STK Steak House Restaurant Week Lunch

Lets talk about steak deals for just under $25 on a normal day... right... unheard of... So why am I super excited about this one? Well it starts of with the amazing restaurant week deals that goes on twice a year in New York. You have a bunch of these great places that offers lunch for as low at $25 for a three course meal and dinner for $38

Here we have the bread you usually get at a steak house. I was amazed by how the bread pulled apart. I immediately tried to figure out how it was made. I like the pesto like oil on the side as well!

I never ate a salad with a fork and knife before, and thought that this was interesting. The dressing was really good, and I liked the home made feel the croutons had. 

These frites were awesome. Nice bite to them, not too salty and paired really well with the steak!!!

I love skirt steak. I also liked the sauce that accompanies the dish. What can I say, it was good. Would I pay retail value for it... no... I'm glad that restaurant week has a deal like this for the experience.  

I would recommend this place for their ambiance and presentation. I'd like to go back and try another steak...

http://togrp.com/togrp-stk/

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City Crab happy hour :-)

I love seafood as well as happy hour (who doesn't) !

I checked in with foursquare and instantly got this beer

Instead of having the restaurant deal we opted for happy hour. All appetizers are half off and they have a lot of great options! 

Buffalo shrimp. Omg. We saw these girls eating this and we instantly asked to get am order. It was totally worth a try.

Baked clams were so delicious. I got my cousin who doesn't like or better yet, never had clams tried it, and guess what .... she loved it!!  I like making people like what they never had! 

This is a snip of their menu! Do you see the amazing amount of food at our disposal. I mean it's criminal for all those items to be on happy hour. Let alone be so damn good! 

The king of all king items on the menu of course is lobster. Lobster rolls for $6. Get the bleep out of here. This order was seriously just $6. I mean can you tell I was hungry before snapping a photo? I was more than satisfied with this dish. Almost ordered another round. But we continued down the list of items on the menu 

I like Calamari because everyone makes it. I like that it's usually readily available at most cuisines, what I like most about it is that most places have their own spin on it. This was lightly battered and the sauce had a mice tang to it. Amazing! 

Surprisingly enough the lobster roll wasn't my favorite dish of the night. No, it had to be these bad boys here! Crab cake sliders. I'm not usually a crab fan, but these sliders dis something to me. I wanted them all and I really didn't want to share. Nothing new when I like a dish, but believe me, these were so damn good I wanted another order dammit and I regret not getting it :(

Last but not the least item was the lobster mac and cheese. What can I say .... it was good. But can we get back to the crab came sliders!!!! 

I will definitely come back here again. Maybe alone because I want it all, maybe with a friend. Who knows ? We'll see ....

http://www.citycrabnyc.com

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Birthday picnic

Birthday Picnic for my Boo

I love to cook, when I get the chance I take full advantage! So the theme for the picnic was Asian with a New American twist. 

I love looking up recipes, here I made fire cracker shrimp. I made my own twist, but to get the recipe you  can check the link below. 

 

Seared Scallop salad! This had to be my favorite because everything down to the dressing was home made. Yes homemade!!

 

This pie was to die for, unfortunately I can't have it any more because the awesome woman that makes these moves in a week!!! I will put my orders in for a few pies.  

 

A bottle of Riesling and a couple fresh fruit and we have a marriage of flavors!!!!  

 

Recipes can be found at

http://picturetherecipe.com/index.php/recipes/spicy-firecracker-shrimp/

http://www.tasty-trials.com/2011/10/food-memories.html

I hope you guys enjoy the recipes like I did! 

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Reserve Thai (friends BDAY dinner)

I know you guys know I love me some Thai food. However, I enjoy eating Thai with this birthday girl! For lunch maybe 2 times a week minimum, and we indulge our selves with anything Thai related, with a few Thai Ice teas to accompany our meals all the time. 

For her BDAY we went to Reserve on 3rd ave. My BF and I were there first and was already happy with the Wine happy hour they had till 8. The menu options were a bit different from normal Thai restaurants and we wanted to try them out!

Here we have Curry Puffs.... if you indulge in Thai food you would know that these are pillows of heaven. The cucumber sauce that accompanied it was light and decadent I wanted another order... 

The calamari was just how I like them. Lightly breaded and the two sauces on the side were the Bombbay (my bf's fave word) One was a spicy aoli and the other was the traditional sweet and spicy sauce. Both sauces were excellent!

Chive pancakes are made differently at all Thai places. Sometimes they are flat, square, thicker thinner... today we had the bun shaped ones and they were really good. A bit doughy for some, but perfect for me!!!

Something you don't see everyday is french fries and Thai in the same sentence. They accompanied these thick cute spuds with the same sauces as the calamari... and to think... I should have thought of that!!!! It was really really good!

Finally for the entree.... My BF never had chicken Panang so we both ordered the same dish. He really enjoyed it and so did I. I love the spicy creamy sauce and the tender chicken accompanied by the various vegetables in the plate. A honestly big win for me!

Along side with our happy hour wine.. we shared a bottle of this really sweet German wine. Highly favored among the table as well as the birthday girl. It was truly a really good night. 

With all that food plus 8 other dishes, we only spent under $30 each plus tax and tip. Now tell me that wasn't a great meal plus a cheap one at that!

I am already looking for a date in my calender where i can have this experience again!

Happy birthday to my friend again!

http://www.reservethainyc.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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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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Bourbon Street (happy hour festives)

Now IF you know me by now, you know that I love to find new drinks and anything that follows drinks would be my # love which is food. 

Here we have the famous Hurricane! Dark rum, light rum, orange and pineapple juice with a splash of grenadine. Yes I made this at home after (don't judge me ha-ha) This is a great drink by all means, anyone who has different drink choices all love this mean bad ass drink here!

 

Mint Julep I suppose, could be considered the sister drink to a Manhattan ( my #1 favorite drink) but here, they make it just as strong as a Manhattan. I swear mixing drinks is my guilty pleasure but under and hour and those knocked down called for some food!

 

Now I was super happy we decided to go on a Wednesday. Why, because chef specials rock and anyone who thinks other wise is out of their mind. 

Here we have fish kabobs that were really tasty and different. split this dish amongst two people and hell yea we wanted something else to eat.   

The king of all king crab bruschetta has arrived, and boy was this a moneymaker. After this plate, I think my and my BF ordered another 4 or 5 orders just because it was extremely addictive and they were only $5. Yes you read right... and the lump of crab was not skimpy on each order.

www.bourbonny.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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Gingers happy hour

This has to be my favorite go to place for happy hour. Nested in the heart 34th street you can not go wrong stumbling into here.

I'm sorry about omitting drinks in this  post, they were gone as soon as they hit the table (yeah, that kind of day)

Here we have a delicious order of wings. I must say, in my Chinese chicken wing eating experience, something about these wings are bewitched! I killed this order on my own, and usually so with a sidekick of scallion pancakes below...

These have to be the best scallion pancakes. I have made these at home, and let me tell you, they didn't even come close to how flaky and decadent these are. I've had scallion pancakes all over midtown, but non have the tenacity as this one upholds (yeah that was deep)

Now, for my guilty pleasure (fried vegetables) their vegetable spring rolls. I love these things, and no matter how full I am, I always indulge in at least one order of these bad boys. They also help with the guilt of knocking back a few cocktails... 

They have happy hour from 4-8 and their drinks (all type, not limited to well) are just $4.50. tell me a happy hour cheaper then that!!!!

http://www.gingers5127.com/

Definitely stop by and enjoy!

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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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