Chocdoc - Noshing in NYC

[Kerry Beal]

Tonight dressed in our Sunday finest (make that the jeans and the shirts we wore to the Fancy Food Show) we attended a cocktail party hosted by Valrhona. It was on a roof top terrace attached to a beautiful old building.

 

 

A mixture of white chocolate, boiron passion fruit purée and rum was poured through the chute into the glasses. 

 

 

Many little apps were served - this might be the only one I caught a picture of. Balanced as it was on my G&T so I could use the other hand to get the picture.

 

 

 

Chefs Poirier and Salphet made a variety of sweet treats for us - macarons, tarts, sables, financier and caramel panna cotta.

 

 

A modeling agency had been hired to act as servers and bar tenders. So there were many striking young men milling around.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

There were some other choices as well - someone was cooking nice pieces of foie gras.

 

 

 

 

Cheeses, breads, duck breast confit, duck rillettes and pate with foie I apparently missed catching on camera 

 

 

 

And when you are balancing food on your drink glass - you lose your pate!

 

 

[gfweb]

4 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Exactly what I was thinking that Anna and I have to do when we are up north!

 

 

I'm not so sure about this.  

Goat cheese +sweet stuff?  

Maybe if it were very salty. 

[Kerry Beal]

You know you are a true chocolatier when you have a triglyceride tattoo on your body.  

[gfweb]

1 minute ago, Kerry Beal said:

You know you are a true chocolatier when you have a triglyceride tattoo on your body.  

Monounsaturated

[Kerry Beal]

3 minutes ago, gfweb said:

I'm not so sure about this.  

Goat cheese +sweet stuff?  

Maybe if it were very salty. 

Humbolt Fog is like the richest cream cheese ever! The combination was quite lovely when I tasted it. Like a more solid creme brûlée 

Edited July 2, 2018 by Kerry Beal (log)

[gfweb]

4 hours ago, rotuts said:

Hot Hot Hot

 

Thats BusterPoindexter, not the overrated Springsteen

[Kerry Beal]

Awfully late at night - we weren't hungry when we walked home from the cocktail party - but around 10:30 decided we were.

 

Following @gfweb's suggestion that you can never go wrong with pizza in NYC we hit the joint around the corner (Ray's) and grabbed a couple of slices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also following advice - we picked up some Junior's cheesecake.

 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Just opened the parting gift given by Valrhona - thought I’d share with you 

 

 

[weinoo]

9 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Following @gfweb's suggestion that you can never go wrong with pizza in NYC we hit the joint around the corner (Ray's) and grabbed a couple of slices

I like gfweb, but that is the dumbest suggestion I've ever heard ( along with his trolling "overrated" comment). 

 

Problem is, nyc, like most other cities, tends to shut down too early, especially on a Sunday night when it's a million degrees out.

[Kerry Beal]

It was a million degrees out! Gotta say though - I suspect the worst NYC pizza is better than than the best chain pizza at home.

Edited July 3, 2018 by Kerry Beal (log)

[Kerry Beal]

Breakfast!

 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

My Johnny Iuzzuni swag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 2, 2018 by Kerry Beal (log)

[Anna N]

44 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

 

My Johnny Iuzzuni swag.

 

You call that swag? No pen? No notebook?😂

[Kerry Beal]

1 minute ago, Anna N said:

You call that swag? No pen? No notebook?😂

True that!

[Kerry Beal]

Slim to nil low carb pickins in the Maple Leaf lounge right now 

 

 

But they have a Lavazza machine for latte which makes a nice cup

[rotuts]

Wow !

 

Johnny Iuzzuni

 

doesn't mess around

 

of course  I know nothing about those chocolates

 

but the presentation is First Rate  !

[gfweb]

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

I like gfweb, but that is the dumbest suggestion I've ever heard ( along with his trolling "overrated" comment). 

 

Problem is, nyc, like most other cities, tends to shut down too early, especially on a Sunday night when it's a million degrees out.

 

Don't recall saying that you can never go wrong with NYC pizza.  I've had some bad slices.

 

I do recall saying that the pizza in Penn Station is the only thing I'd eat there.

 

And I like @weinoo

[Kerry Beal]

6 minutes ago, rotuts said:

Wow !

 

Johnny Iuzzuni

 

doesn't mess around

 

of course  I know nothing about those chocolates

 

but the presentation is First Rate  !

Indeed - presentation is everything - I'm anticipating that they will taste as good as they look. I particularly like the sealing wax.

[Kerry Beal]

Just now, gfweb said:

 

Don't recall saying that you can never go wrong with NYC pizza.  I've had some bad slices.

 

I do recall saying that the pizza in Penn Station is the only thing I'd eat there.

 

And I like @weinoo

Oops - I misremembered what you wrote - but I was not disappointed with the slices we got. I think the stuff we got in Penn Station was better but these were still quite suitable for middle of the night food.

[Shelby]

5 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Indeed - presentation is everything - I'm anticipating that they will taste as good as they look. I particularly like the sealing wax.

Agreed.  Sealing wax ups the presentation appeal.

[Tri2Cook]

2 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Indeed - presentation is everything - I'm anticipating that they will taste as good as they look. I particularly like the sealing wax.

I like that too. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if the packaging for that set cost at least as much as the bars inside cost to produce but he's in a market and at a level where he can price accordingly. Packaging appears to be my next frustration now that the battle to find a mold I could live with has ended.

[rotuts]

Yah

 

I too noted the seals .

 

everything about that presentation suggested TopNotch

[Kerry Beal]

Lunch was brought in to the lounge just as we were leaving 

 

 

 

 

Not sure all those gas inducing foods are a wise idea!

 

 

A snack was served on the flight.

 

Lost a pocket knife and a corkscrew to TSA both of which were in my carryon on the way down.

 

 

Edited July 2, 2018 by Kerry Beal (log)

[Anna N]

1 minute ago, Kerry Beal said:

Lost a pocket knife and a corkscrew to TSA both of which were in my carryon on the way down.

Damn!  The one you carried back-and-forth forever?