The Gluttons Take a Vacation

No, not a vacation FROM gluttony -- heaven forbid!
The first week I was solo. This did not hamper me.

Providence
Staying with Patucci and Mark is always an exercise in gluttony. They are both excellent cooks (and hosts!).
Denden on Benefit

For Patucci: KOREAN RAMEN spicy Korean noodles with vegetables and egg
Split: KIMCHI PANCAKE korean pancake/egg batter, flour, onions, kimchi 

For me: JAP CHAE  sweet potato noodles stir fried in sesame oil with vegetables and mushrooms 

Breakfast array:

The Apricot Scones have Almond Paste in them

#goals

Once Severo joined me, the gluttony got turned up to 11.

Troy, NY
Plumb (no photos)

Barneveld and Yorkville, NY
The Village Diner

For him: Village Giambrotti - Grilled Home Fries, Ham, Bacon, Italian Sausage, Greens, 2 Eggs, Mozzarella -- AMAZING.

For her: Eggs over easy and awesome Home Fries

Karam's Middle East Bakery

Spinach Stick -- spinach, chickpeas, and feta cheese in bread dough

Meat Sfiha -- mini pizzas topped with ground beef, onions, tomato, and pine nuts

Spinach Pie -- spinach, onion, and lemon in bread dough

Pita made on premises

Adirondack Lanes and Diner

My Aunt Bunny presides over breakfast there daily. We took my mom over and met up with:

Me, Aunt Bunny, her daughter Kitty, Kitty's daughter Jade (behind the ketchup), Kitty's daughter Sam, Allie, Mom, Severo

Desantis Meat Market & Deli

Tomato Pie slices for later. I ate mine while Severo toured the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

East Newark, NJ
Tops Diner (under new management and not as great as before)

For him: CORNED BEEF HASH & EGGS with buttermilk pancakes

For her: CUBAN BREAKFAST two eggs, chorizo con arroz y frijoles negros, salsa verde, fresh pico, maduros

(To go, I put the chorizo and salsa on a brioche bun to eat on the flight home. WINNER)

NYC
William Greenburg Desserts -- it's our pre-Met Museum tradition

We didn't get any luminescent cupcakes. Aren't they wild?

Xi'an Famous Foods

Tiger Vegetables Salad (celery and cilantro)
In bag: Spicy Cumin Lamb Burger
Spicy & Sour Spinach Dumplings

Scotch Plains, NJ
Nunzio's Pizza

Two jars of frozen "gravy" to go.

STOP THE MADNESS!

Gluttony in NYC: Day 3

Another day, another great breakfast at Empire Biscuit:

Severo had the House-Made Pork Suasage Gravy Sandwich, I had Ham & Egg. Delicious!

We then checked out of Hotel 17, and worked our way out to the Smithereens gig in Riverhead, Long Island
Severo made a pit stop at Katz's, getting a pastrami sandwich to go.

I stayed in the car, pondering the occult sciences transpiring in

And yes, Jacques Torres DUMBO was "on the way", though parking was horrendous.
Again, I sat in the car,  since we parked in a loading zone.

Severo didn't have to ask me "what flavors"

Wicked Chocolate (with Hot Chile) and Fig.

It didn't take much to convince Severo to return to get a Fig Milkshake. Mmmmmm.
Fig obsession started.

Gluttony in NYC, Day 2

It was just the two of us, Manhattan as our oyster, on our second day in the city.

We started with dessert-for-breakfast from William Greenberg Desserts,
within walking distance of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

I was determined to see China: Through the Looking Glass and was pleased that Severo was willing to join me.
We scarfed down our goodies as the line became longer and longer.

The China show was AMAZING (seven posts about it on SpyGirl) and then we walked the John Singer Sargent show, also incredible.
I find Sargent's painting style very inspiring.

John Singer Sargent, Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, Oil on canvas, 1892

I was so preoccupied with the exhibitions, I lost track of the fact that I went for four hours fueled by only one coffee and one hamentashen. Needed food, STAT.

What better cure for my hunger pangs than some New York style thin crust pizza,
from our favorite place: Pizza Suprema at 31st and 8th.

Ahhhh. Relief.

I was then fortified to take on more sock shopping at Jack's.
Severo shopped vicariously through me.

Severo loves a good bargain.

