@ Home: Tapas

Cava with Hibiscus Flowers in Syrup

Roasted asparagus (tossed in olive oil, roasted @ 375 for 12 minutes)

Chickpeas & Chorizo (simmered in olive oil, smoked paprika, cumin, thyme)

Orange and Fennel Salad (tossed with red onion, olive oil and geranium vinegar)

Garlic Shrimp (sauted in olive oil, white wine, garlic, parsley, paprika, basil)

Steak (pan fried with chili powder, thyme, and salt in grapeseed oil)

Green olives

Caper berries

Figs baked in Honey

Manchego

Calbra

Bread

All the best places are around First Ave

Another Chowhound gem

Nice jerk chicken (not too spicy)
Maccaroni and cheese in brick format with a half inch of melted cheese on top (yay)
Curry chicken on rice and peas

Brilliant homemade brown sugar lemonade and ginger beer.

Too tired to leave the room in Midtown

We had enough food for dinner and breakfast and lunch the next day: sopes, posole, spicy chicken and vegetable soup, chorizo burrito, al pastor burrito, pollo with verde sauce. Excellent value and super tasty and THEY DELIVER! I think we found this place on Chowhound.

Worthy of our last bottle of suryp

Al Di La
248 Fifth Ave. at Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
1.718.783.4565

We first went to this restaurant in the spring of 2008, and were so extactic at the qualilty of the food and the wonderful service that we took the chef Anna Klinger a bottle of home made maple suryp as thanks.

The ricotta fritters make me tear up. Pillowy perfection begging to be slathered in hot chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

If there is a stuffed pasta of some kind on the menu, order it. In fact get a second order to go so you can re-live the experience a couple of hours later.