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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
LISTEN!!!
We're back! We've been lacking these few weeks with the holidays, work, & out-of-town escapades.
A lil' T.I.
-S&B
A lil' T.I.
-S&B
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Get Excited!!
Glee is finally back on tonight...YIPPPPPIE!
Tell us what you thought of tonights episode
-S&B
Tell us what you thought of tonights episode
-S&B
Monday, September 20, 2010
Save the Date
On October 17th Have a Chance Walk for Brain Tumors is coming to NYC. This is a really important event and we encourage everyone to sign up. It's only 3 miles aka 30-45 minutes of your life to go to this super important cause.
We ask all of those who will be here that weekend to sign up with B as she runs for her dad & all those who have had this terrible disease.
Click here to register. It's 100% free...do it now.
To read more about brain tumors go to National Brain Tumor Society and/or American Brain Tumor Association.
-S&B
Saturday, September 18, 2010
DBGB Kitchen & Bar
Food Network's show "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" recently featured DBGB as one of the best places in NYC for meat. It was obvious that it was a place that we had to check out, so B rallied up Justinien & Schwartz, two meat lovers.
Starters:
Dessert:
Daniel Boulud the mastermind behind DBGB was once a chef at Le Cirque and then moved to open his own place called Daniel in the UES, then opened Cafe Boulud and DB Bistro Moderne (it's obvious that Mr. Boulud loves his name). The whole idea behind DBGB is that they make their own sausages in house; there are 13 different types listed on their menu. I personally loved the decor inside: concrete floors & walls, see through kitchen, steel & more steel, it's very LES chic.
Here's what we ordered:
Chop-chop Salad w/romaine, avocado, carrots, watermelon, & ginger sesame dressing
Jim's Matzoh Ball Soup
Special for the night - Heirloom Tomato Salad
Entree:
Roasted Chicken Breast w/spring vegetable
DBGB Hot Dog w/sautéed onion, mustard, ketchup, 299 relish, & fries
Pan Roasted Atlantic Salmon w/baby leeks, house made gnocchi & arugela
Chocolate-Chocolate w/truffle, chocolate chip cookies, cocoa nib crunchies, caramel sauce & whipped cream
The review:
Personally I thought the heirloom tomato salad was the best thing I ordered. The matzoh ball soup lacked salt and it just didn't taste like my grandmothers, however I did enjoy the parsley infused in the matzoh balls. The DBGB hot dog was the only type of "sausage" I could order off the menu because everything else had pork, honestly I'll stick to Hebrew National. It tasted like rubber and if it wasn't for the relish I don't think I would have finished it. The chocolate dessert was beyond amazing and every bite had surprise to it. One bite would be all ice cream then the next would be a cookie, & then crunchies...yum. Schwartz roasted chicken fell off the bone & a must try if you venture there. Justinien enjoyed his salmon but really enjoyed the homemade gnocchi.
DBGB Kitchen & Bar - great booths for groups, lot's of energy, LES feel
299 Bowery
New York, NY 10003
tel: 212.933.5300
NY Times Review - 2 stars
NY Mag - 1 star
-S&B
Friday, September 17, 2010
Corsino
Oh Corsino! B was so looking forward to dining here ever since she walked passed it one March afternoon. It looked like such a great place to eat & it's sister restaurant Inoteca is delicious. A few weeks ago she went to dinner with her girlfriends JC, JP, & KB...they all walked away disappointed.To start we ordered a few crostinis: ricotta & orange honey, cannellini bean & artichokes, and olive tapenade. We also ordered a formaggi platter (pic to the left) with cow's milk ricotta, parmigiano reggiano & fontina val d'aosta.
Entrees:
Heritage Brisket Meatballs
Chicken Piccata w/cippolini & cauliflower
Linguini w/cockles, hot peppers & oregano
Tagliatelle w/lamb
The olive tapenade was very disappointing considering it tasted like anchovies, but the ricotta & orange honey is a must. The sweet honey with the cheese is the perfect mix. Our cheese platter wasn't disappointing...it's cheese, who doesn't love cheese! On the other hand the entrees weren't the best. B's meatballs were too salty, hard, too much pepper, they just weren't like Savanna's, sorry. JP's chicken piccata was actually delicious, order this if you go. Both the pasta dishes were too buttery and missing in flavor. KB reviewed it herself: "my dish was good the lamb was well cooked however, I felt the radicchio was an unnecessary accompaniment and didn't add anything to the dish but a bitter flavor."
Corsino - night outdoor seating, good wines & cheeses, not like it's sister restaurant Inoteca
-S&B
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