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Lobster Rolls at Luke’s

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After creating our own fragrances, some friends and I continued our East Village adventure with a late lunch at Luke’s Lobster, a tiny little store on 7th Street, between 2nd and 1st. You can get the regular Lobster Roll with a pickle on the side, potato chips and a drink, or you can get some creative combos that include things like shrimp rolls and crab rolls.

We were lucky to get in ahead of the rush, by the time we were finished there was a line, almost out the door. The demand  for these delicious lobster rolls is not without reason, each bit was filled with yummy, buttery goodness on a warm, toasted bread – no soggy roll here!  Luke’s Lobster probably has the best lobster roll that I’ve tasted to date and it’s in the East Village so it’s easy to get to!

Word of the Month: Cupcakes

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I’m not generally a TV watcher, I catch my shows on Netflix or Hulu, but there are days when I like to watch TV for hours – particularly TLC or the Food Network. My favourites are the marathons.

During one such binge I ended up watching a D.C. Cupcake marathon. There was something so appealing about the cupcake shop that I found myself waiting in line for an hour when I visited D.C. to try their cupcake. The wait was worth it.

Now, Georgetown Cupcakes has a SoHo location, and not just ANY location, but a location that is practically in my backyard. It’s was almost like they did their research and knew I worked close by and decided to open a cupcake store there so I can get cupcakes as much as I want*!

I promise I’m not obsessed, but I noticed that I was going to GTC at least once a week – sometimes more! I mean, how could you stay away from the pretty delicious cupcakes? They have a number of flavours and they change them from time to time, so I have to keep going back to try the different flavours*.

Also, they have this cute, pink, bedazzled KitchenAid Mixer, I almost can’t resist going to admire it … and getting a cupcake while I view*.

I have found a solution (though there isn’t a problem), it’s called a cupcake tasting! Grab a couple of friends and order half a dozen cupcakes, all different flavours. Cut each cupcake into the appropriate pieces. Delicious**! I have to admit, since their opening in February, I have had three cupcake tastings and it was good.

Look at those cute little pink boxes … move over Tiffany’s there’s a new box in town*.

* That’s my story and I’m sticking to it
** Wait, is that a solution?

An Abundance of Turkey

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This past Thursday was Thanksgiving, the national holiday of over indulging! For Thanksgiving I went down south to the Orlando area; my cousin was hosting the feast at her new house.

We had a lot of food, but what I thought was the most interesting was the three types of turkey.

First there was the turkey roll, which was as yummy as it looked. I mean, ground turkey rolled in a pastry and baked, what’s not to love?

Then we had the main attraction, the juicy Baked Turkey – I can tell you, it was VERY juicy.

Finally, there was Turkey Curry … yes, you read that right, that is curried turkey and it was good.

I think I’m done with eating turkey though … at least until Christmas where we’ll probably have the Turkey Roll again =D

NYC Food Trucks: Coolhaus

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Recently I visited the Coolhaus truck for the first time.

I was tickled their sign, Ice Cream Sandwichs and Freedom (disclaimer: in the USA!) but I wasn’t sold, yet.

You can make your own ice cream sandwich by choosing your cookie, then your ice cream and they put this in an edible wrapper … wait, what? Edible wrapper you say? I was sold! I asked the server to surprise me and he gave me a mango sorbet filling with a chocolate cookie and a red velvet cookie as the sandwich. It was delicious!

They are currently stationed at the High Line – near the roller rink on 30th – and have another moving truck that you can follow on Twitter. Check out their website for updates or like them on Facebook. Whatever you do, find a truck, and get a sandwich … and eat the wrapper. (It’s the little things.)

Teatime at Podunk Tea

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Po·dunk : a small, unimportant and isolated town. [MW]

When you walk in, you might wonder whether you’re walking into someone’s living room or a tea room; there are teapots everywhere, mismatched furniture and bookcases filled with books. However, Podunk is a tea room that offers a variety of dishes, from scones to sandwiches to deserts, as well as many kinds of teas.

Sitting on a lawn chair, surrounded by teapots and books make for great bookish conversations.

The food was pretty good as well!