Last Sunday I spent a lazy afternoon walking around my 'hood, making my way from my apartment all the way up to the Ditmars area, stopping at Astoria Park along the way.
I wandered around for several hours, moseying down new streets, taking photos, and cooing at the dogs I saw at Bugsy's dog run. After all that I got hungry, so at Ditmars I looked around for something interesting I could bring back to my apartment for dinner. I passed up a cannoli from one of my favorite bakeries, Rose and Joe's, in favor of a small pignoli tart from La Guli.
Later, spotting the grand opening banners at Parrot Coffee Market, I wandered into what turned out to be a new international grocery, full of all sorts of interesting European imports. The friendly woman behind the counter urged me to sample a piece of their freshly made pistachio Turkish delight. It was delish…I can totally see why Edmund sold out to the White Witch.
I was tempted to buy some, but as I already had the pignoli tart I went with a slice of their cheese bourek.
I also picked up these tubes of "Krabben" and "Kaviar" creme (maybe I should spell it "kreme") for LB and JL. Then, too lazy to make the walk home, I hopped on the N train back to my apartment.
It was a fine afternoon.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Astoria, Astoria
Labels:
Baked Goods,
Cheese,
European,
Middle Eastern,
New York City,
Snacking,
Sweets
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woah ... how is the kaviar kreme? is it like fish roe ez-cheez?
ReplyDeleteYou're like 70% lower body in that last shot!
ReplyDeleteI AM actually 70% lower body. Let me tell you, it's hell finding pants.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm.... we should take a walk together sometime.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the linkage!