despite the fact that the highlight of my days for the last week has been one meal or another, i have managed to lose a lot of weight lately and bought new jeans yesterday in a happy smaller size. maybe that's because to get to each meal we have to walk ten miles in the cold... except for when we're eating at tailor...
ANYWAYYYYYYYYYYY um sunday i wandered around soho for a while, then went to work at la sirene... we were super busy... and by the time i got off i was super hungry. i met brand over at smith's and we went with javier to the corner bistro, this great bar in the west village i'd never been to before. they have AMAZING burgers that are really cheap... and super cheap beer too... 3.50 hoegardens? that's better than savannah! isupposedly it's mario batali's fave place to get burgers... whatever. it was fun though and if i can figure out where it even was i'll definitely return.
monday was 60 degrees out. ridiculous. soooo i wandered around in the nice weather and considered buying sandals before going to work at the restaurant. another busy-ish night... during which i drank like 9 espressos. by the time i got off i was ridiculously wired and brand was already off waiting for me... we went over to toad hall for a drink and made friends with the bartender who reminded me of matt from cha bella. one glass of wine to calm my espresso nerves turned into like, 3 or 4, and we stumbled out into the cold both happy and starving. when we got back home, brand sort of cooked steak for us... or at least rolled raw meat in a pan of hot butter for a few seconds... and we devoured the bloody mess. kind of gross, kind of delicious.
tuesdayyy i wasn't working so brand and i rand to the broadway panhandler in the morning before his interview with the owner of candela and ciao (which we confused with chow... big difference actually...). I went to the bank to cancel my debit card after realizing it had been stolen... and used to get a lot of things altered at the village tailor apparently. i also found my new jeans and a belt to go with them... wide leg this time, so over the skinny jeans situation. i finally made my way home and cleaned up some of the butter and raw meat juice from the night before (gross, i know) then brand surprisingly got home (he was supposed to be interviewing all day). Best news ever- he got an amazing offer to be Executive Chef of Candela where he will have a great salary, and a great budget to like, totally revamp the restaurant. I am soooo excited for him! He should have good hours to work and a good staff and hopefully it will really be the chance he needs... I really hope he takes advantage of it and I think he will...
We decided to celebrate by going to yet another kitchen supply store (oh boy) then drinks at barfry and dinner at tailor! I have been trying to convince Brandon to go to Tailor with me for a long time and he's always refused but he finally gave in and really enjoyed it. After eating amuses of fried oysters, caviar, and coconut puree sent out because Brand is a chef(!), we had The peekytoe crab with pineapple foam and serrano and the octopus with coffee soil and a million other components to start with, then the sweetbreads with white beer foam which are amazing, then we shared the incredible pork belly with miso butterscotch sauce and the rootbeer braised shortribs with... whatever it was with. and shocker of the world, brand really enjoyed it all... poor tailor has gotten so much criticism and they've changed their menu accordingly i think... but i have always had good experiences there. oh, and the drinks! i let brand start with the waylon, my cocktail of choice there, and I started with the crumble... something made with rum and brown butter... very good, actually. next i had the south central, which was rum, creme de cacao, and mole...very strong. brand had the agua verde consisting of tequila, habanero, tomatillo, and cilantro. i guess i would have liked his better if it was like... on tortilla chips. i don't think i could have drank it. we actually didn't do dessert but enjoyed the little red pepper jelly candies they sent out with the check. We wandered downstairs to the bar for one last fancy cocktail... this time we let the bartender get creative and enjoyed a mix of bourbon, elderflower, and a house bitters... delicious. By then I was a little drunk and brand was tired of the scene so we walked the long half a block home and went to bed early.
today i'm doing nothing. hopefully cleaning my room and the kitchen and running a few errands... but other than that i need to not spend any money and i need to take a nap.
and maybe i need to eat something normal at a normal hour!
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