a thing in 71 photos in 2016 food showing 2016 only · show all years It was a nice night so we walked towards my place looking for a restaurant that would take a last-minute party of three. We lucked out at a Mexican place on Bowery. ...makes me laugh that they both always call me Mr. Brian. ...and then we headed over to Shake Shack for lunch. ...to my apartment in the East Village! ...it was time for breakfast! Treated myself to a Thai lunch (like a hug from the inside!) All the talk about Thailand definitely meant I had a hankering for a Thai curry the next night! OMG Curry Ya chicken curry and a mango lassi is my autumnal JAM. She whipped up a delightful vegetarian feast! I also ate a burger with an egg on it. Ate a fancy beet infused burrata all by myself on the way home. Back in the city on Thursday and went out for veggie ramen! After, we hit a nearby diner for lunch. We grabbed lunch a bar we passed... Post-midnight hotel room service dinner for the win. Had a delicious lunch while.... Picked up a plane meal. She made up blueberry pancake breakfast... Met up with Leilei on Wednesday for lunch and life catchup! Kevin came over for reiki and an empanada feast! ...for dim sum! ...and eat a Middle Eastern feast! ...and unpacked all our beach treats! Got back from my trip to Maine! Meredith came over bearing gifts from... While I was in midtown I stopped by Koreatown to TREAT MYSELF to a bi bim bab feast. Ugh. (Just captioning this photo is going to make me have to go there tonight now. Fuck). Destroyed an footlong sandwich while watching.... Peanut Butter Bomb cake slice for dessert, omg. Thai lunch mega-feast while gorging my eyes... ....fuuuuuuu. I'm sorry I probably left buttery face prints on your pillow. Oh man was this delicious! After supper... Gurj came over Monday night for an Empanada party! We got the FOUR-CHEESE duk bok ki. (Soooo good) Later that night I walked over to St Marks and met up with Amanda for Korean food at Boka. Chocolate cake with coconut cream? Fuuuuuu ...a bulk-order of food I'd placed with them! Bread, fresh mozz, asparagus, balsamic, truffle honey & strawberries for lunch. *drools* Organic Grill salads are my fave! Got an iced coffee and a Bun Cha Gio (Vermicelli with Spring Rolls) at my fave Vietnamese place. Mmmm, work from home lunch! Wash it down with some muffins! Put it on the toast! ....a dinner fit for a (camping) king! Came back home and made pancakes one at a time until I was full. ...two of my favorite breffis sammich. Sunday morning toast & fruit breffis! Grabbed a solid Friday Odessa lunch with Grant. (Back 2 back Odessa for the win!) Woke up to the remnants of a late-night Odessa feastin ...for FRIED PICKLES and fruity DRANKS! When Hardee's is the only walkable choice! Oh yeah, Alabama! Love me a vacation breakfast. Train lunch. ...and a pizza! Fancy Apps... On Thursday afternoon I met up with Gurj on the Upper West Side to celebrate her birthday! I set up my new tripod and played around with my new remote trigger. Meredith & Gurj came over and we feasted on Organic Grill. The build your taco dream station. Jane came over for a late night breakfast-foods dinner date! ...and feasted at Parm! Double sandwich lunch. When you can't decide, get both! By Wednesday late-evening I was back home in New York's sweet, late-night, empanada-delivering arms. Smoothie game STRONG. Life without a dining room! Ordered a Thai feast to celebrate... Came back to my place afterwards and had a vegetarian feast from Superiority Burger! Happy birthday, Mer! ...and on the way home stopped for some empanadas... Sometimes the coffee shop downstairs gives me free pastries in the morning. Mmmmm. ...out of moving boxes! Ta-da! Planning on solving this whole aging thing with some Goji berries...