day 4: the meatball shop (encore) & l'arte del gelato

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went to woodbury commons this past weekend. look at this ridiculous line outside the coach outlet store.

seriously? i just don't get it.

anyways. back into the city, with another visit to the meatball shop.

weekly special

mushroom sauce on the side

pork meatball hero & greens

closer look at the hero. with spicy sauce and mozarella.

a walk to the west village post-meatballs. for gelato at l'arte del gelato, of course.

passion fruit sorbet & pistachio gelato en cone

and because i'm so fats...


a whole pint of olive oil gelato for my freezer!

kampuchea

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in the lower east side: kampuchea restaurant. true cambodian food? not really. but who cares?

deep fried chicken (with peppery salt for dipping)

chicken and cabbage salad

(half) catfish sandwich

(half) oxtail sandwich

the deep fried chicken was sooo good. we immediately ordered another once we finished the first batch. the oxtail sandwich was also taste-y.

and since we were in the lower east side...

caramel ice cream sandwich (with ginger cookies)

post-dinner dessert at the meatball shop!

weekend food round-up

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it was a weekend of dining out... friday night at the rye house, saturday at the meatball shop and mole, sunday at al di la in bk.

and the single lonely pic i took for you was of the fried ricotta fritters from al di la. my apologies...

al di la's fried ricotta fritters with chocolate dipping sauce and whipped cream

the breakdown...

the rye house's cocktails are worth mentioning. the rye house punch and the creole daiquiri were fabulous.

the meatball shop's ice cream sandwiches were a surprise winner. (as were the meatballs, of course). the homemade mint ice cream is not your typical store mint ice cream; there are real bits of mint in it :P

and what can i say about al di la? i now consider the best place for pasta to be in brooklyn, not manhattan.