Nomad restaurant in NYC

Saturday night, the Sisto's and Meth's celebrated their respective anniversary's in Nomad Restaurant in New York City.  Nomad is the sister restaurant to 11 Madison (one of the top restaurants in the World) and Nomad did not disappoint with a number of dishes I had never had before. The star was the duck which gets great reviews by 11 Madison customers as well.  My Aperol drink was really good and the presentation (that is a ball of ice on top) was exceptional.  The suckling pig was a first for me as well as the the appetizer of whole prawns with a nice dipping sauce which made the meal. Really nice place for a special occasion but what was really interesting was the music selection which, for a fancy restaurant was unusual - classic rock and other great songs!

Yankee game and Larchmont , NY dinner

Compliments of our Becker group we went to the Yankee game last Thursday and although the humidity was ridiculous the food was excellent.  Arnold and I, at Victor's suggestion went to Lobel's on the first floor of the Stadium for a superb steak sandwich which went great with my Goose Island IPA.  Great call Victor!

Our next stop was Annamaria's Kitchen in Larchmont, NY where the owner greeted us with some great stories about working with more than three administrations of NY mayors before she started this restaurant.  For a background go to http://www.annamariaskitchen.com/about-chef-anna-maria or wait for her book to come out!  The food was plentiful thanks to Vincenzo (our colleague and the owner's nephew selected some great options.  I coaxed Vincenzo into a nice fig appetizer but he came up with some the excellent appetizers on his own including a really light but tasty fried  flower and a bolognese on polenta.

My fish was the bronzino but I barely had room to finish it! A fun time was had by all!

somerville

A trip back to Boulevard Seafood in Somerville reminded us of why we like that place a lot. The appetizer of crab cannelloni with avocado (see prior post for the picture) just is one of my favorite appetizers anywhere.  The red snapper with the mushroom risotto and avocado cole slaw was a great pick. Leslie liked her really nice portion of halibut.