Last Sunday was another great day with the husband.
We went to see Monkey: Journey to the West, which was
amazing. Music by Damon Albarn, animation by Jamie Hewlett-
it's got a little bit of everything: contortionists, kung-fu, opera,
plate spinners, electronic music, buddhism-it really is a whirlwind
of a show. It was also my first time seeing something at
Lincoln Center, so I was extra excited.
It's always fun to visit different parts of the city,
we are almost never on the west side. That also means
seeing different subway art. I especially liked
the mosaics at the Lincoln Center 1 stop
After the show we headed down to familiar territory
for a mini crawl, the only rule was that we had to go to
places that we had never been before.
We started at Desnuda, which I had definitely heard
of before but wasn't really sure what the deal was.
It was the perfect first spot, it had a bit of a
cuban vibe-no tables just a long bar with about
16 seats. They had a fun wine list with only
South American and Spanish producers.
I had a chard-gewurtz blend from Uruguay
and the husband had a glass of Vinho Verde Rose.
We got there just in time for dollar oysters, so the husband
quickly ordered a half dozen. While he enjoyed them I
scarfed down the fresh popcorn that had been sprayed with
truffle oil
then came the tiger prawn ceviche, it was perfectly
spicy with tons of flavor. Ceviche is one
of our favs, it's really the ideal summertime food.
After this we wandered over to Porsena. This is a place
that has been on my radar for so long, and I happened
to see that they were doing taco specials on Sunday-
but by the time we got there we both agreed that pasta
(which is what they are known for) sounded much
better to us.
For drinks I had the Txakolina, which is a slightly fizzy,
refreshing white from the Basque region in Spain, and the
husband had a Ciliegiolo Rose from Liguria-the Italian Riviera.
We started with crostini topped with
mozzarella and bottarga. I was a little
nervous about the bottarga-which is cured fish
roe- but it ended up just being rich, salty,
and delicious. Can you really go wrong with
crostini??
Next was the Pasta al Ragu, which we assumed
would be in a red sauce but were surprised to find
that it was just the most tender and juicy pork
ragu you could imagine, sans tomatoes
Next stop was the Gin Palace.
Great interior, awesome drinks, we
will definitely be visiting again
Then came the intermission, one drink at ABC Beer Co
We finished off this epic crawl at Alder. It's Wylie
Dufresne's newest place and the husband actually spotted
him when we were there!
We shared the sea scallops with hush puppies and
kimchi puree
and for dessert had the cheesecake stuffed cherries
Both were so satisfying.
For drinks I had the Red Zepplin:
Gin, Sumac, Strawberry, Tonic.
The husband had a German pinot
noir rose from von Buhl.
After that it was time to head home.
I feel like the luckiest lady in the whole
wide world. The husband has made this birthday
month so magical, I'm so thankful for him
it's almost hard to put into words.
I should also note that 7 years ago today
the husband and I had our first kiss, and
that was the beginning of us.
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