My Poppy always said, “There are some people who eat to live and some people who live to eat.”
Luckily for me, I have a family that LIVES TO EAT! We seriously love trying new restaurants, eating a good meal, and then of course talking about our meal until we are sitting down at our next meal… hahaha.
For our first meal on Thursday we ate at Rana inside of Chelsea Market.
Rana was a little too pricy for my liking so I shared some pasta with Will. However, my mom’s cauliflower appetizer was by far the best thing anyone ordered! It was crispy and I really am so curious how they made it… anyone have similar recipes?
On Thursday night before we went to Wicked we ate at Totto Ramen in Hell’s Kitchen.
We were all really tired from only getting 4 hours of sleep the night before and I had a pretty bad sore throat so ramen really hit the spot for us!
(How good is ramen when you’re feeling under the weather? Honestly the best!)
Will ordered the Chicken Paitan and the Char Siu Pork Bun and I ordered the Vegetable Ramen.
The restaurant was teeeeeny tiny inside but I thought it was amazing how quickly they got everyone in and out. Super quick dinner that I highly recommend!
Early Friday morning Will and I woke up and walked to DOUGHNUT PLANT!
We shared the coffee crumb cookie.
Yes it tasted as good as it looks.
For lunch on Friday we hit up SHAKE SHACK!!!
Shake Shack is always a great go-to while in NYC! They are popping up everywhere so they were easy to find. Even inside Grand Central Station.
I have yet to order anything there that I didn’t like.
Anyone have a favorite item?
Also inside of Grand Central Station was MAGNOLIA’S BAKERY!
I’ve always really wanted to try Magnolia’s and I must say… it exceeded all expectations!
I ordered the caramel sea salt chocolate chip cookie and will dream of it until I eat one again…
And of course the most popular item at Magnolia’s…. their banana cream pudding!
I am not a huge pudding fan but I will admit… that’s a pudding I’d eat any day.
Friday night dinner was at our favorite restaurant we had last year in Germany… VAPIANO’S!!
We ate at Vapiano’s every chance we could in Europe so when we found out NYC had one we had to go. Think Cafe Rio… Italian style.
You go up and order and they make it all right in front of you with fresh ingredients!
After our race on Saturday morning we hit up Pick A Bagel!
I LOOOOOOVED IT. They have a lot of locations in NYC so if you just Google it lots will pop up.
Why does NYC do bagels SO GOOD?
Saturday afternoon while everyone watched the BYU vs. Utah Football Game I went by myself (big loser) to some food stops I wanted to try! I hit up sweetgreen and the ever so popular… Levain.
sweetgreen’s salad was oh so good. I would love if Utah could get one of these. It just has extremely fresh salads and a lot of food for the price you pay which is nice!
And of course… Levain.
I was waited BY MYSELF for 40 minutes in the cold for this dang cookie…… sooo does it get more nerdy than that?
Aaaannd our phone’s data plan cycle was ending Saturday night and we were SO CLOSE to going over so I couldn’t use my phone at all. Meaning I literally stood and stared at the sidewalk and froze my tush off all alone hahaha.
I tried making small talk with the people in line but they weren’t having it haha.
Sunday after church we hit up Sarabeth’s! The wait was long especially because Sunday brunch is such a huge thing nowadays.
And to be dead honest… I don’t know what the huge hype is about.
Maybe people love the idea of drinking alcohol at breakfast in a cute setting so that’s why it’s so popular?
But to be honest it was just like any other breakfast to me. Probably not worth the hour wait! But I probably think that because I don’t drink alcohol haha.
And before we left town I really wanted a cupcake so I tracked down the Sprinkles ATM!
Will admitted this was the first carrot cake anything he’s ever liked. Their cupcakes really are so delicious. Even out of the ATM..
And there you have it!
Yes, I will be in sweat pants until February.
-Liv
(Hat from Gigi Pip)
