Gramercy Tavern

Interior

Remember the sea salt and butter we had at Jean Georges?  IT WAS THE BOMB.  

And we found another bomb here at Gramercy Tavern.  Honestly, this butter is the best.  We gotta find out if we could buy it at our supermarket.  That way we could stuff our faces with butter everyday.  MMM!

Graprefruit Amberjack served with a citrus salad of blood red oranges, grapefruit, olives, and capers

The Grapefruit Amberjack was the special that day.  The way the waitress described it sounded so yummy, we both ordered the dish.  That's why there are two photos!  They look similar, but if you look closely, you can tell that the amberjack in the second photo is boxier in shape, the greens are organized in a different fashion and hahaha

We both agreed that this dish was one of the best meals we had in New York.  The citrus salad was quite amazing.  The tanginess went well with the amberjack and pretty much by itself as well.  We licked our plates clean

Macadamia and Coconut Brown Butter Cake with Coffee Ice Cream

Look!  We ordered a brown egg for dessert!   Hard-boiled hehehe

No but really, doesn't the scoop of ice cream look like an egg.  At first, the two of us were like "uh...think you gave us an egg..."  When we were told it was coffee ice cream, it blew our minds.  

First off, the scoop's not round!  

Second, why is it so freaking small?  It's half the size of a single scoop at Baskin Robbins.  But we forgive them because it was so much better than Baskin Robbins.

Although the ice cream was better than the cake.  The cake was alright and typical, not even sure what else to say about it.  Just imagine a Macadamia and Coconut Brown Butter Cake and that's pretty much what it tastes like.

Ricotta Cheesecake with Black Currant Sorbet and Chocolate

Look!  We ordered a red egg for dessert!   HAHAHA

But man, this sorbet was SO GOOD.  It black currant flavor EXPLODED in your mouth.  It's really too bad the scoop was so small...   And the two of us had to share it....

The cheesecake was also fantastic.  It was rich but not too heavy and had a light, sweet flavor to it which paired nicely with the sour sorbet.

Eaten by Jocelyn and Cathy.

Gramercy Tavern

42 E 20th St
New York, NY 10003

(212) 477-0777

http://www.gramercytavern.com/ 



 

Doughnut Plant

Everything was color-donut-coordinated!  The chairs, tables, and the wall were all donut-fied and adorable. 

We always order more than we can handle (comfortably, meaning we can fninsh but our bellies aren't that happy but WE ARE and that's what counts haha) 

Crème Brûlée Doughnut

Crème Brûlée Doughnut innards

Oh-hoho look at that filling!  Most of their donuts have filling which is awesome!  And we like the fluffy texture of yeast donuts because they're fluffy like doggies and we like doggies.  Haha but honestly, yeast are better than cake donuts.

Tres Leches Doughnut

Tres Leches Doughnut innards

This one's a cake donut that also has filling (although you can't really tell in the photo...).  It was good but, YEAST DONUTS ARE THE BOMB.

Banana & Peanut Butter Square Yeast Doughnut

Banana & Peanut Butter Square Yeast Doughnut innards

This one's the best donut because it was yeast and BANANA and PEANUT BUTTER!  Life combos like that don't get any better harharhar ;D

Hazelnut Chocolate Doughnut

Hazelnut Chocolate Doughnut innards

It was like a delicious Nutella filled donut.  Doughnut Plant's donuts are all very fresh and the fillings are delightful!

Eaten by Jocelyn and Cathy.

Doughnut Plant

220 W 23rd St
New York, NY 10011

(212) 675-9100 

http://www.doughnutplant.com

Crumbs Cupcakes

We finally made our way to Brooklyn the next day and came across Crumbs Bake Shop.  And well, just look at these pretty cupcakes!  How could we have possibly passed up this opportunity?

:D

Irish Creme vanilla cake soaked in coffee filled with vanilla buttercream and topped with Irish Cream cheese frosting and chocolate sprinkles

Irish Creme innards

;)

Dulce de Leche chocolate cake filled and topped with caramel cream cheese frosting drizzled with caramel and chocolate

Dulce de Leche innards

:O

Apple Cobbler apple cinnamon cake with apple preserves filling topped with vanilla cream cheese frosting and covered in streusel crumbs

Apple Cobbler innards

:DDDDD (double chin, we are gaining a double chin)

We didn't really know what to say about these cupcakes so we made some faces for your guys' enjoyment.

