Market Cafe Happy Hour

Happy hour with a good friend is always a good time. I know I did a post on this place before... but here are some new things We tried and loved!!!!

Seared Sea Scallops- With Jumbo sea scallops, potato puree, brown butter, and mache - 14$

Seared scallops are hard to find executed well, and when I mean well I mean well. This was sooooo delicious I honestly wanted to order another one to go home even though I was full from the other things we ate... Ugh what an amazing start to our happy hour!!

The sauteed kale was really good. Really green as pictured here, I would have liked a little pepper on it though. Other then that it was good.

The Spinach was eaten the most amongst the both of us. We loved the garlic flavor, and it was not too wilted so you got that fresh spinach flavor.. Yummerzz

The gnocchi... I was so mad at my self for not READING the ingredients in this dish. As a new pescatarianism, I omit meat from my diet but am eating seafood. It tasted so good that I was mad and couldn't believe it was pork I had... I stopped eating it and my friend finished it. Had it not tasted so good, I'd still ask the waiter what was in it... Oh well It was good but not for my new diet....

The calamari. Although different for my friend this way, I prefer calamari grilled and whole like this. It give a different mouth feel to this classic appetizer. I loved the pepper aoli and the stuffed pepper inside. I'd get this again, so would she.

All in all, I always like returning to good spots, and this place did not falter. I really do recommend this place. Psss FYI the drinks were strong and reasonably priced. Only thing is that they open at 5pm...

http://www.marketcafenyc.com/dinner.html

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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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Bourbon Street!!! (dinner with a friend)

Pecan Pie!! 

The holy grail of deserts is right here!!!  Thank God my friend shared her desert with me!!!  I would definitely recommend this one here!! 

The appetizer platter!!!  Here are the to die for chicken fingers encrusted with corn flakes and other goodness. The fries have melted cheese, they come with bacon but I omitted them. The Calamari was super delicious without the sauce!!!  I will definitely get this whole thing for myself again!!! 

Wednesday happy hour special are always changing. Unfortunately thy make dishes that you want again and again!!! For $5 I got this homemade gnocchi with shrimp in a Cajun sauce. Omg it was good!!!  If I didn't have the appetizer sampler I would have ordered a few more!!! 

This drink right here is amazing! The hurricane is the main reason to visit Bourbon street!! At $5 a pop all day till 8 you have got to get your hands on one of these bad boys. 

I see myself frequenting this place often. But don't just take my word for it! You must go there and try it out yourself!

Happy eating!!! 

www.bourbonny.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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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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