Food feast at Madison Sq Eats

So, I finished class early that Friday and after hearing that Madison Sq Eats was going on, me and Mona decided to check it out and it turned into constant eating lol. So Madison Sq Eats is basically two blocks near Madison Sq park where various stores set up mobile trucks and sell samples of their products. Places like wafels and dinges, momofuku milk bar, robicellis, milk truck etc. So, after looking around we decided to get a classic grilled cheese from Milk Truck.

It was gruyere cheese on a buttery levain bread or something. It was pretty good. I would say definitely not traditional. You have to try it to know what I'm talking about as I cant really describe the cheese. Just go try it to see what I mean. Was it worth $5.25? Not really.

So, Mona wanted Shake Shack so we went and got Shack Burgers and the 'Shroom burger which I never tried before. The Shack burgers I wrote about earlier but they were out of this world good. I dunno how they do it but that is no ordinary burger. The shrrom burger, though very good and cheesy and delicious, does not beat the Shack Burger in my opinion. So the 'Shroom burger is basically a portabello mushroom that's deep fried and stuffed with cheese (mozzarella?) with lettuce, tomato, and shack sauce. It's really good and OOZING with really good cheese. It's a great vegetarian option. Then, I heard good things about their concretes, especially this one called the Concrete Jungle which was made up of vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, bananas, and peanut butter. I thought that the top was really good (as seen in the photo), there was a good amount of fudge, vanilla, peanut butter, and banana in every bite. But after a few bites there was no more banana and it just tasted like vanilla with fudge. They didn't mix it all the way so it stank after a few bites. I was really disappointed about that. So, that was just ok.

Then we went back to Robicelli's to get some sort of apple pie resembling cupcake. I think it was like an apple based cake with vanilla cream frosting and apple spices and caramel. It sounded really good. After biting into it, the apple flavor was very dominant. The cream was light too. and there was a lit piece of sugared apple on top too. It was pretty good, but nothing to talk about.

I also got my friend a voucher for pie slices so we picked up a slice of momofuku milk bar's crack pie which I heard was so addictive it was like crack (hence the name). I think it was just a buttery crust with a sweetened butter filling. Sounds nasty but they did something to that filling to make it taste good. I had a bite when it was cold and it was really melt in your mouth buttery. I imagine when it's warm, it's even better. It lived up to the hype. Then we saved the rest for the gift for our friend. And then we called it a day, as we had been very piggy. Overall, a great day filled with great food! It runs until mid-October so get there before they wrap it up!

Sticky Buns from Flour Bakery= Nice Buns!

Sorry in advance for the jumbled dates but I haven't updated in a while even though I had the pictures. I've been busy. Anyhow, while in Boston, I made it my mission to visit something featured on the Food Network being as they had described multiple places and since I would be there for two days and would not likely come back for a while, I had to get something off of my list. As it turns out, Flour Bakery was only ten minutes by car from the bus station we arrived at. I heard really good things about their sticky buns which were only served on weekends and apparently were so popular that you can even reserve them! And that;s what I did. I reserved four of those bad boys and took em home and waited til after dinner where we ate em nice and warm. Man, was this worth the trip!!! As you can see from the picture, all that caramel goo and walnuts look AH-MAZING. I was jumping in my chair waiting all day to try these babies. As soon as you bite into them, theyre so pillowy soft its ridiculous. And it's also kinda buttery in a sweet, good way. You also get a pleasant surprise of nuts in the dough as well as on the top. The buttery, soft bread combined with the sweet caramel goo and crunch of the walnuts made for a perfect bite. It threw Cinnabon outta the water. Seriously, the bars have been raised. Sorry, Cinnabon. If you're ever in the Boston area, seek these sticky buns out. They're worth it.

The NEW BIG GAY ICE CREAM SHOP!!!!

Sooooo, the sis and I were walking in the city looking for costumes for Halloween and stopped for some grub. She had pizza, I had Caracas (you can see the previous post for details about the deliciousness). Then, time for dessert. As you know, I like trying new things as there are so many places in new york that I need to visit and the list keeps growing longer. So, I heard that the Big Gay i ce cream Truch had a store with ice cream sandwiches and other treats and it was down the block from Caracas so I thought why not? So, they were out of there Lovelet ice cream sandwich from Melt Bakery so I decided to try the Mexican paleta from La Newyorkina as I heard their popsicles were awesome. They had a rainbow one that had layers of fruit flavors that sounded really good. It was strawberry, then apricot, pineapple, and kiwi. All in one popsicle! So I decided on that. It was really good for a popsicle. All of the fruit flavors were on point! So close to the actual fruit! and i would eat the popsicle sideways to get multiple flavors in one and the combos were really nice too. It wasn't too sweet either. So refreshing and fruity and perfect for the sunny weather. It was nice and interesting, but I didn't really see why they were so popular. Still good none the less.

Mona got the American Globes which was vanilla ice cream, sea salt, pretzel chunks, all dunked in chocolate. Oh my gee. That was the star. After I tried hers I wanted to toss my pospicle away and devour that thing! It was the perfect balance of sweet and salty, as I expected it would be. Eve nthough there was sea salt and pretzels which are salty too, it wasn't overpowering at all. The vanilla ice cream and chocolate balanced it out with sweetness. It was smooth and silky crunchy salty and sweet. I will definitely order again. Now that I don't have to chase down the truck, I can just come to the store! Check it outttt