Yum Yum Thai Place

The best Thai happy hour I've ever been to.

First drink of the night!  It was like a lemonade margarita... for just $5 bucks I was like hay give it to me as I walk in please!!!

So We decided to do the prefix dinner during our happy hour. Greedy on another level!!! for 16.95 you get a soup, salad, entree and desert. My friend opted for the spicy shrimp soup. It had a nice kick to it, but don't worry... you spice lovers this soup will do nothing to you but make you smile because it's really good!

 

So the chicken that I am... I opted for the coconut chicken soup. This has to be my favorite soup of all time here. It's so light and refreshing and decadent all at the same time! I can't really explain.. all I know is that I need a bigger bowl for the next time I go.

 

So in between our prefix dinner we have happy hour (I'm cheesing as I write this) This drink is called a coco mo. It's like a mix between a pina colada and a long island ice tea... if that makes any sense. I say Just try it!!! 

My friend and I had two each!

 

With our drinks come free appetizers (this is where the greediness comes into play). Remember we have a prefixed dinner and each drink comes with an appetizer (except for the Margarita in the beginning... that was a special)

Spring rolls are another free appetizer we had... very good.

 

Green curry chicken is my staple for trying our a Thai restaurant. it helps me know whether or not this place is worth my business. And you've guessed it I was more than happy sinking my teeth into this creamy green broth!

  

Brown rice to stay healthy!

  

This was the combo that came with the prefix meal... the other pictures were separate from this deal ( yea I'm greedy I'll admit it now!)

 My friend had the Thai basil sauce I liked it. It had a subtle kick to it with out loosing the freshness of the basil. After trying 3 spoons of her dish I wished I got hers (sorry Green Curry)

What better way to finish a happy hour than with " Green tea ice cream"

 

With all that food and drink we had a good time. What did the bill come out to? It was under $50. Split that between two people with tax and tip... I'd say that's a steal!!!

If your in the area I def recommend trying Yum Yum out!!! 

www.yumyum3.com 

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La Ventana

The Theme in Miami is mainly South American cuisine. Most of the dishes we had were of Hispanic decent and boy were we happy with this one. 

Here We have Empanadas.. it's like a patty but Spanish styled. The crust was made with corn meal and you could taste the freshness.. this was not stored in the freezer people!!. The chicken was perfectly seasons and that green sauce will knock your socks off. Literally I can't stand heat so I skimmed the surface to avoid my tongue getting burnt off. But all in all it was decedent. 

Here we have My Juice again freshly made Passion Fruit with milk. OMG was it good. Not as great as the one I had at Goyo but Any shake made with fresh fruit is a win to me. 

This was a Colombian beer that was good. It reminded me of Malta for those of you who know what that taste like with an extra fizz to it. 

This Soup was smack your mother good. So good that even though It wasn't mines or my other friends we kept stealing spoonfuls and topping it off onto our rice mountains. It was a plantain based soup with everything but the kitchen sink in it. It was extremely savory and I was almost about to order a bowl for my self!!

This dish came with the soup listed above. Both those dishes didn't stand a chance with one of my friends in front of it. I had a piece of that steak and it was melt in your mouth good. The stew was prepared really well. 

Me and my one of my friends had this (Pollo a la Plancha) OMG the onions made the dish!. They were sauteed and caramelized and beneath was the huge slap of chicken breast. to go along we dipped our Yucca sticks into the soup just because there was no chance it wasn't getting attacked a few more times. This dish was enough to feed two people and have them both full. I can still taste those awesome onions in there!

I highly recommend going here. It was by luck we stopped into here and we couldn't have been more satisfied!!


http://www.laventanarestaurant.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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Cafe Martier

For $54 bucks this deal was nice to share among st friends. You get two soups of the day, two entrees, a bottle of wine, two deserts of the day and two cups of coffee.  

The soup of the day was Lentil soup. It smelled really good but I passed on having any. I hate beans and I know it was good because my friend ate it all :) 

                                       

I had a Grilled Chicken Ciabattini. It was pretty good. I only ate half though because I had my eyes on dessert! 

                                         

Red wine comes in different variety. I was happy that they had some form of Shiraz, which is one of my favorite type of grapes. It gets you warm and fuzzy inside, It's a great wine for steak or something hearty. 

                                       

My friend had the Turkey sandwich. He said it was okay, he was anticipating the desert like I was!!!!!

                                       

Low and behold what I wanted all along :) the awesome crepe filled with Nutella, strawberries and bananas. It was a party in my mouth I wanted another one. No crepe has ever failed me!

                                        


Once we were done with our meal and wine we had a complimentary cup of coffee. I don't drink coffee so I asked for a sip just to see if I would like any. The sip cup was as small as you see below. But I did like it.

I hope this brought some insight into this cute place in Midtown. Any deal I can find I will surely post onto this site. Till then my friends happy eating! 

http://www.caffemartier.com/

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Udon West!

The best lunch I ever had!!!

I got the curry rice with a huge bowl of udon noodles. Good lord was it good. For only $10 I was really full. I recommend going here.

 

http://udonwest.com/ 

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