Good old reliable chocolate chip cookie from Oro, and we mean that in the most flattering way possible. It will never let you down.
The day we have been waiting for anxiously all summer has arrived, Cocoron, of our beloved soba, has opened a larger location on Kenmare, less than 5 minutes away. They may still be working out logistical kinks, but our soba was as delicious as ever. Despite our practice of not repeating lunches before 6 weeks have elapsed, we may not be able to resist waiting another month or two before eating at Cocoron again.
To really ensure that we took a full tour of Brooklyn this morning, we veered farther south into the Gowanus for a slice of pie from our favorite pie purveyor, Four & Twenty Blackbirds. Upon return, we missed the on-ramp to the BQE, but sped alongside it until we hit the Brooklyn Bridge, at which point we tried twice to get on the Manhattan Bridge, circling around and around, but it mysteriously denied us entry so we carrried on to the Williamsburg Bridge where we finally managed to cross back into Manhattan.
We were in Bushwick meeting friends James and Sarah about the conversion of their commercial loft to a multi-dwelling residential building so of course I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to pop over to Cobble Hill to meet Judy for lunch. Did I ever mention that years ago M. and I were in McCall, Idaho for a friend's wedding so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to pop over to Yountville for dinner at French Laundry? Detouring for food could be one of our favorite pastimes. Brucie was charming and delicious, not shown here is the savory tart that we adored.
At first blush, the counter at the McNally Jackson Cafe looked bare of baked goods but the cookie jars beckoned and we picked an oatmeal cookie to which the gentleman behind the counter declared emphatically it was his favorite Pickle Petunia cookie.
Tacombi changed their ordering structure again, this time moving from counter ordering and self-pickup to the traditional host and waiter model. We never noticed the plato taco on the menu before, so of course we ordered it. The sample plate tacos are quite a bit smaller than what we remember from individual ordering so we supplemented with a small rice and beans. I loved the maiz y pablano (corn), unexpectedly crack-like. It's better to share with a close friend or someone who's germs you don't mind sharing as the tacos were so small it was hard to split them so we each ate until the halfway point and then switched. The first two beef tacos were an especially a great combination.
Ah, another office birthday, another round of assorted cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcake. Thanks this time to Christopher for celebrating his day of birth, these few decades later.
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