Monday night date at Kipsey’s

I love a date night, a Monday is a wonderful way to start the week off. The mac and cheese is all the rave here, that’s what drew me in.  I ordered a drink with tequila,  my liquor of choice. It was called the Sweet Kipper, it was divine. My date had a mint lemonade served in a mason jar, he’s not drinker. It was good too.  For appetizers we both ordered deviled eggs(not enough to share), cornbread and calamri. The eggs were great they were served with toast.  The cornbread was hot, served in the pan and came with savory butter.  Our main courses were meatloaf and chicken schnitzel, both with spinach amd mac and cheese. The meatloaf was super moist. The spinach was still hot and had just enough garlic. The mac and cheese was really rich and very tasty. My schnitzel was cooked perfectly. Schnitzel is usually chicken or pork pounded out super thin, breaded and fried to a crisp.  No room for anything else, we were both stuffed.

I went back to this place for happy hour, I wanted to try the grilled wings. They were so worth the trip. I will go back again.

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Breakfast for two, Cheryl’s Global Soul

Second time’s a charm. Made it to breakfast with my date, yay! This place is quiet and the structure inside is nice.  I ordered banana pancakes and chicken apple sausage. My date ordered french toast, eggs with cheese and chicken apple sausage too. Pancakes were light and fluffy with a layer of bananas and fresh whipped cream on top.  The sausage was grilled, I loved that! His frech toast was made with thick cut bread and served with whipped cream as well. His eggs were eggs, nothing special. We had coffee and orange juice to compliment our meal.  I have been here for brunch and dinner. I like this place. When the weather is nice you can sit outside in the back.

I will continue to go to this place. Maybe I’ll make it for lunch, one of these days.

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Seeksucker, Brunch

I had a scheduled dentist appointment in Carroll Gardens. I thought it would be nice to have a breakfast date, didn’t happen. Instead of being disappointed twice, I went on to breakfast alone. I had looked at this place before for lunch or dinner. I saw they were open for breakfast, score!! When she seated me she immediately offered complimentary still water, I loved the bottle. I browsed the menu, before she could tell me the special, I saw it. Chocolate croissant french toast with bourbon maple syrup, whoop there it is. It was served in bowl with the syrup at the bottom, it was piping hot. Chocolate all melty, it was amazing.

Breakfast was a happy surprise,  I will go back for lunch or dinner.

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I need something quick, Flipster’s

I had a 3 o’clock doctors appointment at a new office. I got off the train, so hungry. I saw a pizza place, wasn’t turned on. I saw this place from across the street and hoped for the best, didn’t want to cross back for pizza. Checked out the menu on the wall, sliders!!!! Sliders can be hard to find, score. I ordered them with pepper jack cheese and all the toppings and fries of course. I got my order to go, didn’t have time to eat in. When I opened the containers I was pleasantly surprised the presentation was pretty good. They were tasty, not just a slider. The fries
were crispy and salted just enough.

I would go back to have a full meal, it was perfect for what I needed that day.

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Fletcher’s BBQ

This post is super late. My phone was stolen the day I lost my Nana. I got a replacement phone and cracked the screen the night I finished packing up her things.  A whole lot in a few weeks. My pictures were also lost, I managed to find most of them but they aren’t uploading. I will try to figure out a way to possibly post some pics later.  Without pics, here finally goes the post.

I used to know of so many places to eat in Brooklyn and now there are so many more choices.  I searched a site for someplace new to go to. I heard smoked meat and got all excited.  This place makes their own sausage, smokes the meat and makes fresh lemonade and iced tea.  You can see the different cuts of the meat. The different roasts and cooking techniques.  They serve the food on a tray with brown paper.  I ordered the pulled chicken, my sister had a pork taco and housemade sausage. My sandwich came with chips (kettle cooked) and cole slaw. I had to order the fridge pickles. I love homemade pickles. They were the perfect compliment to my meal.  The meat was tender and seasoned so well, the chicken was so good, you could taste the smokey flavor without it being overwhelmed.  Her sausage was grilled and served like a hot dog, sans the bun.  The taco had pulled pork.  They had a homemade hot sauce and a bbq sauce with just the amount of tang. I had a Boylan cream soda, the best.  They also had desserts, yum!  A grasshopper, a whoopie pie and a salted caramel brownie.  In case you haven’t noticed I have a thing for salted caramel.  The grasshopper and brownie were amazing.  The whoopie pie, was not it.

