Julie's NYC Birthday

SO WHEN A LOVLEY AUSTIN LASSIE CAME TO NEW YORK TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY....... ZUCKER STYLE,  JORDS SAID B'WAY SHOW.....PRICILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (  IT'S SUCH A BZ SHOW THEY BOTH ANNOUNCED AFTER THE VIEWING, AND OF COURSE THEY LOVED IT) AND A FAB DINNER.
 BWANA AND I  WERE SO ENCHANTED WITH COLICCHIO AND SONS.... WE HAD TO RETURN AND SHOW THIS TEXAS GURL, GREAT FOOD, WINE AND SERVICE.  WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SECURE A TABLE IN THE TAP ROOM. THEY WERE DELIGHT AS WELL AS THE CHEF TO HONOUR US WITH A TASTING MENU......   WAS THE SECOND TIME GOING TO BE AS FABULOUS AS THE FIRST?  WERE THEY ABLE TO MEET OUR  VERY RIGOROUS  EXPECTATIONS?  YOU BET! AND THEN SOME!
....... AND NOW THE REST OF THE STORY.....

HAMACHI COLLAR WITH PEAR AND RAMPS, IT WAS THE PERFECT BEGINNING, THE HAMACHI WAS DONE TO PERFECTION MEDIUM RARE WITH THE SWEET SMOKINESS OF THE RAMPS JUST BLISS

PIZZA #1 SUN DRIED TOMATOES, ESCAROLE, AND ARTICHOKES, PERFECT CRUST AND COMBINATION, IT'S A  SPOILER ! AS  PIZZA AROUND THE CORNER AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD JOINT JUST WON'T DO ANY MORE!

 IF THAT WASN'T THE SPOILER THEN YOU GOT TO TRY PIZZA #2  FRESH WILD MUSHROOMS, OH SO MEATY AND DIVINELY EARTHY OF THE WOODS, TOPPED WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA, IT WAS  PURELY HEAVENLY EVER SO FRAGRANT AND MOUTH WATERING.

VEAL BREAST WITH FRESH BREAD CRUMBS AND A HINT OF MUSTARD HAD AN ENCORE PRESENTATION AT BWANA'S REQUEST.  AGAIN THIS DISH DID NOT DISAPPOINT THE SECOND TIME AROUND, IF ANYTHING THE SPRING VEGETABLE MEDELY WAS EVEN BETTER THAN THE FIRST TIME! 

BABY LAMB WRAPPED IN BACON ON TOP OF EGGPLANT WAS THE SECOND MAIN.  COOKED TO PINK PERFECTION, GRILLED EGGPLANT IS THE ZUCKER GIRLS FAV VEGGIE OF CHOICE.... THE COMBINATION OF FLAVORS MADE US GIDDY WITH DELIGHT

ZUCKER GIRLS TOASTING THE TOWN AND THE BIRTHDAY GIRL

CHOCOLATE, REPEAT CHOCOLATE B'DAY CAKE, JUST ONE LOOK AND YOU ARE HOOKED! THEN ONE DECADENT BITE..... AND YOU ARE LOST IN CHOCOLATE HEAVEN

WHY STOP WITH ONE FATTENING D WHEN YOU CAN HAVE 3?
A SMEAR OF CARAMEL, PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH AND  THE DEVIL'S CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH BANANA ICE CREAM.... MR. BERLIN PLEASE PLAY "I'M IN HEAVEN"( CHEEK TO CHEEK) WITH GINGER AND FRED DANCING.... PLEASE

 ANOTHER  REPEAT PERFORMANCE.......PIPING HOT ZEPPOLI NESTING IN THEIR OWN WHITE CLOTH WITH FRESH RUBARB SAUCE AND VANILLA ICE CREAM, WHAT A WAY TO WASH AWAY THE BLUES FROM EATING CHOCOLATE.  JUST DEVINE

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL MAKING HER WISHES

SHARING B'DAY CAKE WITH AUNT BZ

WAS THE EVENING A SUCESS?  YOU BET!  THIS IS STILL ONE OF THE BEST TABLES IN TOWN..... MARK IT FOR YOUR OWN SPECIAL OCCASION .  OH SAY BZ SENT YOU!