Quick Mention: Mille-Feuille

Mille-Feuille is a super cute bakery that somehow found it's way into my Yelp bookmarks but not my post of places to visit.

They have displays of their delicious pastries...

...a rather large assortment of them. Those macarons are calling my name.

Yelpers seemed to have really liked the Almond Chocolate Croissant, so I decided to trust their word and pick one up.

They were right - it was DELICIOUS. Is it worth $4.50? I want to say yes, only because I don't believe I've had an almond chocolate croissant from anywhere else...so this wouldn't be an accurate opinion. However, it was darn tasty, even if there was a bit too much chocolate for my liking. Chocoholics will be semi-pleased.

Overall, I say try this place if you're wanting to treat yourself to some fancy treats, and get the Almond Chocolate Croissant!!

Happy Pi Day!

Pictured: Nutella Mini Pies

Quick Mention: Mango Mango

Mango Mango is a cute little dessert shop in Chinatown; in fact, it's pretty much right next to Chinatown Ice Cream Factory. So, if you chose a bad day to go to the ice cream factory where it's full, maybe you wanna check out Mango Mango.

Pictured: Slush Dessert and Slush Drink

Pictured: Close up of dessert

Pictured: Side view of the drink. Those layers had me (and my friend) captivated.

I am most definitely not being biased because my other friend works there. However, she did convince me to go, so there's that.

The mangoes were sweet and pungent in their distinct flavor; however, the strawberries (or rather the strawberry slush) wasn't as sweet, most likely because strawberries aren't in season at the moment. The jellies in the dessert (the clear things on the top right side) reminded me of a certain asian jelly cup that I can't seem to remember the name of. 

Also, there aren't that many seats, so be cautious of that. If it's a nice day out, you could probably grab a drink and sit at the park :D

All in all, pretty good, so I recommend checking it out!

Places to visit in the year 2014

So is this going to be a post about places I recommend you visit, or where I want to visit? Why not both?

I've been planning this post since January... And it was supposed to be for the New Years...and it's already the end of February... ... ... Better late than never? My original New Year's resolution was to go to new food places since I live in a city known for good food, but I guess I should add "not procrastinating" to that list of resolutions. 

Here are some places that I want to go to, or have been meaning to go to:

Streecha Ukranian Kitchen

I've heard of good things about this place from my friend ( hi Kelly if you're reading this). I've never had Ukranian food, so this will be a new experience. Plus, it's cheap, so if I don't like it, then I won't have to fret over wasting a ton of money.

Peter Pan Doughnuts

Maggie, my co-author of this blog and our beauty blog, found out about this place while browsing Yelp. She had me at "cheap, tasty doughnuts".

Pies and Thighs

This has been on my visit list forever, and I still haven't went because it's in the middle of hipster Brooklyn, which is kind of inconvenient to go to for me (transferring trains, UGH. It's the reason why I hardly go to Queens).  I just really want pie.

Kossars Bialys

Seriouseats and other food related websites have praised this eatery for their authentic bialys. I've only had packaged ones, so this will be nice to try.

Katz Delicatessen

Almost everyone knows this deli from the movie When Harry Met Sally, which I have never actually seen. regardless, I still want to munch on those sandwiches.

Il laboratorio del gelato

I've actually been here before, and if you actually read this blog, I have a review on this! However, that was the only time I've ever been there. Of course I want to go back and try more flavors - there were so many!

Harney & Sons

I've also heard of this place through Maggie, whom I already mentioned before. Conveniently, it's in SoHo, which is probably the only neighborhood in Manhattan that I frequent ( I live in the South Beach area in Brooklyn).  Because she mentioned clotted cream, I'm hoping this will be a good Alice's Tea Cup substitution because the latter is farther and almost always crowded; however, I don't doubt Harney and Sons will be crowded either.

That's it for me! If you've been to any of these places, tell me all about it in the comments! What should I try, what do you like? I'd appreciate it :> Stay tuned for the next part where I recommend places for you to try in the year 2014.

Quick Post / Mentioning of Macaron Parlor

Last Friday, co-author Shuzhen brought us to Macaron Parlour to buy (a LOT) of macarons for her and her family. I've never heard of this macaron shop before (gasp) so I was excited to go. We also got Coco's bubble tea after -w- (possible review? I have a review on my yelp page. People think it's funny.) 

Such a cute sign.

 

 

Shuzhen got 2 ginormous boxes (maybe she'll do a review for us *gasp*) while I, on the other hand, got two single macarons.

 

I decided to play it safe (sorta) and purchased a chocolate raspberry and an elvis (peanut butter and banana) and both were DELICIOUS. The flavors really came through through the fillings. No pictures, sadly, because I brought them home and my house has the crappiest lighting. :( Next time!
 

Cheetos macarons. W h a t.

 

 

I want to try more!

Meep

Hello my beautiful blumpkins! I mean pumpkins. Yes, that is completely what I meant.

Anyway, happy belated Thanksgiving, blog! This isn't really going to be any type of food post, just me catching up with what's been happening.

On the Friday before Thanksgiving, Maggie and I went to Canteen, a delicatessen and cafe that has pretty cool sandwiches and paninis. Because it's a deli, they also have bagels for breakfast, and other pastries. In honor of the then-upcoming holiday, I got a sandwich called The Avenue, which consisted of turkey slices and cranberry sauce. Very festive, n'est-ce pas?

Pictured: The Avenue. Delicious.

Post-Halloween Candy Mini Haul

It's one of my favorite times of the year - post-Halloween! Which means all the Halloween themed candy, snacks, and decorations are on sale for ridiculously cheap and just as delicious as normal!