Okay, the cupcakes weren't bad...but we just couldn't fully appreciate them because they were quite quite sweet.  And that's coming from the two of us, who have sweet teeth (haha).  Most of the Crumbs cupcakes had filling which made them fun to eat and the cake part was quite moist!  In fact, now that we think back, the cupcakes were quite delicious except we ordered too much for us to handle.

So, we recommend that if you want to fully enjoy and love Crumbs cupcakes, don't get three cupcakes like us unless you have 5+ people. 

OH OUR GOODNESS!  They were selling this HUGE cupcake and it was the size of a normal sized cake.  Imagine having that as your birthday cupcake!  That would be pretty amazing haha

Before leaving Brooklyn, we we able to snap some photos of the lovely Brooklyn Bridge.  And wow, it was beautiful.  We sat there for as a long as our cold bodies could handle.

Eaten by Jocelyn and Cathy.

Crumbs Bake Shop

109 Montague Street
Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201

718-935-9600

http://www.crumbs.com



 

Our Dessert Marathon

We're back in California and we have so much New York food to share with you guys!!  Probably the next few week's posts will all be New York restaurants and eateries.  Oh our goodness, looking back at these photos just makes us want to hop on the next plane to New York RIGHT NOW.  New York was so awesome and delicious.

Collectively, the two of us gained 8 pounds in New York.  NOT BAD, RIGHT? 

We were very surprised too!  Guess it was all that walking in the city.  Now we know why New Yorkers are so fit!

This was actually the same night as our last post about Eataly's pizzas.  We were on our way out, our tummies stuffed with two pizzas but then we passed their display of desserts.  And then just like that, we had more room in our stomachs!  Funny how the world works.

The desserts all looked so pretty and yummy we wanted to try ALL of them.  But of course, the world doesn't work like that so we were forced to choose only a few.  It was so heartbreaking!

Panna Cotta Alla Vaniglia salted caramel topped with vanilla panna cotta and streusel pieces

Our first choice was pretty good.  WE LIKE TAKING SHOTS (referencing to the soup shots we took at Jean Georges, not actual alcohol for we are underage and good girls).  The vanilla panna cotta was kind of just like vanilla pudding, which was one expensive pudding ($3.80).  But we enjoyed it nonetheless!

Semifreddo sponge cake topped with cassis and vanilla chantilly cream mousse and finished off with fresh berries

Semifreddo innards

The Semifreddo was the perfect dessert to have right after the Panna Cotta Alla Vaniglia.  Pretty much anything sour or fruity cleans your palate, which is very refreshing.

Mandorla Tostata  sponge cake topped with toasted almond mousse filled with rich liquid chocolate

This could possibly be THE BEST THING we had in our whole stay in New York!  The mousse on the outside was so light and fluffy, it was like eating a cloud (although we have yet to eat a cloud).  And then we cut it open to take a photo and our goodness!  We were unprepared for the beauty inside.

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Mandorla Tostata innards

Just look at that oozing, pouring, rich chocolate!  It's like lava erupting from a yummy volcano!  It could even be the Eighth Wonder of the World.  The thick chocolate perfectly complemented the fluffy mousse making it the most satisfying dessert anyone could ever have..mmm....

And then, as we were on our way out (again), we passed by the gelato station.  And look at that!  We had more room in our stomachs again!  Our stomachs are just so amazing!  And we're just so out of control.

Pera Vaniglia (Pear &Vanilla), Lampone (Raspberry), Limone (Lemon) Sorbetto Gelato

All of their gelato was delicious but especially the Pera Vaniglia sorbet.  It was fragrant and tasted like fresh pears!

Stracciatella Banana (Chocolate Chips & Banana), Pistachio, Pera Vaniglia (Pear & Vanilla) Gelato

We probably ate a week's worth of calories within three hours at Eataly.  But we couldn't help it!  Eataly is such a trap!  There were food stations and restaurants everywhere you turned and they all called to you.  

And we found our calling.

Eaten by Jocelyn and Cathy.

Eataly

200 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10010

http://eatalyny.com