NYC Tastes

Saturday night was the main event of the weekend. The dinner to celebrate the impending nuptials of my friend. It had only taken me four hours of constantly hitting the redial button over and over again, 30 days in advance to score a reservation at Babbo. We had been here once before on Father’s Day for Mr. T’s dad and I just fell in love with the food. I was hoping tonight would be no different. We got there right at 7:45 and were lead to a table in the elegant upstairs which I had requested. We started with a round of Prosecco to celebrate and then we moved on to a nice bottle of red. (You'll notice the pictures get a little more blurry as the night goes on...the wine seems to have slightly affected my picture taking ability.) We all wanted to try as much food as possible so we just decided to share everything. We picked 2 appetizers, 2 pastas and an entrée for two. After licking the plates clean from the complimentary chickpea bruschetta, we got our first appetizer the Grilled O...

So we had a fantastic, and I mean really fantastic, culinary weekend of eating with my parents in town. Unfortunately Mr. T was uploading some things onto my iPhone and somehow erased all my food pictures!!! So I'll just give a couple brief highlights from the trip. I have actually been to all of these places before except for Babbo so it was nice to take my parents to places I love. Thursday night- scored a last minute reservation at the Little Owl. Couldn't believe my luck. Of course we ordered the pork chop and gravy meatball sliders which were a hit. But my favorite of the night was the Halibut with corn and English peas. It was one of the best fish dishes I have ever had. The fish was super moist with a crackly skin on top which was heavenly alongside peas and their puree. It tasted like spring. Friday lunch at the Spotted Pig. Dad loved the burger (hated the shoestrings though which my mother and I happily ate instead). Mom liked her grilled cheese which was rich and thic...