The majority of the food we ate in New York was simple stuff that we ate and prepared at the apartment: sandwiches, cereal, fruit, yogurt, turkey chili, etc...
But when we had a chance to go out & about during the day, we sampled a fair amount of delicious food...much of it recommended to me by friends, blogs, and you -- my lovely readers. I've put together a series of posts to show you, because I'm assuming that you, like me, love to eat.
This first post is dedicated to the amazing smorgasbord that is the Brooklyn Flea.
1) A plum mint popsicle by People's Pops. They use fresh, seasonal, and local ingredients... and it shows. Probably the best popsicle I've ever had. I'm told their shave ice is amazing as well.
2) McClure's pickles. Do I need to remind you that I'm pregnant? We took a jar of these back to our apartment, and I think I ate at least one or two spears every day until they were gone.
3) Watermelon juice by one of the Red Hook Ball Fields food vendors. So refreshing. Although, a bit sweet for me. Next time, I'd ask for half lemonade / half watermelon juice.
4) An artisinal pretzel by Sigmund's Pretzel Shop. The pretzel had great flavor, but was stale by the time I got it towards the end of the day. I'm sure if you go directly to their bakery in Manhattan, you wouldn't be disappointed.
Photo by Ultrateg via Serious NY Eats5) A Maine style lobster roll from the Red Hook Lobster Pound. It was crazy delicious. We'd never had a lobster roll before, but we're now both certain that it's one of our favorite foods. Maybe we should move to Maine and become lobstermen.
7) The Ginny from Asia Dog. It's a hot dog covered in kimchee and shreds of seaweed (the bottom one pictured). Unexpected and pretty fantastic. Wish we could have tried all the other toppings: Japanese curry, sesame slaw, mango relish with crushed peanuts...
8) Pastries by Tom Cat Bakery. I'm lucky these guys don't have a shop in Heber, or I'd be incredibly fat.
You can probably tell by now, but there was so much great food at the flea...If possible, I would have eaten there every day and been happy. I've listed so much food here that it probably looks like we did anyway, right? Let me remind you that we were there two entire days, and we split most of what you see. But okay... I'll admit that it's still a lot.
7 comments:
what lovely food photos - will have to try that myself
i am completely obsessed with McClure's pickles! did you get regular or spicy? The brine from the spicy ones makes the most delicious virgin bloody mary i have ever had the pleasure of tasting. I havent been able to get my hands on a jar for months now and its killlling me!
Amelia - I think I got regular. I know there were sprigs of dill and garlic cloves in the brine, but not any hot peppers or anything like that. I wish I could get my hands on these here in Utah. I'll just have to learn how to make some myself. They were so addicting!
so much deliciousness! i'm officially hungry.
xo Alison
that lobster roll is one of the most delicious-looking things i've ever seen. i almost started gnawing on my screen.
i agree with sarah. also, those hot dogs look and sound way good. i used to not eat hot dogs ever. but now, they always sound good. they have a great hot dog place here that's a few blocks from our apartment. i don't think they have stuff like asia dog, but they have some crazy good toppings here too. and i either want to take you guys to top pot doughnuts or cupcake royale, so i can have an excuse to go to either.
Mmmm...can't wait to to try those places in Seattle, Amanda. Although, I'm starting to have to watch it if I don't want to end up the size of a hippopotamus with this pregnancy.
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