunks of salmon in every bite. It it weren't for the swim suite season I would have ordered another plate. I had to fight off my friends from eating my plate!. 

On the very corner of the picture is the fries my friend ordered and he used the rest of the vodka sauce for dipping of the fries!! DELISH 

Here was a Ravioli stuffed dish. She wasn't to happy with the portion either but the bite that I had screamed flavor. Fresh tomato sauce, cheese which I believe was either cream cheese or rocotta, not really sure but it was good. Only complaint was the size and price but it was good!.

I don't really recall the exact name of the place but it was along the busy strip of South beach. When I go out there the first place i will find will be this one. With pictures in hand to relive that awesome moment once again.

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Olive Garden Deal 2 for $25

It's always awesome to be around people you love and enjoying a great meal as well. We all decided to give Olive Garden a try on it's interesting deal

It's always awesome to be around people you love and enjoying a great meal as well. We all decided to give Olive Garden a try on it's interesting deal.

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This was not part of the deal But I wanted to try it any way. It was their new Spicy Shrimp that was really good. Light batter texture and a nice sauce on top. I was delightfully impressed 

Here we have the best smoothie I've tried in a while. It was a peach smoothie and I was really impressed how not over powering the flavor was but how nice and refreshing it was. Usually smoothies make you thirsty but mt thirst was quenched! 

I had the Calamari for my appetizer, another sea critter on my mind. It was your typical calamari, not big bang effect. What shocked me was that my mom liked it. even after I told her what it was!!!

For a few extra bucks I got the Parmesan crusted chicken with cheese Ravioli. This was the highlight of my day. Not too salty.. Not overwhelmingly cheesy. Just the perfect plate of food. i would Highly suggest trying this. For all the skeptics out there on Olive Gardens food. I believe they are doing a great job!!! 

http://www.olivegarden.com/

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Padre Figilo (Deal $60 work of food for $30)

I love eating with friends and making everyone happy. I stumbled upon this deal on Living social and though hey why not try another great spot in NYC. 

Below (sorry for the dark picture) we have the soup of the day. Which was A lentil soup. It smelled really good and she was quite satisfied. 

                                           

Here we have a Gnocchi dish that she ordered as well. I was able to sample a bit and it was really good.. Fresh Gnocchi fresh tomatoes just fresh everything. I was really impressed. 

                                           



Another one of my friend who came had a house salad. (Again sorry for the picture quality the wont happen again) It was pretty good as well not your typical house salad you would get from a restaurant.
                                             




We have the MAIN reason why I bought the Voucher and it was the Lobster Ravioli. Which I must say was excellent. It held up to my expectation only thing is I wanted more after finishing my plate. I'm a glutton for seafood. I would highly recommend this if your a seafood fanatic like myself.
                                             

My friend entree was this grilled chicken with amazing gravy and really darn good mash potatoes.(Best picture taken for the night) Of course I sampled it and I was happy that they were happy. All dishes were more than satisfying. 

                                            

I would recommend this place for a nice date night or a night out with the girls. They have a wonderful ambiance and a really warm and inviting host. If your in the East side go check it out! 

http://www.padrefiglio.com/

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Dinner at Lievito

Omg let me start off by saying that this place is heaven!

I got a deal from Gilt City and thought it would be fun to try. For $68 you get two appetizers, two entrees, two desserts, one bottle of wine, and two glasses of Moscato at the end.

 

That was the bottle of wine. It was pretty good not to tart not too dry It was just right given the menu of things I was about to EAT! 

 

I had ^^^ for my appetizer. I would Like to say that this was Amazing. Pan seared duck breast, watercress, pineapple,  fresh avocado in a extra virgin olive oil dressing. OMG it was just well put together I wouldn’t mind if it was an entree.

My friend had the salad ^^^. Don’t really recall what it was called but I remember it having raw salmon and some type of cheese. It was good but not better than my salad. ^.^

 

This ^^ was the star of the night. It was homemade potato gnocchi with Gorgonzola cheese and walnuts. There was sweet peppers in it too. I was in love with this dish. I’m a big Gnocchi fan and what they did to it in this dish really impressed me.

 

My friend had ^^ homemade tagliatelle pasta with cream, porcini mushrooms, and fresh parsley. to me it was good but not better than my dish. I wish I could have had another order of my dish but that would have been gluttony!!
 

The ending of the whole dinner came down to two deserts. Now I’m already going to say mine was better than my friend because I know what to choose from any menu! However i will let you decide. Here we have pan cotta  served with mixed berries. It’s like a flan with berries but different. Below we have some type of parfait. It was good but a bit sweet for my liking.

                   

In all I enjoyed my night trying all of the dishes here. I would definitely recommend going there whether it’s alone, on a date, or just to try something new. They are really doing something right over here!

http://www.lievitopizzeria.com/

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