Plaza Food Hall by Todd English: Trying lots of food :)

So, I had a day off and was in the city and decided to try something new for an early dinner. After realizing, I have tried nearly every place I want to try so far, the only place that just opened that I hadnt tried was the Plaza Food Hall recently opened by Todd English.  There appears to be a number of food vendors that I love gathered together in this fancy little hall. Plus, there wasn't a lot of people which was a definite perk. Among the many vendors include Luke's Lobster, No.7 Sub, Billy's Bakery, Lady M Confections, Francois Payard Bakery just to mention a few. Let's explore what I had.

So, I couldn't really get a picture of it but try to imagine. I got the cheesesteak from No.7 sub. It comes with miso whiz, funyuns, and pickled jalapenos. I opted out of the pickled jalapenos as I am not a big fan. From what the woman said, miso is soybean based or something but basically they make their whiz out of real cheese instead of that fake stuff. I didn't care really, it just tasted like cheese to me. Personally, I wasn't too fond of it, but then again, I don't really like the wiz flavor so I am most likely biased. However, the beef was really good and there was a hefty amount of wiz on there which I liked. Lots of places skimp out on the cheese, not this place. The funyuns were a fun, witty addition to this sandwich providing a nice crunch to the ooey gooey mess. Right on No.7 sub.

Next up, the every fabulous Francois Payard Bakery. Can't go wrong getting anything in this place. Seriously, the man is a master (see previous post regarding stellar ice cream sandwiches). I opted for the Verrine Tout Chocolat - Rich Layers of Dark Chocolate Sabayon, Dark Chocolate leaves with Fleur de Sel, Chocolate Macaron, Chocolate Mousse and Caramel Chips. Tell me you did not just wipe the saliva that was dripping from your mouth. I will assure you, it tastes just as good as it sounds. How can it not with all of those great flavors. Look at that thing! So cute! I loved it because it was just layered with more and more surprises. There was a cute little chocolate macaron on top that was great. Then the dark chocolate sabayon. I put my spoon all the way to the bottom in an attempt to get every component. And they are all in there. I loved the layers of flavors. there was chocolate then caramel then a little fleur de sel. The textures were also great being that there was crunchy, soft, creamy, and smooth. There were also little bits of some sort of chocolate cake or brownie which was the best part hidden at the bottom. GET.

Hola! Bread puddin!!! I took a piece of bread pudding from pain d'avignon home. The pic is one that has blueberries and blackberries but they rotate flavors daily so mine was a peach bread pudding. I love bread pudding and heard good things so you're comin home with me! When I got home, I saw they packed a little custard thing that I poured on top. The texture was very dense, I must say. It was really really soft and moist though, something I love in bread pudding. It was studded with peach pieces that gave a little tart/sweet feel too. The bread pudding soaked up the custard which was very creamy and smooth. I also thought I tasted some chocolate chips. Not my fav thing from the plaza, I gave the rest to my sister.

Last, but definitely not least, I had heard that this froyo place had over 50 toppings so I knew I had to stop by. They had a good number of flavors, not as much as 16 handles but there were some that stood out to me as something I would want to try. I tried the mango ( I <3 mango) and coconut and those were pretty darn good so I got those. With toppings it was 79cents/oz. which is pretty outrageous but what do you expect from the friggin plaza food hall? I didn't get many of the toppings that they had mainly because they were candies and things that go with chocolate and I was going in a fruity direction. So I had my mango coconut concoction with raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, pineapple, strawberries, pomegranate seeds, mango boba (soooo good) and some other stuff I don't remember but I loved the selection of fruit. Not a lot of places have soooo much available. The coconut was verrryy creamy and coconut-y while the mango was sweet and being a sorbet, had a strong mango flavor. I thought the two went together really well, especially with the food toppings. So all in all, check out this gathering of delicious foods!