On my last full day in New York I went to Pastis for breakfast as it was conveniently located at one end of the High Line which I wanted to walk across. I had the egg white omlette with spinach and herbs. It was really good although the unrequested potatoes on the side were lukewarm and a bit soggy. Strangely I was asked to not take a photograph of the food as apparently the chef likes to know in advance when someone intends to take a photograph so s/he can “make sure the food looks nice”. Aghast I questioned the sanity of this and eventually the maitre d’ gave up and said she’d turn her back so I could take the photo. Sorry about the bad quality of the photo but I didn’t want to take another one in case I got ejected.
White omlette with herbs and spinach, and potatoes
Djerdan’s was my stop for lunch. I ordered a piece of cheese burek and a half serve of cevapi. The burek was fantastic with its chewy pastry and creamy cheese filling. The cevapi themselves (little veal sausages – no skin) were good (nicely grilled) although I don’t think the accompaniments did them justice (pita bread, raw onions and roasted red pepper sauce). I also ordered the tulumba (“specially made dough fried and dipped into honey maple like syrup”) and was quite disappointed by the cold soggy reality.
Cheese burek
Cevapi in pita bread with roasted red pepper sauce and onions
Tulumba
I happened to pass a small branch of Dean and Deluca’s and stopped in to get their Thanksgiving menu (they order!) and was waylaid by their chocolate counter. I succumbed to the apple chocolate and minty frog. Both divine.
Apple and minty frog chocolates
SP and I decided to spend our last night in New York at the theatre and scored half price tickets to David Mamet’s Oleanna ( starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles). We sought a nearby eatery and ended up going to the Clubhouse Cafe. I ordered a buffalo burger. Wish I’d gone to McD’s instead. The meat patty itself was tasty and spicy but the bun was terrible and the salad paltry. And it was dry – only ketchup supplied on the side.
Buffalo burger
After a late night search for Twinkies ended in vain I ordered a pizza from a nearby pizzeria (Patsy’s Pizzeria on 23rd) as somehow I’d managed to not have any to date. It was a bit of a disappointment, primarily because my expectations of oozing stringy mozarella were not met. Instead, a mozarella and ricotta concoction had been smeared over the base and after being cooked had turned to the consistency of dried paint. It was really strange. Otherwise the pizza was good. Hmmm. Let’s see what St Louis has in store for me.
Pepperoni pizza
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Another great read – it seems like either you’ve lucked out the last few days on the food front, or else you’ve become increasingly picky as the trip has gone on.
I went to the film society fundraiser tonight – thought it might be nice for me to contribute $20 to the cause after years of free films – and saw the new Werner Herzog film about Antarctica, “Encounters at the End of the World” which was really brilliant. I also had Burger Fuel, which was pretty good. Not NYC good, but good nonetheless.
Tomorrow night I’m going to see Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – a one-man synthpop guy from the USA, who is playing at Cassette #9 – hopefully I won’t get my shirt ripped open like last time.
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Have been away for a week and have been a bit behind on your food odyssey! Sounds like you are still loving it. Fixd isnt the same without you!
So totally not food, but what did you think of Oleanna? I saw it years ago at Downstage (not quite Bill Pullman & Julia Styles) and was decidedly underwhelmed.
I thought it was pretty good given how hard it must be to pull off a two person play. The ending was really intense and executed brilliantly. Provoked some strong audience feedback at the end – the guy sitting in front of me kept on going on about what a b**** the female character was.