Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Hi all- I just got back from a lovely mother/daughter weekend in NYC. We had such a great time and ate lots of good food. I have a few restaurant reccommendations for anyone living in or visiting NYC. We ate at Counter Restaurant and Reuben's Empanadas in the East Village. Counter is a great place to eat if you like to dress up which is a good change from most of the more casual veggie places. They have a nice organic wine selection as well as a mezze selection or tasting plate so that you are able to try a number of different things without stuffing yourself. Reuben's Empanadas is a cute little lunchtime/take out spot with cheap (for NYC) specials. I had the spinach/tofu empanadas with beans and rice for $5.50. We also had a lovely lunch at Village Natural on Greenwich Ave. This is more of a macrobiotic place so they do serve seafood but it was delicious , the portions were hearty, and the service was very friendly. I had a seitan club sandwich and could only finish half of it! I swear I could just do any eating tour of New York... the bakeries alone! Oy! Now for my sort-of a recipe. I threw together a potato salad/side dish for dinner last night. I cut the potatoes into matchsticks and boiled them until they were tender. Then I mixed nayonaise with sesame oil, ginger, black pepper, and rice wine vinegar and poured that over the potatoes. I then chilled the mixture. The sesame and ginger gave a subtle asian flavor to the potatoes that was nice. I have no measurements for this dish as I mixed everything to taste (Sorry). We also had seasame turnip greens but my husband made that so I have no idea what the ingredients were. Well, have a great day! Whitney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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