Food and Drink

This being New York, I thought I would have written about food and drink earlier than the 4th post! Luckily, I have some very sophisticated friends who know where to go and what to indulge in, or I would be lost at sea....
(Miles, this post is for you! Revisit it when you come to NY!)

A few cool places from the past week:

1. Resto - Belgian, with a cosy bar, and good beer options. Crispy pig ear was surprisingly good! Thanks to SJH for this one...

2. Andaz - a bar hidden in the depths of the Andaz hotel across from the Public Library. Dark, mysterious and sophisticated (also, delicious smelling empanadas.) Thanks again to SJH.......

3. Rif Raf - a new, invite only (I think?) bar/club, where a large and imposing man in black seeks out every new entry to the establishment to apply streaks of war paint to their face. Like it or not, you get painted! With all the sweat produced from dancing and inevitable spillage of drinks, it is very likely that most of your war paint will end up smeared everywhere, so don't wear your favorite outfit... This was courtesy of SJH and her lovely other half..

4. Bianca -  a popular Italian restaurant which does romantic candlelight really well and has great value for money. The wait is often 1 hour from the point of putting your name on the list so go next door to the speakeasy to hang out. (This evening was courtesy of ML)

Seafood linguine

Enjoying his lasgana....

5. Blue Smoke - good BBQ in Murray Hill. Spicy tuna taco appetizer was great!

6. *unknown new york diner* - Love the diners!!! Don't even care which one this was....I missed them!

Diner folk.....

Diner coffee! With the plastic milks!! 

Apologies to those who aren't really into food, or details (like the diner plastic milks)...I like both.