New York City

Most of friends know that I am not crazy about the City. However, I did truly enjoy this visit. My friends definitely spoiled me and indulged me in my every request from walking 30 blocks to Magnolia on Bleecker to get frosting shots just to hear me say "forget it" to waiting over an hour to eat brunch at Prune and grabbing 12 cookies from Momofuku Milk Bar just so I can get the peach tote (i collect bakery tshirts so in lieu of a tshirt - tote bag it is). And in the words of one my wise friend, "anna, order freely". Not only that, I was picked up from the train station in the wee hours of the morning with hot agedashi tofu waiting for me to devour!


Pinkberry for the 1st time. But look at those Alessi Paper Towel Holders - how familiar?! Fortune Cookie will get a kick out of this one since he hated it. Also, I did not eat this in lieu of a real dinner. I'm a "substantial" Asian girl.



Practicing my chopsticks holding skills at Gyu Kaku because we all know I can't hold them quite right and is tired from years of hearing "you hold them funny" comments.



Wagyu?



Feeding into the Korean Fried Chicken Hype at a place where the color theme is red and white w/ a name I can't care enough to remember.



Milk Bar Cookies + tote and that's D bringing some Houston to NYC w/ his fashion statement of socks and sandals. My favorite had cornflakes and marshmallow in it with some other stuff. I ate one of each kind... about 6 different flavors at about 2K calorie each.



Ramen at Ippudo with braised pork belly (gosh, this is so damn trendy now) and soft boiled egg (this crap too - the kind i was spoon fed at 3 - yes, warm yolk). I swear... the broth was made from fat concentrate and at least 3 egg yolks b/c it was so rich that even I, who love everything bad and fatty, could not eat more than 3 bites.




Mantou Buns w/ Braised Pork Belly (delicious but oh so trendy)



And we all know how much I love agedashi tofu. With this dish, I taught a young boy at the table how to transform into a gentleman.



Classic Bloody Mary with chaser... yes, I did say that.



Nothing quite like oyster and sausage for brunch. Ingenious!



Fixings for our plate of lox and smoked sturgeon



I might be dreaming of this for a long while...



Since I could not make it to 2nd Ave Deli... I ordered this. I couldn't be happier.




My dear friend has not had soup dumplings before so we ended the trip with a visit to Joe's Shanghai in Chinatown.



You can't find me happier than this moment here... packaged ice cream cone + walk in the park.