My and some fools stopped in this place after a night of KBBQ nearby. We tried some mochi, waffles with caramel and ice cream, and “shaved snow.”
Everything was great here, though admittedly a bit pricey. Luckily my buddy paid. Maybe that’s why he’s giving me the finger above.
GRACE STREET
17 W 32nd St
New York, NY 10001
Breakfast at this bakery-slash-restaurant joint was pretty fantastic.
I had an amazing lobster BLT sandwich that must have had a pound of good lobster claw meat on it.
My wife’s “little breakfast” was just $9 and had a ton of food on the plate.
The only downer was the side order of truffle fries. They were more like roasted potato wedges, not too crisp, and I think they were simply hit with some truffle oil to give it an aroma.
CAFE LE PERCHE
230 Warren St
Hudson, NY 12534
Stopped into this Hudson bakery for a cold brew coffee and a lemon raisin swirl pastry. Really nice riff on a cinnamon roll type pastry.
PATISSERIE LENOX
504 Warren St
Hudson, NY 12534
My wife and I stopped in here for a quick sip of tea and a bite of some desserts when we were up in Hudson, NY.
The cookie had a tasty and soft center, and the banana cream pie was really smooth. Not too rich, so I liked it.
We sampled a few teas (green and black), and I slammed the pink lemonade. I really liked the green tea, because for once in my life it was sweet and not bitter.
VERDIGRIS TEA
135 Warren St
Hudson, NY 12534
Lick is an ice cream joint I tried up in Hudson, NY. They had some interesting flavors on the board.
My wife and I went with a cup of fig and sweet cream. It tasted like an ice cream version of fig newtons. Delicious.
LICK
623 Warren St
Hudson, NY 12534
I came here with a gang of Instagram influencers to help get some pics for promotional purposes. I’m not really a bakery or sweets kind of guy, but this place was great! Check out some of their stuff below:
Chocolate frosted cronut:
Strawberry cheesecake:
Blackout chocolate cake:
Coconut cream cake:
Banane cream pie:
Eclairs:
Rainbow cookies (and The Cake Dealer):
Lobster tail “Sfogliatella”:
And special cupcakes for Mother’s Day:
It was really tough to pick favorites. The pistachio eclair, the lobster tail, the cronut, the rainbow cookies, the tres leches (not pictured) and the creme brûlée cupcake (not pictured) were all incredibly good. If I had to pick just one, it would probably be the tres leches. It tasted like a wet Cinnamon Toast Crunch cake. That may not sound like much to you, but I swear it was awesome.
MIA’S BAKERY
139 Smith St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
You know me: I’m not really an ice cream and donuts kind of guy. But DECADENT and SAVORY donuts?!?!!! Now you have my attention!
“Forbidden Donuts” has created a secret menu of seven deadly sinful donuts that will be shared with faithful sinners every Sunday at Bowery Kitchen Supplies in Chelsea Market from 11am to 4pm.
Limited quantities are available, so get there bright and early.
Menu and pricing are below. My favorite is the Smoked Salmon.
Caviar w/ Vodka Jelly $ 18
caviar cream
Smoked Salmon & Roe $8
smoked salmon tarama
Foie Gras & Chocolate Glazed $15
Foie gras mousse
Lobster “Roll” $10
Matcha Green Tea $5
crispy artichokes
Cauliflower Peanut Butter $5
crispy ginger
Kimchi $5
sweet & sour sriracha glazed
FORBIDDEN DONUTS (POP-UP)
Chelsea Market
Bowery Kitchen Supply
75 9th Ave
New York, NY 10011
As you all know, my wife is The Cake Dealer. Whenever we see a bake shop, she gets interested. We were on our way to lunch when we stumbled upon what I can only imagine is a NYC landmark bake shop called Glaser’s. It just looked old school from the outside. Sure enough, when we approached, we saw that they were about to celebrate their 115th anniversary.
After lunch, we went back in to check out some of their products.
For about $9 we took home a nice assortment of tasty shit.
Those are cookie sandwiches on the top left. Bottom left was my favorite: the raspberry crumb cake. The lemon danish was excellent and the black and white cookie is a Seinfeld classic.
Here’s to the next 115 years, Glaser’s. What a cool place with really nice stuff.
GLASER’S BAKE SHOP
1670 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10128
The head honcho over at Let’s Dutch reached out to me to introduce himself and his service. Essentially it’s a place where people can host and organize group activities, and one of the things they facilitate is large format dining. That’s right up my alley, given my creation of Carcass Club, in which I and some friends try to get together to take on the various whole beast feasts that are peppered throughout this fine city.
Naturally, I was interested. The service is great for both city newbies, who are looking to meet new people with similar interests, and old fogies like me and my wife, who are just looking for seats at the feast when it’s becoming increasingly difficult to peg down a date and time among all of our friends that might be interested.
I was especially pumped when Vincent (the aforementioned head honcho) informed me that they’d be doing the new brisket feast for 10 people at Momofuku Ssam Bar. Fuck yeah.
So the meal is pretty simple. You get a massive hunk of delicious, tender, slow cooked brisket, along with lettuce for making wraps, and various sauces and kimchi items for toppings.
I highly recommend this meal to anyone who loves brisket or BBQ, as it is quasi-BBQ in nature. They even created a secret seven-spice blend for this baby. I absolutely loved it.
You may already know that I’ve been to Momofuku for their large format feasts in the past: duck and rib eye. This brisket feast is the best of the three I’ve tried, and I think they’ve also added a fourth, pork shoulder (bo ssam). I’ll have to try that one soon.
MOMOFUKU SSAM BAR
207 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10003
My wife was invited to this little joint as an influencer to help promote their business.
We were able to sample four different slices of “Piece of Velvet” cake, and in the future, there will be ice cream and waffles offered on the menu as well.
Some cakes even have booze infused in them, like rum, bourbon, vodka and whiskey.
Red Velvet: this is their signature cake. It was rich and flavorful.
Pina Colada: This was my favorite of the four we tried. The pineapple and coconut flavors were very natural and tasty.
Ciroc Coconut: They’ve soaked real coconut shavings in “Ciroc” vodka for three days.
Blueberry Vanilla Bourbon: Self explanatory, and really delicious.
Here’s a shot of my two favorites side by side:
PIECE OF VELVET
101 MacDougal St
New York, NY 10012
