Autumn Day Trip New York 2019
Recently I went
to NY for a day and it was absolutely real and spectacular!
Mostly ate and
drank all day then headed back to Chicago.
Starting the day
at the Union Square Farmers Market. Plenty of local food, wine, spirit,
fruit, vegetable, and meat & seafood vendors. I decided to focus my
attention on the whisky, cheeses, chips, spreads, and sauces. After plenty of deliberation from tasting
plenty of goodness, I ended up settling on a small bottle of Unburdened
Barrel #19 Blackberry flavored Whiskey which would be my friend in need
throughout the day. It had a very artisanal small batch quality and just
happened to be the very last one in the batch this season. In case you didn’t
know, I’m a sucker for limited edition items. After tasting plenty of delicious
spirits I decided to roll with this one because the flavors used personified a
sunny Autumn day in New York with a tad bit of quite interesting.
Another one of
my favorite vendors was Mountain Sweet Berry Farm’s Farm-Made German
Butterball Potato Chips. The buttery flavor went well Blueberry
flavored Whiskey and also afforded me an opportunity to snack, sip, and walk at the
same time.
Next stop was to
actually get some breakfast in the form of bagels, bagel sandwiches, and
spreads. We attempted to try Russ &
Daughters on Houston Street primarily because I wanted to try something new
but he line was super ridiculous and the spot was packed. After waiting 15
minutes while trying to gauge how fast the line was moving we realized it was
going at a 4 customer per 15-minute clip. Upon little deliberation we decided
to go to Ess-A-Bagel. Years ago this was my first real bagel experience.
Throughout my life I always thought bagels were hard and chewy. When I reached
into the bag to grab one it was warm and pillowy soft. I then looked behind the
counter to see bagels floating on top of water. I never experienced this
before.
At Ess-A-Bagel
the line was long but tolerable and it was moving. While perusing the menu I of
course had a few questions I needed answered prior to placing my order. The one
constant is everything bagels. The variables needed clarification like; "tell me
about this Kippered Salmon". I knew all I need to know about the scallion cream
cheese. The olive cream cheese was something that was new to me so I tried
something new. Glad I did. The Kippered Salmon was only sold as thick
slices. I wasn’t able to try it because
they weren’t giving samples. Without me knowing how it tastes and the thought
of paying 11.99 per ¼ pound did not sound too inviting to me. I was able to taste the spread and
immediately told them to “sign me up for that”. While indulging in the sample I
was able to engage in conversation with the manager who gave some generalities
on how they prepared it. They simply add a little mayo and the rest is Kippered Salmon. The flavor
resembled a mildly smoky flavor with a hint of sweetness.
Now that the
bagels were still warm to the point where they had steam oozing out of them
once split open, it was time to spread the spreads on the bagels. I don’t know
if any of them stood out more than the other. They were all delicious in
various ways. The olive spread was new and interesting, the scallion spread as
always was very complimentary with my everything bagel, and the Kippered Salmon
spread gave the bagel an elegant yet great taste I had not yet experienced
until now.
-FILTER'd by Sean Alvarez
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