Best thing I ate yesterday:
Chocolate Cheesecake from Whole Earth Bakery.
If you’re the type of person who likes sickly-sweet desserts, this cake (with no refined sugars) wouldn’t be for you. But what I like about cheesecake is its creamy texture. And what I like about chocolate pie is its richness.
The Whole Earth Bakery chocolate cheesecake offers both. It was delicious! (I wouldn’t call it cheesecake, though. It was more like chocolate mousse pie).
Dinner was awesome-sauce as well. (Hmmm, when others use that phrase it’s cute, but when I say it, it just sounds weird!)
We ate at one of my favorite restaurants: Hangawi.
If there were a place that was the exact opposite of fast-paced NYC, this restaurant would be it.
(Side note: the two photos, above, are from a trip to Hangawi last summer. I never posted about that visit, so I figured I should post the photos now!)
Having spent the day walking around the hot city, Jessica and I ordered iced ginger tea (unsweetened). Emphasis on the ice. For her main meal, Jess ordered a salad and a strange todok dish:
She liked the salad, but neither of us were big on the todok!
I ordered the clay pot in ginger sauce, sans tofu, but with an addition of soba noodles. (My meal didn’t come with rice, and I knew I’d miss my carb-y friends!) I loved it all, including the fun kimchi, which always reminds me of my grandma. Once, at an Asian restaurant, she took a huge bite of spicy kimchi, thinking it was lasagna. Poor grandma! 😕
I hope y’all enjoyed my different style of posts this week.
And thanks for bearing with my ugly photos like the one above. I am so excited to get back to my dslr and publish photographs as opposed to just snapshots. The photography element of blogging is one of my favorite parts.
I’m too busy being in New York to do an in-depth recap of the rest of our time here. Also, next week will be super-busy on my blog, so I want to concentrate on those posts, which will include:
Next two weeks:
- PB&J Blondies
- An honest post about the future of this blog (and my future)
- Healthy Frappuccinos
- Flourless Chocolate-Chip Cookies
And a lot more recipes. I’ve gotten so many ideas while I’ve been away, and they’re piling up!
Prepare to be bombarded with Healthy Dessert Recipes!
Hey, don’t bash your photos! You do pretty well with a point-and-shoot (that’s what I’m assuming it is?) in place of your DSLR… and besides, I’m sure it makes adventuring around NYC that much easier, without a heavy camera to tote. None of us mind – good to see you’re having lots of fun, DLSR or not. 🙂
That – dare I call it such? – chocolate cheesecake looks amazingly delicious. I agree that it doesn’t really seem like cheesecake, though (thank goodness) but more like fudge. Can’t have a vacation without dessert! And speaking of such – so looking forward to your upcoming dessert posts that you mentioned! I can hear the flourless chocolate-chip cookies calling my name already… Also, can’t wait to read your post about your and your blog’s future!
Have a great Saturday~
Yes, it’s a kodak… I LOVE this camera. Unfortunately, it’s 5 years old (i.e. not going to last much longer!) and they don’t make it anymore :(.
Your pictures looks so great, they don’t look like ‘snapshots’ at all! I know we are all enjoying them!!! Keep loving your time in NYC! ….Your poor grandma! :S OUCH!
Yay for the frapp next week! 😛 I’m ready!
That cake looks awesome!!
I certanly enjoy your real-life posts! And I cant wait for next weeks posts! Especially about your future!
Enjoy your weekend sweetie 🙂
AAwwweesssoommee Chocolate cheesecake. See? I can’t even time propoerly now! This cake looks totally great. Imitation soon? 😀 😀 😀 These photos are great… don’t worry! 😀
I hope so!
What these restaurants need to learn from you is how to make the plate look as amazing as it tastes! LOL 🙂 Glad you’ve had a great vacation!
Hey Katie! I’ve loved your NYC blog posts. It’s always fun to see what others experience in exciting new places. I’m looking forward to your PB&J blondies…and your healthy frappuccinos…and your flourless cookies…actually, I look forward to just about everything you blog about!
Your photos are still great in a different kind of way! I’d rather see cool shots of NYC scenes and quick snaps of the food than a set up scene with perfect lighting, because that means you would have been wasting precious vacation time worrying about pictures. Glad your having so much fun, and looking forward to some of those recipes you mentioned next week!
Those PBJ Blondies have my name written allll over them – I’m most excited for that recipe 🙂
I hope I do you proud. After all, YOU are the blondie queen!
Photography is all about the technique and talent of the photographer, not the equipment used.
Very true! I’m definitely a novice photographer… oftentimes even my dslr photos are blurry or dark. I’m having fun learning, though :).
that looks SO FUDGY! Im not really a fan of cheesecake because I find it VERY heavy, and quite frankly the non-vegan versions are really not all that healthy, but that looks pretty tasty! Although I do have a sweet tooth 😀
cant wait for your upcoming posts 🙂