Greg and I ate like King's this weekend.

We shared a slice on Saturday for lunch and a bowl of Chinese noodles from the Xi'an (western) area in China. It's been so long since Greg and I have had an authentic slice. We visited one of our college haunts in Hoboken, Giovanni's, where the owner commented on Greg's absence. It always feels good to be remember or recognized as a regular. We then headed over to St. Marks in Manhattan and shared a bowl of lamb noodles at a restaurant called Xi'an. The lamb was perfect, I love the peanutty heat that the soup had. For dinner, Greg and I had vietnamese sandwiches, which was so good, but not as good as before. The carrots were not pickled enough so the sandwiches were really missing the acid. As a late dinner snack, one of our friends gave us a mango to eat.

On Sunday, we had these great egg sandwiches on focaccia bread at a place called Saltie. I had a bowl of leek soup, which had too much chicken, but was very filling because of it. I wasn't hungry until 8 pm tonight. The baked goods and drinks were also very good...my fig muffin was very moist and the lassi (without mangos) was very interesting, but perhaps a little too perfumed. Greg wanted more coffee so we tried the Blue Bottle coffee, which was very flavorful. Greg got a shot of SG-120, which sounds more like an environmental summit than a shot of expresso. I got a latte, both were very flavorful and had a lot of body, but as I am not much of a coffee drinker, gave the rest to Greg. The ice-coffee looked beautiful. We then headed to Mast Brothers, which has the richest chocolate I have ever had- it was like 70% coco or something. We bought two bars-the house blend dark chocolate and Serrano dark chocolate, which is supposed to be perfect for a spicy hot chocolate. I could only eat a morsel of each because it was so strong. Because Greg had to used the restroom, we searched up and down Bedford for a CVS or Duane Reed. We found a Duane Reed, the fanciest one I have ever seen, and they had no bathroom. They did have this great Mango, apple, and orange juice from this farm and I drank that while Greg took a picture of the new growler system at the store- they have a stack of growlers for you to buy any local beer. Finally, the pharmacy across the street had a bathroom and we bought a bottle of shampoo and body wash so we wouldn't feel like assholes. After that, we headed back to Saltie to buy a lavender cookie for the road home, but stopped at Momofuku Milk instead and bought a dozen cookies for $20. By far the most expensive cookies I have ever bought and such an odd experience as well:

Me: "Can I buy half a dozen of cookies?"

Momofuku: "We only sell a dozen"

Me: "okay," hands over a $20 dollar bill

Momofuku: "We only take credit card"

Me: "really? How strange, oh I should have read the gigantic black board" (most places only take cash so it was weird that they only took credit card)