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I think I have made it pretty clear how much I adore Brooklyn. 

So it shouldn't come as a surprise that I made yet another trip into the city mostly just to play around Brooklyn.

Todays mission: Fetta Sau (Love this picture of the sign by the way. My friend, Tyler snapped the awesome shot on his iphone)

This is a true BBQ haven, with a rotating assortment of smoked meets sold by the pound you better come with one hell of an appetite.

And that's exactly what we did...

We ordered the Pork Belly, St. Louis style Ribs, Baked Beans, and of course a couple of Half Sour Pickles.

If pickles are on the menu, I am going to be ordering them and that is just a fact of life.

The sauces were best when they were all mixed up together, maybe not the prettiest puddle of flavor but it tasted pretty superb.

We also shared a Kelso St Gowanus Ale and enjoyed it with the heaping pile of food.

I was stuffed by end and ready for a nice stroll around the streets of Williamsburg.

One of the most impressive parts of the place, was their bourbon list. It seemed endless! And had it not been so early in the day I most definitely would have done some damage. I'd love to go back and try some of the bourbon. Any takers?

By the way, how cool is the wall in Fette Sau?

After a good amount of strolling around we landed on Mast Brothers Chocolate.  This was an amazing place to land, I've wanted to check out their shop for a long time and being met with a table of chocolate samples wasn't the worst thing ever...

We made sure to do a couple of rounds to figure out our favorite chocolate blends.

Not only is the chocolate delicious but the packaging is nearly perfect. Scratch that, it's totally perfect.

I somehow resisted buying a bag of cocoa nibs. They have the most amazing texture and a flavor that I seriously cannot put my finger on. 

While we tasted, someone was up at counter making a huuuuge purchase. Jealous of whoever's getting those for gifts! 

The next stop was Blue Bottle. 

Don't hate me butttt.... I really don't enjoy coffee. It just doesn't do it for me. I drink it for a pick me up and that's about the only reason.

I'm always happy to proven wrong though, and this cup of coffee totally proved me wrong. It was truly tasty, not bitter, and delicious without anything added.

On the rare occasion I do drink coffee, I prefer it black and this cup was perfect just like that.

Then there was some more leisurely walking and I spotted this precious little sign

Tyler loves milk, so I made sure to stop by Momofuku Milk Bar to introduce him to cereal milk soft serve. Obviously it was a hit.

Have you tried it? You've really got to!

After that, we grabbed a beer (a zesty IPA) in the west village and headed over to Grand Central to grab a train up to school.

Another successful trip, filled with food.

Holiday Markets & Overweight Vegetables

I forgot to tell you, but my first weekend back in New York was spent in the city becuase, I mean...why not?

I got all artsy/classy on the train and snapped a boat load of photos as we drank a bottle of white wine.

Yes, that IS how you travel in style.

 Balance?

We had dinner at Mary's Fish Camp (after prune politely declined us) with my wonderful cousin and some new friends Danielle & Gabriela.

I love when everyone just goes all in and shares a bunch of stuff. It's my favorite kind of dining.

I don't have pictures because it was so dark but my favorite dish was the fried oysters & clams with chunky tarter sauce.

There's a beautiful picture of it on their website if you need some visual satisfaction.

The next day we walked around the Union Square Holiday Market for a morning activity.

 Spices, meatballs, pretzels, cookies, coffee, nicknacks...the whole shebang.

Next we headed to Brooklyn for the last outdoor Brooklyn Flea.

The lobster roll looked bomb but we shared the more student-budget friendly Shrimp Roll.

Wonderfully delicious.

These eggs looked pretty fab too.

We meandered through Brooklyn. Have I mentioned I would like to move there after school? I really would like to. Roommates 2013 anyone?

Then we landed at Saltie, perhaps my favorite sandwich shop this side of the Mississippi.

This time we shared the "balmy". I didn't so much enjoy the ham they had on it because you couldn't taste the paté but it was still a pretty superb creation. Love those pickled veggies & all the herbs!

My favorite sammy so far was for sure the "captain's daughter" that we shared back in the summer. Pickled anything and Sardines?! These are a few of my favorite thinggggggs

Next door is Momofuku Milk Bar. Our buddy Yos spotted us and showed us around the place. 

He hooked us up with a tour of the back and samples of the incomparable soft serve. The cereal milk flavor is one of the most genius sweet treats on this planet.

It tastes like the milk leftover from a bowl of cornflakes in the best way ever possible.

He also gave us these apple pie cake truffles.

I really dislike apple pie and I thoroughly enjoyed these. Now I'm dying to try the other cake truffle flavors on the menu.

We then made our way back downtown and rested our tired feeties at my cousins dorm.



I spotted Balaboosta, the woman who opened Taim (best falafel in the city) owns this restaurant so I'd like to check it out sometime. Add it to the list!

Our final destination before heading back to school was The Fat Radish for Aubrey's birthday dinner!

The place was adorable with revealed brick walls and big mirrors.

They greeted us with some crisp radishes drizzled with olive oil. How appropriate....and delicious.

We shared the Duck Rillette, Kale Caeser, Beet Crumble & Duck Fat Fries.

I'm a sucked for Kale Caeser. Gets me everytime! May have been my favorite dish...

The Beet Crumble was unlike anything I have had before, perfect for a cold winter day.

It was layered with beets, goat cheese & swiss chard and topped with oats and hazelnuts. I think some variation of this would also make a nice dip.

The swiss chard was my favorite part of the dish. I love swiss chard. I grew/harvested a ton of it in Israel and have a huge appreciation for the colorful vegetable.

Bahhhh I have to run off to class. School update to come!