Sunday, January 20, 2008

Momofuku, Niagara, Botanica



Last night Vicky and I went to Momofuku Noodle Bar in the East Village and it was seriously one of the best meals I've had since I've lived here. We ordered waaaay too much food and spent too much money but it was a totally enjoyable dinner so whatever. We had Pork Dumplings... which were out of control delicious. They were like soft pillowy clouds from heaven. I can't even explain them. We also had shrimp and grits which were fine, esp with the thick cut bacon and the perfectly poached egg. The sweetbreads were fried really nicely... crisp and delicious and not greasy at all... and came with a really good sweet chilli sauce... That was enough food for the two of us but somehow the waitress convinced us we needed a noodle bowl that was MASSIVE but amazing... pork neck with nice thick noodles and a great broth. We drank huge Orions with our meal and sitting at the bar was fun cause we could check out the cute chefs... which we were probably ridiculously obvious about.

Later we went to Niagara which was nearby... it was whatever. Very crowded with a mix of annoying NYU students, v. drunk girls who apparantly thought vicky and i wanted to fight, and then more laid back east village boys mixed in randomly... We met a cool group of guys from Brooklyn though and hung out with them for a while at loud niagra before moving on with them to Botanica in Nolita... much better! Def. more low key and more amusing, with singular drunk girl dancing on the benches and random drunk men falling onto our table. And the world's most random DJ. We got in a cab to go home after last call sooooo basically it was another good night!

Today I've done... nothing so far. This is the most productive I've been so far... Vick and I talked about going to a Taschen book sale... but I have to work at La Sirene in like, 2 hours so we'll see about that.

We're supposed to go see Andrew WK tonight (haha) if I get off work in time but I think we might be busy (hopefully) cause tomorrow is a holiday for a lot of people here.Sooooo we'll see!

btw the real housewives of orange county are really fucking annoying.

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