Quality Meats

Another restaurant week experience...
Quality Meats
http://www.qualitymeatsnyc.com/home.cfm

I had been heard about them a lot but this was first time to try...
It was a bit different from other "man"ly steak house in NYC... :)
I tried a few steak places here but most of the time I couldn't finish my plate. But this restaurant was really nice portion for everything. And I really liked scallops that I ordered for appetizer. It had spicy corn under the scallops and the sauce was really good too. And the steak was of course really good!!
But only thing we were not happy enough was they only had ice cream for dessert!! It's restaurant week, I understand but I wish they had more variety and also I wish it was not in the paper cup... haha
噂にはよく聞いていたクオリティーミートに行ってきました。
ニューヨークによくある、叔父樣方のステーキハウスっていうのとは少し違い、女の子だけでも行きやすいかんじのきれいなお店でした。
レストランウィークのメニューだった制もあるのか、ボリュームもあまり激しくなく、すべてのプレートをお腹がはち切れる事無く楽しめました。特にアペタイザーのホタテはちょっとスパイシーなコーンが下に隠れており、とっても美味でした。そしてもちろんステーキも、とってもおいしかったです。が、デザートがアイスクリームのみしか選択肢が無く、それが少し残念な。。。もちろん通常メニューではいろいろあるんでしょうが。。。そしてお友達と、せめてお皿だけでも素敵だったらいいのにね〜なんてちょっと文句をいいつつ。それだけが少し残念でしたが、なんといっても、レストランウィーク。贅沢は言えませんね。。。

Prune

There is a cute restaurant close to 2nd Ave station....

Prune

http://www.prunerestaurant.com

I went there the other day for brunch. It was around noon but already there were long line. This is very popular brunch place.

They don't take any reservation. You just need to go there and wait!!

All the seats were so close so even I didn't know the person next me but it was like having brunch together with everyone in the restaurant...:)

I should've tried savory menu too but somehow both my friend and I had sweet plates...

My ricotta cheese one was so good. We make ricotta at our work too. So I can imagine how much milk they used for this one plate!! That's amazing!! haha 

And this huge pancake. They called it Dutch style pancake but my friend who ordered the pancake was actually from Netherlands and he said it was not Dutch... his image of Dutch pancakes are almost like crepe.... so it's so opposite!!! haha but it was good!! So doesn't matter... :)  

It was a bit too loud inside but yes, it was really cute place for sure!!

先日、プルーンというレストランに行ってきました。

ここはブランチが有名なようで１２時ごろに行ったのですが、すでに列が。。。予約を取らないため、待つしか無い。

なぜだか友達も私も甘い系を頼んでしまったのですが、どちらもおいしかったです。

あのパンケーキのサイズは半端ではありませんでしたが。。。それもダッチスタイルという名のパンケーキ。オランダ出身の友達、懐かしんで頼んだのに、全くイメージと違うパンケーキが出てきてびっくり。。。オランダではクレープに近い薄いパンケーキが主流だそう。まったく逆のパンケーキだっただけに、なぜダッチスタイルなのか。。。謎は深まるばかりです。。。私の頼んだリコッタのメニューはドーナツのような甘くない焼き菓子にフレッシュリコッタ、フルーツ、パインナッツがのっているというもの。私好みでよかったです。お友達のパンケーキにこのリコッタをのっけるとまた、それがよかったりしました。。。今度はセーバリーの方も試してみたいと思います。

しかし、なによりお店が狭いため、テーブルは全席ほぼくっついており、隣のお客さんたちはもちろん知らない人たちなのですが、なんだか一緒にテーブルを囲んでいるようで、おもしろかったです。そのせいか、店内はかなりにぎやかだったので、声が大きな人にはおすすめ。。。声が小さいと、向いに座る友達の声は聞こえにくいかも！！

でもかわいいことは間違いなし！！という感じでした。

Sheena

In June, I lost one of my family members, Sheena.
She was 16 years and 8 months old.
It took for a while for me to talk about her after lost but now I'm ready to talk about her and I really want to.
I had always wanted to have dog in my childhood but I couldn't because we were moving a lot and also we were at apartment. But after many many years when I was 13 years old, finally my family got Sheena.
She was the one who was awake in her brothers and sisters when she was picked for my family.
That was the destiny. And she became a member of Katos.
First she had big ears folded, she was so shy and she never let us hold her long time even when she was a baby. And after a few months her one ear stood up, and a few weeks later other side of ear stood up too. She liked to walk around our neighborhood. When she run in the park, she controlled with her tail as handle. She could run fast and she liked to but she never liked to play with ball. She chase sometimes but she didn't bring it back to us. She liked to be in the sun. Sometimes I was worried of heat since her body was really hot. But she didn't care, just kept sleeping in the sun.
She had long legs and nice muscle on her chest. She was really beautiful dog even many people thought she was a boy.
She liked girls with school uniforms because of me, she liked cucumber, dikon radish, and rice.
She hated shampoo and something slide like skateboard.
She was always there for me and my family. Whenever I got home she was always at the entrance with waggling her tail. When her nose had some dirt, that means she hid something in the ground. Sometimes it was a piece of her treats, and one time it was Shimajiro doll of our neighbor boy.
When she hid something in the ground, she cover her favorite things so carefully with dirt with her nose. I really liked to see how she treated them. She was really unique girl. She made us laugh a lot.
I've missed her a lot after I moved here. And after her past away, I haven't gone back to Japan yet. So I'm not sure how I will feel to see our yard without her. And I miss her so bad and I will miss her.
But she had long healthy life. And she past away when my mom was playing music with niko.
I think that was the perfect for her to leave.
I was so lucky that you were the first dog I had in my life. Thank you for being there always.
I love you so much, Sheena!!
Rest in peace...:)

 

Cakes from work

Brasserie

Brasserie
http://www.patinagroup.com/restaurant.php?restaurants_id=55

I just went to this restaurant with my coworker.
It was very French and I enjoyed there a lot.
When I got there there was not many people but after 12:30 suddenly the restaurant was packed with people. I guess it's because of restaurant week and location. It seems most of them were having business lunch.
I didn't have the "FRENCH" cuisine for a while and this reminded me lunch at Le Cordon Bleu for employees. Before I didn't know much about French food but I learned a lot from that lunch.
I miss those days sometimes:)
And what made me happy was they served one whole baguette for each table. And butter was from "echire"!!! This baguette with butter made my day!! lol It was really good one.
Of course I enjoyed rest of course too:) I love restaurant week!!!

今日、ブラッスリーと言うレストランに行ってきました。
とってもフレンチなメニューで、なんだかコルドンの賄いが懐かしくなってしまいました。ニースサラダにカスレ、レモンタルトを注文。とっても満足でした。
しかし何よりもうれしかったのが、一テーブルごとにフレッシュなバゲットが一本。そしてエシレのバターも添えられていました。
朝食を抜いて行っていたため、結構たくさんバゲットも食べてしまいましたが、それくらいとってもおいしいバゲットでした。。。
お店に着いた頃にはまだあまり混んでいなかった店内も１２時半には満席に。
ビジネスランチを楽しんでいるような方々が多く、ブルックリンではまずない雰囲気。そんなのもたまにはいいな〜と思いつつ。。。ワンピース着てきてよかった〜と思ったのでした。
あー、レストランウィークやっぱりいいですね〜。
次はどこを試そうか。。。