After all that excitement, naps were needed.
And dinner:

Lobster Roll, Lobster Elote, Salad, Lobster Mac-n-Cheese, at Red Hook Lobster Pound

And dessert at M'o Il Gelato:

Mango Sorbetto, Limone Sorbetto, random cookies

Gluttony in NYC: Day 1

After the huge breakfast, we were ready to cross the Hudson.
Our room wasn't ready at Hotel 17 (it was 9am), so we unloaded our gear from the rental car, lobby checked it all, and ventured over to Brooklyn. Severo was on a mission to take me sock shopping and Telco is one of his haunts. Bargains were found, including houndstooth leggings marked $5.99 and only $2.99 at the register! After an unpleasant episode with a homeless woman, we went back to Manhattan to secure a good parking space near the hotel.

"OK, let's eat!"
We had lunch at Xi'an Famous Foods on St. Mark's.

Clock-wise from left: Spicy & Sour Spinach Dumplings in Broth, Spicy Hot Oil-Seared Noodles (my favorite), and a Spicy Cumin Lamb Burger. It was too much food and too hot to be eating hot noodles. Oh well.

For dessert, we tried to go to ChikaLicious Dessert Bar at 203 E. 10th St.

"Sorry, closed due to broken freezer."

Boohoo. We had such a great experience there in 2012.
Implementing Plan B, we went across the street to The ChikaLicious Dessert Club, a more informal branch of the ChikaLicious empire.

We had the Madagascar Vanilla Creme Puff and a Bun Chika Bun Bun (Pate a Choux with carmelized-gingerbread filling).

It was then finally late enough to check in and collapse into food coma naps.

6:24

7:29

That evening, we walked over to the High Line and perused the New Whitney, which is at the south end on Gansevoort Street. I wrote a post with some of the art that we saw over on my Fashion Blog SpyGirl.
Our posing antics with the Freedom Tower were not included.

All that art viewing made us hungry again.
We ended up at Dirty Bird where we got Fried Chicken (for Severo) and a few sides.

Sauteed Garlic Kale, Mac-n-Cheese, Potato Salad, Veggie Rice, Chicken topped with Corn Bread

At that point, we called it a night.

11:57

Gluttony in NYC - 99 Cent Fresh Pizza

It's 2am, you're in Murray Hill and you're hungry. Where to go?
99 Cent Fresh Pizza!
201 E 34th St #B, New York, NY 10016

Where else can you get a decent 18" pie for $8?

But sorry, no anchovies.

Gluttony on Tour: New York 1/19 ~ 1/22

I had all intentions to report on this trip as it transpired...
I WAS TOO BUSY EATING!!! 
This trip, I managed to come home with more clothing than food. Here's some of the booty:

1) Desigual mini skirt with NYC motif
2) Uniqlo heat tech tanks + socks
3) Sev's 25¢ NYC tin, Duane Reade
4) cobalt Wigwam socks, Sockman, St Mark's Pl
5) ceramic "go" cup, greek deli style,
MeMe Antenna, Williamsburg
6) Oslo Roasters Freya blend roast coffee, Williamsburg
7) Hot Sox tights from Sockman
8) Barbie pink knit cape + scarf from
Mandala Tibetan Store, Williamsburg
9) bag from Rice to Riches --
ate the pudding before airport security,
tub of caramel sauce made it through, sanctioned by TSA
(missing -- still in Sev's bag:
six molassas cookies from Pies n Thighs)

Stay tuned for a full report on what we did, I'll roll it out slowly.
It was a super fun trip. We packed in a lot of eating and touring in very little time. Need a vacation to recover from my vacation!

Gluttony on Tour: Day 1 -- Pies-n-Thighs

We high-tailed it to Brooklyn for breakfast.

Our favorite breakfast spot in Williamsburg:
Pies-n-Thighs

You may remember that I hung out here for hours
last summer.

"Fish & Grits" for two!

Funny mug graphic.
Oslo Roasters coffee. More on them later...

We sat right next to the dessert case.
This became a problem...
We immediately got these three donuts to go,
plus six molasses cookies

Breakfast! Finally!

Happy

Free donut holes.
Why they thought we needed these, I don't know.
Saved for later.

Next, it was time for pie. Decisions, decisions...

key lime

banana cream

chocolate pudding

peanut butter

coconut macaroon
The WINNER!

compressed coconut flake crust (with eggwhite binder?)
chocolate glaze
vanilla cream
chocolate covered almonds
OMG

After all of that, a walk was in order.