2 Year Anniversary Celebration

Woohooo. This was a great weekend for me. Why...you ask? Because, it was Angela's and my 2 year anniversary celebration! Well, technically we've been together for a little more than that, but this was the time we decided to celebrate...so STOP ALL YOUR JUDGEMENT!

To start things off, we met up in Times Square and had lunch at a burger joint recommended to me by a coworker, 5 Napkins. According to him, it's the best burger in all of New York.
Was it really? I don't think so...and neither did Angela. The fries there were SUPER DELICIOUS, however. They were cut to the same thickness as McDonald's fries, so you know it's gonna be good. The burger was good, except both Angela and I ordered our patties "medium rare," and as a result, they were sorta bloody as we chomped into the patty. To add salt to the wound, the juices from the patty made our buns all soggy. Nobody likes soggy buns. They like firm buns!

* 'dem fries be sexy. To the right of the fries is a rosemary aoli. That had a good flavor...but a disgusting texture. Ordinary ketchup will suffice!

So, here's the highlight of the anniversary celebration: we went to a really wonderful Japanese restaurant called "EN Japanese Brasserie." Holy shizzle it's sooo amazing. The entire layout, presentation, and food was just impeccable. Word will not do it justice. I wish my command of English was better, but hey, a picture's worth a thousand words....aka JUST LOOK AT MY PICTURES!!!! 

 * this is the restaurant...unfortunately, my chair is blocking the beautiful settings, but it's dark. After 24 years of traveling and living, I've come to the conclusion that all dark restaurants are fancy and beautiful.

 * our dinner drinks: basically a fancy grapefruit sparkling wine mix drink. And look, we're toasting!

 * Look at our menu! It's served upon a wooden backboard! So fancy! Angela and I are classy!

 * This was a spicy tuna roll. However, the tuna was a marbled tuna belly, with onions and tiny spinach leaves. Seriously one of the best spicy tuna rolls I've ever had. Yummy for my tummy :)

 * We sat at the sushi bar, which allowed us to view the open kitchen. Here are the hard chefs cooking hard...and we got front row seats!

We also ordered Stone-Grilled Wagyu Beef. In other words, you get to cook your beef on a hot stone. For the uncultured, Wagyu beef is beef that's sooo tender and cultivated by the Australians...which is then also flown in from Australia.

 * Angela's prepping the hot stone. She's rubbing beef fat onto the stone. It creates a base for the beef! Japanese people are smart! In addition, we were given a pile of sea salt to drizzle onto our beef. Talk about being resourceful!

 * The beefs are sizzling! Like a muey caliente chica!

 * the cooked beeeeeeeeefie Wagyu beef!

Angela also ordered a duck breast soba dish. Holy crap, that duck breast was sooo succulent, delicious, and orgasmic. That's right. Orgasmic haha.

 * look at how wonderful this dish looks. So happy in between the sushi rolls and Wagyu beef.

And of course, when dining like the king and queen of New York, one must order dessert...and that's exactly what we did!

 * the dessert menu is so classy. This gives you a better view of how the menu's constructed.

 * our spoons for the dessert! So decadent and cute haha.

Our dessert was a TRIO OF CHOCOLATE!!! I'll let that marinate with you for a while.

May I blog some more? Ok, thanks. This dessert consists of a Chocolate mousse,  chocolate cake, and chocolate ice cream. The mousse was super light, fluffy, yet surprisingly rich. The cake was super moist, and the ice cream was.....just ice cream.

 * From left to right: Cake, Mousse, and Ice Cream!


Surprise dish! So I was still hungry after eating the beef and Sushi rolls, so I ordered an Tasmanian Trout with Garlic Soy. Holy shizzle I didn't even mind that the center was still raw. Sooo garlicy and delicious. Even Angela loved it, and she doesn't normally like that raw, fishy texture!

All in all, it was a wonderful anniversary day, and a dinner to never forget. Here's to many more celebrations to come in the future!