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!
The photos look great! Seems like your having an amazing time in NYC. I’ve been following your blog for a while (this is only my second comment ever! lol) and I am super excited that you are in New York. I go to school here and am always on the lookout for yummy places to check out. After seeing your chocolate cheesecake, a trip down to Whole Earth Bakery seems mandatory now haha. And I absolutely LOVE Korean food. You should check out Tofu House in Koreatown or Mill’s Restaurant in Morningside Heights 🙂
Looking forward to your upcoming recipes!
You are so lucky to live in NYC!
Yummm, that all looks DELICIOUS! Funny story about your grandma — sounds exactly like something my grandma would do. Once my uncle took a huge bite of wasabi thinking it was avocado!
I loved all of these NYC updates and posts, they were super fun! Glad you had such an awesome trip, can’t wait for even more yumm recipes, they ALL sound so good!
See my chia winners post. Hint hint!
I’m learning about so many places that I want to visit in NY! I am definitely enjoying these posts!
I am, though, looking forward to next week’s recipes. They look like good ones!
I’ve really enjoyed the NYC photos 😀
And wooo new blondies! I always had an intention to replace the vanilla with cinnamon and the chocolate chips with raisins and see what happened… I may do that soon. Hehe.
I love how versatile your recipies are 🙂
Looking forward to more posts- although I’ll miss the two a day thing! 😉 xx
Todok looks kind of like chicken wings, haha! I have no idea what it is. Time to Google. By the way, is there a reason you got your dish sans tofu? I’m asking because I love tofu, but I hardly ever order it at restaurants, because I rarely like how they prepare it. Most places don’t know how to treat it well, unless it’s a vegan restaurant that knows its stuff. Anyway, I’ve been liking your NYC posts! I would have spent WAY too much money in that dish store you talked about in your last post.
I love tofu in things (like the pie or cheesecake or my ranch), but like you, I don’t always like it the way it’s prepared at restaurants. Also, I’d already had a lot of tofu with the cheesecake that day.
There’s one dish at the WF hot bar in TX, though, that is really awesome. I wish I knew how they cooked their tofu!
So glad you’re having a great time! Your photos are great so don’t worry about them 😀 I’m anxiously awaiting all of those dessert recipes and reading about your blog’s future (???). Aw man lady! What a teaser! Sheesh 🙂
i look forward to being bombarded with dessert recipes! can’t wait 🙂
Hey, no ugly photos when it comes to food! Cause we all know the “ugliest” meals are usually the tastiest!
Like green smoothies!
Girl your photos are great, no being down on them! That chocolate cheesecake looks amazing, like I want a piece right now!