So, being it was the day before the start of ramadan, that only means one thing. Eat anything and everything in sight.I had some free time available and decided to go to some places that I know would have great food. I started off going to Artisanal Fromagerie and Bistro.
Low and behold. Mac n cheese! It was voted as the best mac and cheese in nyc by Serious Eats so being in a cheese mood, I decided to see if it was true. Apparently it has parmesan cheese and bechamel sauce, so it's not the classic cheddar/ american combo. The top was sprinkled with crunchy breadcrumbs which I liked agains the really soft creamyness of the pasta. It was a different kind of macaroni and cheese. Not traditional but still pretty good. best in the city? I don't think so. But still a good dish. Still in the cheesy mood I went and got cheese fries from a papaya dog beause I wanted some of that cheese sauce that is just so darn good. And man, those cheese fries were everything I wanted them to be. I love cheese. I also went to foodparc and happened to see the kelvin slush truck. Got myself a small arnold palmer with passionfruit. As always, super awesome. I could actually taste the passionfruit. It was a nice touch without being too sweet.
Next, I was off to the East Village for three food places I had already visited but wanted new dishes from. Up first, the lovelet ice cream sandwich from Melt Bakery. Luckily, I didn't have to go all the way to Melt Bakery since the Big Gay ice Cream Shop sold it. Two red velvet cookies with cream cheese ice cream. Sounds good huh? It was. Surprisingly the cookies weren't rock solid. They were pretty soft but still able to hold up to the firm ice cream, which stayed firm for quite a bit. it wasn't a messy sandwich at all, and tasted true to the flavors. I liked it.
A few blocks over, I revisited Chickalicious Dessert Club. I had the eclair ice cream sandwich which was pretty good, but after the adult chocolate pudding, I decided it as time for possible redemption. Sadly, I was disappointed. Originally, I went in for the banana pot de creme that was a new dessert menu item but since they didn't have it and I love tiramisu, I decided to go with the tres leche tiramisu. How could you go wrong? Well, I gotta say, despite all the press this place gets, I'm never impressed by it. This tiramisu was so eh. It was a predominantly milky flavor with aftertones of coffee flavor. I liked the nuts on top and there was something in the cake that was like the rice balls in a crunch bar, but after the first bite, I wasn't really feeling it. Sorry Chickalicious but I don't know if I'll be back here again. The Dessert Bar (see previous review) however, does warrant revisiting.
Last stop, the coconut cruise from puddin'. It's a graham cracker crust at the bottom, coconut pudding, pineapple chunks, and then a final layer of coconut pudding. I first went to puddin and had the caramel macchiato which I loved so I decided to try this tropical parfait. I gotta say I was not wowed by it as I was by the caramel macchiato. The pineapples were sweet and I love graham cracker crumbs but the coconut pudding wasn't that great. It wasn't that sweet and didn't really have the strong coconut flavor that I would've wanted. All in all, I was disappointed the last tastes I had weren't the best but I still had some overall pretty good food that day. Ramadan, I'm ready.
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