9A Lounge

I love finding new places to eat in the city. Well Harlem any way. So we stumbled upon this place not knowing that the food would actually be really really good. 

the calamari was a no brainer to order, but a good one at that. The sauce was a tamrine sauce and was very interesting. I preferred it with out and just a spritz of lemon juice but to each is own. It was fresh and had a nice season batter to it...

The side trio was a very good idea. 

The spinach was my favorite. The fries were good but had a bit of too much salt on there, and the sweet plantains were okay at best. All in all the sides were cool.

The crab cakes were really nice. They had a little lump in them where you were able to distinguish between the filler and the meat... Yes I analyze that stuff and how! The chef did not disappoint here at all! Great apps.

We almost didn't order anything else until I said I was still hungry... there was three people at the table and the first few things were not filling enough!!! 

So we got the Lobster mac and Cheese. Talk about presentation for days!!! By far the best presented mac and cheese I've seen thus far. Now to flavors..... The half lobster was steamed in salt water... I could taste that alone. The mac how ever, the lobster in there acquired a different spell in the bechmel sauce. 

It was nice and cheesy and had the right amount of salt in this dish. I'd recommend this dish a thousand times. I love love love the presentation.

Now I know I don't eat meat... But couldn't have a picture of half wings in the photo above and not speak on it!!!

So my brother had the wings and he was blown away. If you've ever had Bon Chon wings you'd understand the soy garlic concept, however, they took it up a notch and had some type of BBQ glaze with a nice kick to it. He really enjoyed it as it was his replacement for the quesadillas i'm about to speak on.

He was not to fond of this dish. i can not speak on it, but was really happy that the chef himself came out and offered the wings that blew him away. his complaint was that the flavors were off... not sure what he meant but hey maybe I'll get a cheese one when I go back and yes I do plan on returning.

I would recommend this place... the only thing is the crowd that you'll see when there... the hostess are good and the atmosphere is interesting...all in all a good place to visit...

till next time!!

www.9anyc.com

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Post Office Cafe

When I was first told about the post office I thought to my self a place where you get or send mail right? Well no that wasn't the case. This place was a dynamite resort for fine dining and game watching! Lets talk about the food!!

They had an assortment of sauces I could have chosen for the wings, but because I was feeling in the Asian mood I went with the sweet chilly sauce! It was extremely delicious. Tangy, a little kick and then sweet. I was a perfect balance on the really well fried wings! I would definitely try the other sauces when I go back! 

Some people say you can't mess up Calamari, those people are wrong. I've had bad Calamari in my day and I tell you this one was not bad, it was great!!!  The batter really makes or breaks a good Calamari and then the sweet chilly sauce being reinforced into this dish made me a very happy camper! 

So I forgot to mention that I was sitting at the bar, and it was happy hour. The bartender highly recommended the southwest chicken egg rolls. I was on the fence, but I love anything fried in an egg roll! Who doesn't?  Took a bite and I called her over to thank her! It had chicken, black beans really good cheese and the aoli sauce on the side really made the dish whole. This is a must try if you go there!

Its bad enough I showed you more than one dish before this one. But do you really believe that my greedy ass would settle for just one dish at a bar? Hell no!!!  It was artichoke and spinach dip time!  Oh and there was beer in it too!!  Gluttony, no, pure indulgence,  YES!!!  The pita chips were nice and soft, and the nacho child were warm and salted. That with the combination of the dip. You have a happy marriage of flavors!  

I love sweet potato fries, who doesn't? These assured me why!! Cinnamon dusted sweet fries with a cinnamon aoli on the side is just a recipe for greatness. Of course I didn't eat all this food alone. I was with my BF and we sure did enjoy our selves! 

Now for the beer!!  I couldn't get a picture of all three beer flavors we had but let me just let you guys know. They do make their own beer and they do distribute other local brewery beers as well!!  We had their own pumpkin beer, which without the cinnamon crust really had a pumpkin taste. Not all pumpkin beers have that authentic beer taste. They did and I understand why it was a hot commodity. We tried their stout as well. It was really full bodied and gave you a bit of homey warmness going down. Then we had a dark IPA which was super super delicious. Hard to describe the flavors but it was out of this world. 

This happy hour extravaganza was only $50 bucks. Mind you we had three beers each. Now tell me that's not a great bang for your buck!!! I highly recommend going here any night of the week! They have great food, great people, and great specials.

Till next time my friends!!!

https://www.lessings.com/restaurant_home.aspx?uniid=7

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Olympic diner

Basically diner food

This was a chicken parm with sweet fries.. It was so much food I actually had left overs for the next day. I wasn't too crazy about it because I expected more from this place. Especially since I'm in love with their sister restaurant (Blue Lagoon). 

 

I haven't had a root beer float in years, I think this was the highlight of my night!

 

This was a really good milk shake. Even though I had my root beer float, I kept drinking his shake! 

 

Chicken caprese panini with a twist. It had grilled asparagus, grilled bell peppers and a thick layer of Swiss and provolone I believe. I was eating more of that than my dish! 

 

http://www.allmenus.com/ny/babylon/219270-the-olympic-diner/menu/ 

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Croxleys

Home of the famous cheap wings!

I wanted to try something new on their menu. Being that it is summer time..nothing wrong with some lobster and sweet potato fries. And look they give you two rolls full of stuff in it!!! And guess what!! it was under $15

I'd Def get this again! 

Now for the judgement on the wings. I love that they were full size wings. Not the baby just hatch chicken wings your used to with deals like this. The sauce to meat ratio was the bomb and being that I rarely dine out alone we ordered another round just for kicks.

Now this picture is both good and bad. You can see the light and darkness of my beer cocktail. You can also see my sister photo bombing my shot LOL. 

This beer cocktail was really good. I believe I had the black cherry with chocolate stout. It was amazing! so much so i savored every last bit... in the mean time I kept asking for samples of beers I never even heard of.  

I would def come back for some wings and other fun treats. I really liked the idea of a beer cocktail and being able to sample new beers!!!

Might come a few weekends for football season!

http://www.croxley.com/

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