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.

Summit, Madison and Jersey City

The week started with a trip to Jersey City for a brunch with Connor at a location Martin recommended,  White Star Warren Street where I had the Chorizo and Kale hash which was very good.  We then walked over to Zeppelin bar and restaurant for a couple of beers to finish off a very nice afternoon.

During the week I tried a bbq place Tyler recommended and got the brisket sandwich.  I will definitely go back.

This Saturday I finally got a chance to go to Fin in Summit which has been hard to get into.  Thanks to the Summer season and we got in and had a very good meal.  We started with the lobster and scrimp sliders and the excellent spring rolls.  Leslie had the salmon and I was thrilled to be able to try the Barrimundi with scrimp and bacon - Excellent.  We finished off with a creme brule with fresh berries which Leslie polished off and embarrassed herself by licking the bowl. :) :)

Origin's Morristown and Wood Stack Pizza in Parsippany

We tried a restaurant recommended by Arnold namely Wood Stack Pizza Grill in Parsippany.  The Pizza was good but the pasta dish and the crispy brussels sprouts were even better. 

 We have not been to origins since we moved out of Basking Ridge but the duck is still very good.  What really interested me was Don's Wild Boar which he was nice enough to provide me with a taste.    I have to say it was excellent and better than the duck! Leslie and I shared the tasting appetizer with four apps which was very good.

Point Pleasant Beach

No restaurants this weekend but some great home made italian food, breakfast, maryland crab balls, cupcakes (my contribution) and cookies.  Thanks to our great quinnipiac lacrosse alumni friends who pulled off a successful weekend down at Point pleasant beach.  Epic corn hole games, Sambuca, homemade bird houses and mini beer pong.  

Pinehurst, NC, Morristown, Sparta and Somerville

The BRRC guys had a fun trip down to Pinehurst last weekend and we have some pretty good food in addition to some fun golf competition.  Friday night we ate at the Country Club of North Carolina and had some universally acclaimed shrimp and grits.  Saturday night we went to a local restaurant named Ironwood and the soft shell crab was unusually presented and it was excellent.

The Becker group met the big boss with a lunch at the Office in Morristown and the crab and avocado  bread was very good.  Also at Morristown Leslie and I went to Revolution and enjoyed the Pierogies.

Elsewhere we went back to Dafillipo's and everything was very good especially my Fugilli which I had not even heard of before.

Murphy and I went up to sparta for a lacrosse game and wanted to try the cheesesteak from Fat Stevie's.  The Sandwich was very good but I recommend asking them to cut in half the amount of cheese since it overwhelmed the steak.