a thing in 123 photos in 2012 food showing 2012 only · show all years ...New House! My favorite sushi roll is avocado roll with honey-roasted peanuts. Slathered in wasabi. Treat yo self. The veggie burger at the Bowery Diner was sooooo good. Made of swiss chard & beets and topped with cheese and horseradish sauce. Fuuuuuuuuu) Stopped at Bowery Diner on the way home. Battjer boys like us some burgers and fries. Despite what I used to believe, the holidays are still pretty awesome if you don't eat meat. Later that afternoon, more family came over for some holiday feasting. In between hundreds of rounds of throwing Maddy's new toys across the house, I managed to eat about two-thirds of a warmed Brie that was covered in raspberry jam and almonds. My mom is always finding new vegetarian recipes to make when I visit. Mmmmm. On Friday morning, Sylvie and biked over (on the same bike) to meet Sylvie's lovely friends, Pippa and Daniel for lunch at Rose Bakery. Mmmmm. With my non-existent grasp of French it took me a while to find a restaurant with a meat-free salad, but mission accomplished! I met up with Sylvie after work and we had dinner at her apt. After hours of walking around, I spent some time resting my feet, eating this delicious pizza and reading The Picture of Dorian Gray ...is the bi bim bab. Yes! Later that evening, while eating a light dinner... ...headed over to Odessa for pancakes and mantalk. Really pushing the envelope of my culinary skills here! Happy November 2012! Home-cooked lunch. Feastin' time! Signed up for a class at General Assembly to go over some Python basics. As a developer, I am C- at C++. (This is my favorite product manager joke. Never fails to get a chuckle from devs) ...our usual Thai feast. Met up with Grant for some hot Falafel Shop and people-watching. Celebrated my day off on Friday with breakfast-for-lunch. On Monday evening Grant had a craving for wings (!!!) and I accompanied him on our first visit to one of the many fine new multi-televsioned establishments that have seemingly migrated from Murray Hill into the East Village. I begrudgingly ate some curly fries. (Mmmmm...curly fries). Tofu scramble biscuit with mushroom gravy. *DROOLS* Afterwards, we walked down to Bowery to grab a bite. On the way, we noticed all sorts of signs of Sandy in the neighborhood. Like these palettes of food piled up on the street outside of the church. We had ourselves a lil' afternoon Thai feast. Mmmm. TA-DA! ...their insane malawah dish. Crispy layers of Yemenite fillo dough topped with 2 eggs served with spicy puree of tomatoes. Ridiculously tasty. ...for a delicious Cafe Petisco breakfast with Grant. He'd recently discovered... The next morning we had a breakfast at 7A before they hit the road. Happy birthday, Scott! Had a solid dinner... Woke up in Atlanta on Wednesday. Set out to explore and find myself some vegetarian lunch. Big success with Dua Vietnamese Noodle shop. Mmmmm. ...where I was and where I could get something vegetarian-friendly to eat! Ended up at Pita Pit. So much you can learn about tour-life in this photo! Candles, Chinese food, toothbrushing & man-stretching! ...we stopped and got food and beers on the water. ...which means they were well-rested for our late-night snacks! ...for dinner at Pasta Novo (?). Later that evening, we met up with Jared and then headed over to Pearl Street... Dessert after the dessert? Orange jelly & lotus nut-cake for dessert. Wow. Steamed rice & veggies with nori. Pot baked mushrooms, mashed potatoes and vegetable croquettes. Onion soup. The food was really interesting and varied. Late lunch with Grant at Sidewalk. We had Thai for dinner and talked about our lives. ...for an Italian feast. Mac & cheese dinner courtesy of S'MAC. Mmmm. ...and garlic bread... ...and pizza from Gruppo! Pineapple & jalapeno. Homemade salads... Orangey deliciousness. Puebla is awesome. We went out for Mexican. Spinach burrito. ...for a delicious family brunch. Work lunch at Westville East where you can get SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. Beet & goat cheese salad lunch. Corn pancakes are my favorite. On our way home, we stopped in Phoenicia, NY for a not-so-quick but delicious brunch at Sweet Sue's. Here's Karen laughing about the size of her pancakes. We had ourselves a pizza-party dinner... Deep-fried raviolis? Suuuuure. Two and a half hours into the drive, we stopped at a diner up 87. We got bahn mi sandwiches and chatted in the park. This is my favorite lunch in the whole world. Guacamole is my favorite. Healthy lunch! Happy taco birthday! Later that evening I met up with Caiti and we went over to Cynthia's for a birthday taco party! Veggie sushi and treats! What's a trip to Ikea without sampling the exotic Swedish delicacies in the cafeteria. C'mon, don't pretend you're also not interested in finding out what Elderflower juice tastes like! Mmmmmm. That evening Ellen came over to join us for the Mad Men season finale and Grant's puttanesca pasta with garlic bread and salad. My mom goes all out to support our vegetarianism. Haha. ...arugula & beet salad with blue cheese and a reduced-balsamic dressing. Soooo good. Doing it right! Lots of little things for dinner! Yes. Thanks, Grant! Bruschetta and... Spinach burrito. Mmm. Had my favorite bi bim bab lunch at Manna Express Kitchen during the break for lunch... Back at home that evening, I had vegetarian Vietnamese from Lan Cafe for dinner. Yes! On Saturday night, I went out to meet this guy in Williamsburg for beers & pretzels. So much fun. So good. Kicked of the month properly with some Motorino Pizzas. Last course! Dessert, OMG. Here's what one of our vegetarian courses looked like. I will eat at any place that has both donuts and biscuits! My favorite vegetarian sushi is made with avocados and honey-roasted peanuts! After a delicious breakfast... Dinner! ...for a feast he'd prepared! Dessert party! Veggie matzoh ball soup! Sooo good! We had just enough time at Narita to grab a sandwich. We went into town and had a late dinner on the beach with Bertl & Fraggle. Haha. ...then ALL OF THIS!
