Still dealing with the number crunching, but managed to fit in some fun this weekend. Friday night I had sushi with Gabe at Le Miu, a spot in the East Village. Some of the chefs have Nobu pedigrees, and although they are trying to do some inventive things with the cooked dishes, I think we both enjoyed the sushi the most out of everything we tried. I got a good night’s sleep on Friday and woke up Saturday for a great workout. The rest of the day I did some work and cooked a carrot and potato soup out of this month’s CSA bounty. At 5:30 I met up with members of my Gothamist Food team, including the three new writers who I hadn’t yet met in person — it was great meeting them all and getting a chance to chat over drinks. Afterwards, I moved on to meet John B. for dinner at Momofuku Ssam Bar — that place absolutely rocks. It even got the John B. plate-licking seal of approval. If you don’t know about it, check out this NY Mag piece on David Chang, and then hurry over there for the three terrine sandwich, the brussels sprouts, and the pork buns. I’m going to try to gather a group for the whole pork butt that he does — who’s in? Dinner was followed by drinks at various and sundry bars in the East Village, where we were joined by Matt, the Lovely Miss Katie, Meg, Jenn and others.
Today I met up with a gaggle of food writers/bloggers for dim sum: Augie, David from Thrillist, Alaina and Ed from Serious Eats, Jen from Snack, Andrew from Gothamist, and Jennifer and Chris from Savory NY. It was great fun, and I plan to organize a similar gathering in the not-too-distant future. After some quality couch time, I cooked up some more CSA stuff — I roasted a half-chicken and more of the veggies. I’ll have plenty of food for lunch this week! And now, maybe a bit of work, but then early to bed — gotta hit the gym before work.