I would absolutely go back and have
a real drink and a taco.

Update:

I went to Dekalb Food Market and there’s a Fletcher’s. I had a bbq chicken sandwich and bbq waffle fries.  Same great taste, just closer.  

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#foodporn #brooklyn #lunch #smokedmeat

Graduation Lunch : City Lobster and Steak

Yay, I graduated this week. Let the celebrations begin.  First stop after commencement, City Lobster and Steak. We arrived at lunchtime and were seated after a five minute wait. As a happy surprise there was a lunch pre fixe for $24.50. An appetizer and entree. We had the caesar salad and calamari as appetizers. They served hot rolls with butter or olive oil.  A lobster roll, jumbo shrimp with penne, salmon with horseradish crust, angus strip and fish and chips were the entrees. The salad was tossed with the right amount of dressing, it had shredded carrots and purple cabbage. The calamari crust was seasoned nicely. The aioli was a thai chili lime with ginger and basil, it was very tasty.  The crust on the fish was crispy and thick. The lobster roll was lots of lobster.  The steak was cooked well, the whipped potatoes were light and the spinach had a nice flavor. The sauce for the shrimp and pasta was very flavorful.  The crust on the salmon had the right amount of kick. We ordered two desserts,  Keylime pie and Chocolate Bourbon pecan pie served with vanilla ice cream. The keylime was light and airy. The pecan was just the right amount of chocolate.

I ordered a vanilla ginger martini. I loved it.

The waiter sang congratulations and brought out a spakler with my dessert. I thought was really nice. I love good service.

I have no complaints about anything. Everything was served hot and fresh. I would absolutely go back.

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#foodporn #lunch #city

Ice Cream Break

I love cream. I like to try different flavors from different places. Tonight we went to Ample Hills Creamery. I had the Sweet As Honey. Sweet cream ice cream with homemade honey comb candy. The candy is crunchy like a brittle. I also had Salted Crack Caramel.  Sidebar: I love anything with salted caramel. Salted butter caramel ice cream with pieces of crack cookies. They were both heavenly.  Really flavorful and creamy.  My son had the Cotton Candy. I love cotton candy, the thought of it as ice cream had my nose turned up. It tasted sweet, just like the real thing. I tried the Pistachio Squared and Coconut Fudge Sorbet. The pistachio had pistachio brittle in it. The sorbet was rich just like ice cream. It was also dairy free and vegan, wow.

I can’t wait to go back, this week, yum!!

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#foodporn #brooklyn #icecream

Quick Saturday dinner at Mac Shack

On Saturday my son and I were out all day. I wanted something quick, cooking was not an option.  This was our second trip there.  I called ahead, too speed up the process.  We ordered the Bbq chicken and the Alfredo macs.  My son loved my alfredo the last time. I wanted to try something new.  The bbq was like when your bbq chicken sauce gets on your mac and cheese. Its cheesy and bbq sweet at the same time.  The chicken was tasty.  The alfredo mac is a little salty, it has turkey bacon I’m pretty sure that’s why.

We ordered a cookie, it was okay. We heated it up and it was great.

They have a combo meal now. Next time I will try it.

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#foodporn #brooklyn #dinner

Birthday Brunch at Stanton Social

I decided to go to Stanton Social for birthday brunch.  We sat upstairs,  it was a loungy feel, big sofas and a live deejay.  Their menu is similar to Beauty and Essex, its really tapas food.  We ordered five or six dishes.  I ordered a Pomegranate Peach Bellini. It was the perfect compliment to the dishes that followed.  We started with the Orange Bourbon Pull Apart Bread. It was warm and pre sliced.  Breakfast Bruschetta up next, tasted like pizza.  Had to order the Chicken n Waffle.  I somehow overlooked the corn pudding that was on top of the waffle. I was pleasantly surprised by the taste.  Chicken Taquito, it was the best dish. It was crispy, warm and the crema was super flavorful.  The meal was closed out with Carmelized Banana Pancakes. They were hot and fluffy. They were the perfect ending.

The chicken from the chicken and waffle was okay.  That dish was not served hot and that really made a difference to me.

I would like to go again for dinner. If they have a deejay for Sunday brunch, I can only imagine a Saturday night.

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#foodporn #brunch #city