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What’s better than sex?

9 Feb

Sex + Firefighters + Dessert Samples of course!

Want to come?  Join NYC Nom Nom tomorrow night!

The Museum of Sex invited me to attend their AWAKEN YOUR SENSES Valentine’s Event which will feature dessert samples and mingling with firefighters while they sign their coveted calendar.  And now I’m inviting you!

Here is the info they provided:
A tasting will be hosted with select NYC vendors offering samples of their most sultry treats. Event is free and open to the public. A surprise guest critic will attend.

AWAKEN YOUR SENSES.

INDULGE IN THE NAUGHTY.

EXPERIENCE PURE UNADULTERATED PLEASURE.

Sample decadent desserts and cozy up to some sexy uniformed firemen at the Museum of Sex on Thursday, February 10, 2011. Savor the delicious and luxurious chocolates offered free by top NYC venues and feast your eyes on the muscular NYC firefighters from the pin-up City of the Brave 2011 calendar. Guests may purchase a calendar, receive autographs, mingle, and have their photos taken with these heartthrobs.

The event, to be hosted in the Museum of Sex’s gift shop on Fifth Avenue and 27th Street, is FREE and open to the public. The Museum, featuring four galleries highlighting sex and film, sex and comics, the sex lives of animals, as well as a gallery highlighting artifacts from the museum’s permanent collection, will be open during the event.

Explore the world of aphrodisiacs in the new OralFix Café and find that perfect gift in the Museum Store to set the mood for a tantalizing Valentine’s Day.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011
6:00PM – 7:30PM
Museum of Sex Gift Shop
233 Fifth Avenue @ 27th Street
New York, NY 10016
212-689-6337 ext. 115
CALENDAR SIGNING IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For tomorrow night only, you can get $3 off admission to the museum itself, just mention “Firefighters” at the admissions counter.

See you there!  And hopefully Mr. February as well…

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NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2011 Extended!

9 Feb

NYC Restaurant Week now goes through February 27th!  Get your reservation now… need some tips on where to go? Check out my wrap-up here.

Mercato

9 Feb

We are fortunate at work to have a boss who is Italian and loves good food.  This ensures that we eat well during team lunches with him. 

He scheduled a team lunch around the corner at a place I always just passed right by without a notice, Mercato (on 39th Street just before 9th Ave, right near Port Authority).

It was decorated in a way that made you feel like you were dining in someone’s eclectic home.

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I especially appreciated the mirror frame made out of corks and the wine vault made out of old wine crates.

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They did a nice job of making it look inviting and simple.

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And the food was QUITE good.  We started with some shared apps, including meat balls…

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Olives…

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And a trio of bruschetta.

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We all got our own dishes including linguini with seafood.

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And seafood soup.

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And grilled skirt steak with roasted potatoes, broccoli rabe, and balsamic vinegar.

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I went with the branzino, which included 2 perfectly prepared fillets with raisins, spinach, celery, and garlic mashed potatoes (which I traded out for the roasted potatoes).

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It was very well cooked and I really liked the mild sweet contrast from the raisins in the sauce.  I expected a bit more from the potatoes, however.

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We put 3 small desserts on the table for everyone to split (I always find it funny how no one ever wants dessert and then when something comes out with multiple spoons… it magically disappears). 

They had a special dessert that day which was like a pound cake drizzled in chocolate.  It was pretty good.

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We also got the pistachio and almonds ice cream cake served with chocolate and honey.  This was my favorite.

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And we tried the ricotta cheesecake with vanilla beans.  It was good, but, per usual with cheesecake, I like mine better. 🙂

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Overall, this place serves high quality, classic Italian food at reasonable prices for the area (all pastas were $10-$16 and all the main courses were $14-$22).  I still give a slight edge to Il Punto and Carbone for Italian in the Penn Station/Port Authority/Broadway/Javitz Center black hole of a neighborhood I live in.

Total Nom Points: 6.5 out of 10

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