What a difference a few months can make!! I feel like it was YESTERDAY that we were overcome by the sun walking through the Green Market (or even DYING of heat in June!). Fast forward 10 seconds and now we're knee deep in snow for our trip to NYC today....
OK...I lied. It wasn't knee deep....it was more like WAIST DEEP!!!!!
hahhahahahaha...a good portion of today was spent leaping puddles and trudging up mini snow mountains when the snow puddles were just a little too large for leaping:) hahahahhahaha....
Thankfully it didn't take us too long to get to the Flatiron district and we headed straight into:
We've been wanting to try Mesa Grill for sooo long! (Bobby Flay's other restaurant;)
Thankfully, there were NO SNOW PUDDLES to be found inside:) hahahahhahaaha....
Just a colorful decor...
...and kitschy cowgirl lounge chair covers:)
And after spending a few minutes drooling over the menu, we finally placed our order and shortly after arrived the bread. But not just any bread: Blue Corn Jalapeno corn muffins....ummmmmmm, ok??
I loved that these were SPICED, without being Spic-Y! :) Sooooo good:)
And thennnnn we proceeded to the 'house appetizer': The Shrimp & Roasted Garlic Corn Tamale with fresh corn and cilantro sauce....
"Great" does not do this justice! The shrimp ACTUALLY were flavored of the roasted garlic (I could smell this before it got to our table:), and the cilantro sauce was a perfect compliment to the sweet corn tamale. We could have let happy just after this alone. Soooo good!!!
And it just got better from there:) For my lunch, I had the Swordfish Club...topped with bacon, avocado, tomato & arugula. To die for!
And served with THE CRISPIEST FRENCH FRIES I'VE EVER HAD. Not one wimpy one in the bunch...they just put lunch over the top:)
Scott ordered the pressed roast pork sandwich with grilled red onion, ancho mayo & arugula...along with those crispy, crispy fries:)
He said he really liked it, but I can't judge...I barely looked up from my swordfish:) hahahahhahaa....
And do you think it's impossible when I say it gets even BETTER????? Well...it did:)
We'll start with Scott's dessert: The Pear Buttermilk upside down cake with butterscotch sauce & Winter spiced ice cream...
I got exactly ONE bite of this dessert and it was HEAVENLY! The top of the cake had a crunchy, almost brulee-like, top and smothered in the house-made butterscotch sauce, which formed a gooey SHELL over the spiced ice cream. Heaven, right????
But alas, it was no match for my dessert:)
As there was NO WAY I was leaving without a slice of the Triple layered Toasted Coconut cake TOPPED with COCONUT CREAM!!!!!
Now, slight confession: Scott actually made me this EXACT recipe for my birthday 2 years ago and while the cream on this cake just MELTED in your mouth...I must say: Scott's actual CAKE layers were just a littttle better:) They were like air:) hahahahhahahaa....but I'm sure he was MUCH happier for a slice of this cake to just arrive in front of me then to tackle that recipe again:) hahahahahahhahahaha ....
And after THAT...we were STUFFED!!!!! We were pretty happy to have to puddle jump our way back to Madison Square Garden for Wintuk!!
Really cute show and some amazing acts!!! The highlight was the flurry of "snow" they tossed on the ENTIRE audience at the end:) It was so cute:)
And after the show, we had had our fill with dodging snow and decided to head home.
Since I didn't get as much walking in as I had hoped (and since I was STILL FULL when we got home), I decided to break out my "Body By Bethenny" DVD for the 40 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of weights & 5 minutes of "booty blast"....
And now I'm beat:) hahahahhahahaha.....
Are you guys enjoying your week?? I'm trying to savor EVERY. SINGLE. SECOND of our break:) New Years is coming too quick for my liking...but maybe that's because I always think NY's Eve is a little sad mixed in with all that "fresh start" business:) hahahahhahahahaa....
Oh well, hope you liked our NY recap and are having a great night!
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