Tidbit

I know I’ve written about receiving presents that are delivered into the workplace before. I think that it’s such a good idea to do for someone. Especially if they are having a shitty workday. It’s out of the ordinary. It’s also unexpected which makes it even better of a surprise. It’s a win win situation, no doubt about it. Unless, you abnormal people out there don’t fancy presents or surprise packages. I guess I am just easy then. =) (NOT LITERALLY)

One of the most original and coolest presents that I’ve received is a pineapple. A fresh, hand-picked pineapple from Maui. I’m not sure if it was a present whose intentions meant “Hey! Since you couldn’t make it to Hawaii with me, here’s Hawaii bought to you (in the form of a pineapple which I love love love!) or “Hey! Sucks to be you NOT in Hawaii enjoying the perfect weather,and perfect pineapples”.

Either way, the thought and efforts were there and I applaud that. It’s definitely a pleasant surprise.

In this day and age, who really gets flowers anymore?? I can’t remember the last time I got them..maybe over two years? But then again, does edible arrangements count? Oh wait, I did get a beautiful spring mix for my birthday this year.  They were gorgeous!

Pineapple sent from Mr. Pineapple from Maui, Hawaii.

Today was a cruddy day.  The rain, the wind, the wisdom tooth pains. It is the perfect combination for resulting in cranky, moody, miserable ME.

UNTIL, I discovered sorbet in fruit shells!!! OMG, incredible. I’ve only had this similar frozen dessert in my neighborhood restaurant, Belvedere.  But, now since I found it in a super store, I can enjoy them at home anytime I like. Although, it is not as freshly, homemade as the restaurant, it will just do when I have my midnight cravings. The bonus is that it comes in a variety of flavors, all of which I coincidentally love love love!

Pineapple Sorbet

Mango sorbet in Orange shell.

Coconut Sorbet

If reading this tidbit caused you to feel the need to urgently know where to find my precious discovery, feel free to email me under the “Contact” tab and write an essay of why I should tell you where to find this secret gem.

Sound gross?? BUT it’s actually hella good! I bumped into a colleague who offered me some. I was excited when I saw it but not initially because of its name (weird!). It is really tasty and delicious. It reminded me of genoa salami (which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!). There were countless days (and nights!) where I’d get half a pound of it and dunk them in deli mustard… I would do this regularly once a week. Well, Lebanese bologna is quite similar in taste and in texture but the texture is slightly (very slightly) towards the bologna side.

Thanks FH for bringing some back from Philly!

This may be the ONLY post or tidbit that I’ll write about and not expose its whereabouts. It used to be  one of my favorite things to do in the middle of the night. My special friend bought me here a few years ago and since we recently had the idea to go the other day; it brought back all my memories of such good times.

So this is a bakery in Queens; they have normal hours til about 7pm. But since they have such a large operation, they work all night baking breads in all shape and form to be delivered in the crack of dawn and typically goes on all day. In the middle of the night, when fat asses like us are hungry for freshly baked hot Italian bread, we would come here into the back door and ask for some. We’d pay something like $1.25 for it and its straight out of the oven. Of course, it’s not exactly an official operation, but if you grew up in the neighborhood, the bakers would know your face and sell it to you.

In this world, you can get pretty far on your own, but it’s definitely a plus when you know someone. In this case, getting steaming hot bread at 2am…priceless.

*The picture above is an iphone picture he snapped under the radars.

I went to dinner with my possibly new #1 eating partner. It was at Boka, the restaurant version of Bon Chon (the chicken wing place). We ordered incredible amounts of food and for the first time, I wasn’t the one doing the damage on ordering excessively! In addition, we went to Luke’s Lobster for a snack right before dinner when we were on the way to the restaurant. Again, her idea! As a result, I am considering placing this eating partner on the top of my list. (Maybe not #1 but definitely have room for competition) I adore you for being so awesome! (yes, a cheesy shoutout) BTW- that lobster roll was TASTY AS HELL. I plan on going back to try the crab and shrimp roll and the empress crab claws. Read their story in the link above; they bring the lobster back from Maine. You get 4 ounces of lobster meat from 5 or 6 lobster claws. YUmmMmmm!

The leftovers that came home with me.

We also had watermelon soju at Boka so this doesn’t seem bad for breakfast food. The presentation was really cool. It was a whole baby watermelon filled with soju.

Boka/Bon Chon
9 Saint Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
(212)228-2887

Luke’s Lobster
93 E 7th St.
New York, NY 10009
(Btwn 1st ave & Ave.A)
(212)387-8487