- Friday lunch we ate at Lemongrass Thai (420 E Atlantic Ave); I'm well aware of the fact that Thai restaurants called 'Lemongrass' are a dime a dozen, but this one had exceptional Tom Yum soup (my favorite soup in the world) and spicy red curry. My wife, being vegan, also enjoyed a well-prepared dish of tofu and peppers marinated in Panang curry.
- Friday, Dinner - Yama Japanese Restaurant - 44 E. Atlantic Ave. Your basic Japanese place; good food but nothing to write home about.
- Saturday, Lunch - we ate at Lemongrass. Again. Did I mention their Tom Yum soup was exceptional?
- Saturday, Dinner - Walking down Atlantic we passed by Cheeburger Cheeburger, a burger joint w/ 50's interior decor. They are especially famous for their Pounder, actually a whopping 20 ounces of beef before cooking. If you finish it off, they'll take a polaroid of you and put it on their wall of heroes (populated, my wife noticed, by predominantly members of the male sex; "it's a guy thing", she mused) . . . Well, at $9.95 how could I possibly pass up a challenge like that?
Here's me and The Pounder. Behind me is the wall of polaroids chronicling those who had won previous battles with The Pounder.
Here's a close-up of the Pounder. It took two hands to lift it. Selected toppings: Lettuce, Tomato, Jalapeno Cheese, Roasted Red Peppers, A1 Steak Sauce and 20 ounces of succulent, well-done, utterly delicious BEEF. A carnivore's dream!
Here's the photo of me on the wall, the battle won.
Here's a close-up of the photo -- representin' NYC, yo.
Having lapsed into a food-coma as a consequence of The Pounder. I'm suprised I made it home!Cheeburger pretty much set the standard for me, as far as burgers go -- replacing Checkers as the top dog. They're actually a franchise with multiple locations -- none even remotely near New York city, however. =(
- Sunday, Lunch - Our friends took us to Bamboo Club, an "Asian Bistro" staffed by a waiter who was missing his lower front teeth, which he initially attributed to being a hockey player up north and later to a circus accident. We're not sure which, if either, is the case, but he was nice. The food was good, too.
- Sunday, Dinner - Tuckered out from our outing with friends and an evening on the beach, my wife and I ordered in from Pizza Rustica (1155 E Atlantic Ave). Medium 14" pies turned out to be much larger than we anticipated -- very tasty but I will confess I've developed a bias towards the New York Slice! ;-)
All in all, a very satisfying excursion beyond New York city.
