Category: Food
Anniversary Weekend
Jordan and I reached our two-year wedding anniversary today, but since the day fell on a Monday we ended up celebrating this past weekend. Friday we saw The Farnsworth Invention, the new play from Aaron Sorkin starring Hank Azaria. Sorkin’s Farnsworth mania stretches back a while I remember the story popping up in an episode of Sports Night.
Saturday we had dinner at Perilla in the West Village, which tv nerds will recognize as the restaurant opened by Harold Dieterle, winner of Top Chef season one. The food was very good, and unpretentious. I have four words for you: Pancetta-wrapped Pork Loin.
Hot Pot
Bid goodbye to some tastebuds last night at Grand Sichuan on Canal St., with Jordan, Amar, and Ken. I have to say that there’s a reason it’s been about five years since my last go-round with the hot pot - a few times I swear my esophagus threatened to close down. We heeded our server’s warning on the thin line between bravery and stupidity, and got the hot pot half-and-half, with one section of fiery hot broth and one plain broth. There was also plenty of Tsingtao to attempt to wash away the spice. We ended up dousing the remaining flames at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.
Also: who knew Franny’s had a garden? We were there on Wednesday for Joyce’s birthday. Sustainable pork! The wood-roasted ramps were great, too, and my first encounter with the wild leek.
