Bobby Flay Throwdown Weekend...

So after my flurry of posts and recipes yesterday, do you know what I have for today?? NOTHING! :) hahahahahah So I figured since no one would want to see pictures of our boring ole Monday night dinner of chicken with salad, I thought I'd post some old pictures you might enjoy a little more:) These were from Scott's birthday this past August where I surprised him with an overnight trip to NYC. And since we're both big "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" fans, I made this our pilgrimage to try some food items he's had on the show (party animals, aren't we??:)

For dinner I made reservations at "Bar Americain" on 52nd Street. http://www.baramericain.com/newyork.php After I saw the menu online, I was sold. He had so many items that he had made on "Throwdown", that it was a MUST :)

Everything we had was amazing, and I loved that they didn't rush you out of there! Our dinner lasted over 2 hours;)

Scott got the Vidalia onion soup for an appetizer (one of his favorites), and I got the Shrimp & Grits. We also split a grilled pizza with bacon, caramelized onions and toasted garlic. By this point, the waiter knew we weren't messing around:) hahahahhahaha....

Here was Scott's dinner: Philadelphia style strip steak with provolone cheese sauce and caramelized onions...

And here was my dinner: Mussels and fries in a green chile coconut broth. I knew I was having this as soon as I saw it on the menu because I completely drooled through the episode when he made it on "Throwdown":) hahahahahaha...(bad visual? sorry, it's true;)

And yes, we split a side of baked potato chips with blue cheese dip....Don't judge;)

Dessert was the piece de resistance! German Chocolate Cake (another drool-worthy episode of "Throwdown"). Sometimes I think sky high cakes in restaurants tend to look better than they taste, because they are usually dense and very dry. Well, NOT this one! AMMMMMAAAZIINGGGGGGG!! Super moist, lost of coconut layers with a chocolate glaze on top. It was heaven on a plate! And yes, that is coconut whipped cream along side. Dying, I was dying!! :)
And as if that wasn't enough dessert for one night...we hit stop number 2:) "The Dessert Truck", site of the bread pudding throwdown,.. And thankfully, since it was NYC, we did walk about 4 miles to get there and 4 miles back! ;)

(Apparently now they've actually become a pastry shop on Clinton Street since our visit...interesting... http://dt-works.net/)

Here was my extremely overexposed picture of the chocolate bread pudding with bacon creme sauce...yes, I said bacon... ;)

This was wayyyyyyyyyy to rich for me! I only about a few spoonfuls. I was hoping you could actually taste a little salt from the bacon sauce, but you couldn't. Scott liked it though, so that was good...:)

Shockingly, we actually woke up the next morning hungry! (must have been those 8 miles;) And we were ready, because I planned for us to make a trip to the Clinton Street Baking Company, site of the blueberry pancake throwdown (another of Scott's favorites). http://www.clintonstreetbaking.com/

And this brought us to the LONGGEEESSTTT time it's taken to get breakfast EVER! Let's just say we left our hotel a little before 10 and didn't sit down to breakfast until 12:30...and somehow, it was STILL worth it...

First we split a biscuit to try, which was also the size of my head...;)

And finally we had the signature blueberry pancakes with maple butter. How good we're these pancakes? Try "we waited in line for over 2 hours to be seated and had ZERO REGRETS" good!! They were like AIR, totally amazing! (and I'm not really a blueberry pancake person:)

Now wasn't that better than a post about salad and chicken?? :) However, now after posting all of these amazing dishes I'm ready to hop on a train to NY....right now! ;)