NYC Day 2: Note to Self - Must Stop Eating

Day 2 of NYC visit - my calorie intake has been close to that of a small family, but I just can't stop. If you are like my family, visits revolve around the next meal and in NYC, there are so many amazing and reasonably priced options. The food in the Tundra is getting better, but I deeply miss all the culinary delights, and my will power breaks down completely. So far, we have eaten at the following places, which you MUST try if you ever get to NYC. Please click on restaurant name for location and reviews.


Fiore - In the Southside of Williamsburg in Brooklyn is this little gem.
The food is all handmade, and the prices are amazing. Appetizers are between 5-7$ and the mains are 9-17$. What we had:
Baby Octopus - It was so tender and sweet - scrumtious
Artichoke Salad - Fresh juliened artichoke with amazing lemon dressing and pecorino shavings
Pasta with Artichoke, Olives and Clams - Tiny clams and fresh artichoke with lacy pasta
Lamb Shank with Mash Potatoes - Falling off the bone - heaven.


The Great Burrito - Upper West Side - Manhattan. This tiny place serves up fresh cooked Mexican at it's best. It is very close to the Museum of Natural History (more on that when I can download photos) and is very reasonable 5-13$. The portions are huge! What we had:
Black Bean Soup - Good hearty soup
Chicken Vegetable Soup - Delicately salty broth with salsa and chicken thigh served in an enormous bowl with tender vegetables
Huarches - This is what I had - known as the "cactus leaf" for the shape of the plate size corn meal tortilla (filled with a little bit of meat) and smothered with zesty pulled pork and green sauce. Pure heaven - salty, sweet, savory all at the same time. I ate the whole darn thing!


Sevilla - In the Village in Manhattan. I have been going to this resaurant for literally 15 years, and it is as good today as the first time. This is very traditional spanish food - with a heavy seafood focus, but there are lots of other things as well. If you do not like garlic in insane amounts, this is not the place for you. Make sure you eat with your smootching partner or you will be warding away the vampires. The portions are big enough for two, so definately incur the sharing fee if you don't want to overeat. Prices between 18-30 (but you can share). What we had:
Gazpacho - Good standard chunky soup, served nice and cold
Scallops in spicy garlic sauce - Delicous sauce that you can eat with bread for days
Marsicada with mixed seafood in green sauce - Heaping amounts of clams, scallops, shrimp and clams in the most delicious herby garlic sauce that you could literally eat as a soup.

Rocco's - West Village - Manhattan. You can't forget to dessert and in this Manhatten institution, you never will want to. They serve up fresh American Italian Pastry like no one else. I hade the lobster tail - folds of crunchy pastry smothered with powdered sugar and filled with bavarian cream. Yes, I thought about getting a canolli, but I will have one of those later....

Who knows what we will be eating tolday.......