NYC Tastes

Sunday afternoon I was having a serious craving for some Chinese food. I wanted to go somewhere a little nicer than our usual Chinatown joints since I was still in a celebratory mood. Luckily Chinatown Brasserie fits that bill exactly. We've eaten there 3 or 4 times before and always had a good meal even if it was a lot more expensive than Chinatown. Sometimes you pay for the atmosphere. Another good reason to head here is for their drinks! We got seated at a nice table outside and I ordered a Bellini Martini. Now I had just had a fantastic regular Bellini the day before at Onda so maybe I was expecting something just as good but this cocktail kind of fell flat. It was strong, that's for sure. I could really taste the vodka and peach but it had no balance. It was like drinking sugar flavored alcohol water, not a cocktail. For $10 I want a cocktail. Chinatown brasserie was doing its' restaurant week menu but we decided to go a la carte. Mr. T ordered a Won Ton soup to start....

I'm off to Buffalo for a quick weekend trip..Then it's back to NYC for 3 days and then off to VEGAS!!!!! It will be a busy (fun) week- I'll try to post in between, but in the meantime wish me and Jetblue good luck! Here's a picture of some Crispy Taro Root Shrimp from Chinatown Brasserie we had not so long ago. Just to keep you drooling and hooked on food for a while:)

We woke up this past Sunday a little too late because of the spring ahead change in time. The plan was to go to Chinatown for dim sum but we figured it was already too late and most of the good stuff would be gone. Instead we headed down to Chinatown Brasserie where we knew we could get some good food, albeit more expensive. We walked in around 1:30 and the place was packed! The entire waiting area was filled and there were no empty table. Luckily there were a couple of open stools at the bar. I decided to try out one of their cocktails and ordered a Bellini martini. This was little too sweet for my tastes. There was way too much peach puree and not enough prosecco. I wouldn't order one of these here again. For starters we got some pan fried crab, shrimp and spinach dumplings. These were a little bland. I was expecting a little more flavor from the crab but there was hardly any inside. I'm not usually a big fan of the sauce they send it with so that didn't help. I thought t...