If you read my other blog you know I have not fallen off the face of the earth. I have just simply started a new job. But I must say, I've had so many food related thoughts for posts come into my mind that I've been a little sad to not be able to share them with you.
And it just doesn't feel right cooking a meal without taking a million pictures.
Since I haven't been taking a million pictures of the things I have cooked over the last two months (Poor planning on my part! Sorry, not perfect just yet....), I'll be starting simple by sharing with you my favorite coffee place in NYC.
Hubby and I were in NYC a few months ago. He had a meeting to attend for work and I demanded to come along. So while he sat in a meeting, I shopped in Times Square.
It was a little warm out, so naturally, my thirst grew. The one piece of advice I'd like to give here is this: when your thirst grows in NYC, do not give in and run into a Starbucks! You can do better!
Don't get me wrong, I love Starbucks, really I do! But there is one located five minutes from my house. So, why buy Starbucks, that I can get at home, when I'm in a city that offers a well rounded variety of possibilities in the coffee department alone?
This little place caught my eye:
and I decided I was going in.
*Confession time. I did feel a slight pang of guilt that I would be enjoying a delicious coffee whilst hubby was sitting in his boring meeting. However, I made up for it later. Wait and see.
Since it was warm out, I went for a Mocha Frappe. I felt even more guilty because this is hubby's drink of choice, not mine. I'm typically an iced latte type of person.
But I was so glad I chose it. It was smooth and creamy with the perfect amount of espresso throughout. The best part? I didn't crunch on a single speck of ice like I typically do when drinking a mocha frappe of other coffee establishments.
And, I'm not too proud to admit, it was halfway gone before I had even walked a block away.
I was in such a state of euphoria as I drank my frappe that the time flew by and before I knew it I was waiting for hubby to come out of the Nasdaq building. Quickly, I confessed my sin of drinking without him and finished my statement by demanding that we go back after dinner.
Hubby got the Mocha Frappe and was, of course, quite impressed. I ordered a cappuccino and was then talked into one of Caffe Bene's specialties by the girl who rang us up.
Are you ready for this?
Waffle. Ricotta. Fig jam (with bacon in it). Almond slivers.
Don't think, why? Just think, wow. Because it was wow. So, so, wow!
Never would I have ordered such a thing on my own. But I was so glad I did.
The one and only downside that I must tell you of Caffe Bene is that there is only one in NYC and only two in all of America.
That makes me a little sad inside.
But, on the upside, it gives me reason to visit NYC more often. And, I think I can handle that...
