the water club

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for restaurant week: the water club. situated along the east river, with great views from the dining room...

app: lobster bisque

main 1: lobster

main 2: braised short rib

dessert, meh = no photos.

the braised short rib, which was my main, was really good. literally, a cube of meat.

persephone

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for restaurant week: persephone.

app 1: greek salad

app 2: calamari

main 1: rabbit

main 2: lamb tenderloin

dessert 1: flourless chocolate cake

dessert 2: rice pudding

the lamb tenderloin served on a bed of eggplant was really good. the other dishes, a bit of meh. would go back to try the moussaka tho...

BaoHaus

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made the journey to baohaus, lower east side.

chairman bao

haus bao

sweet bao fries

i had really high expectations for this place...but it ended up disappointing. it was o-k, and even bordering on meh. nothing special.

the sweet fries...like 3 pieces of toast sweetened and deep fried with sesame sauce on top. aye. we did not finish. :(

superbowl commercials

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contemplating:

DVR-ing the superbowl.
not for football.
but so i can watch the commercials
^-^

hayden-harnett spring cleaning sale, part deux

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okie, so i was at the h-h sale last night where items were up to 80% off. all apparel was 70% off and outerwear was 80%. bags varied in price...spring preview items were not greatly discounted. tho, there was a damaged bin of items which were cheaper.

i ended up getting the kristy trench:

hayden-harnett kristy trench ($450), sale $90

for SC, what a "s_ _ _ _". tee-hee.

hayden-harnett spring cleaning sale

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started today.

been there and back, peoples.
more laters...

must eat. tonight's resy: persephone. in my 'hood. why?

lazy...of course.

xi'an famous foods

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oh, fats. more talkie-talk about food.

xi'an famous foods newly opened location in manhattan. saving a trip out to flushing. the restaurant (i use loosely, as the space is about the size of my bathroom) is well hidden under the manhattan bridge.

savory cumin lamb burger $2.50

liang pi cold skin noodles $4.00

spicy & tingly beef hand-pulled noodles $5.00

chang-an spicy tofu $2.00

best of the bunch was the savory lamb burger. in for a close second was the spicy & tingly beef noodles. i wasn't too much of a fan of the cold noodles. in fact, i popped it in the microwave to make it hot. spicy tofu? well, it's still sitting in my fridge in a nearly full container. it's about ready to be thrown out. o_O