Chocdoc Returns to the Big Apple

donk79 · November 12

Pickle ice cream is one I am having a hard time wrapping my brain around. Salty, I presume? Dill, garlic?

rotuts · November 12

fine looking restaurant choice.

thank you for the menu's .

Kerry Beal · November 12

4 hours ago, donk79 said:

Pickle ice cream is one I am having a hard time wrapping my brain around. Salty, I presume? Dill, garlic?

Actually bread and butter pickles

weinoo · November 12

The next time you find yourself in or near the misery that is Penn Station, there is now a Roberta's outpost over there at One Penn Plaza.

https://www.robertaspizza.com/msg (A really not that great web site).

Also, if you did not know, you can take the LIRR from Grand Central now - a much nicer location.

Kerry Beal · November 13

This morning we headed out to the Port Authority Bus station to go to Moonachie - the home of the american outpost of Rondo - a swiss company that makes sheeters and lines for dough handling.

The Starbucks in the bus depot - lots of left behind bevies that people must have had to catch their bus before they could pick up.

once on the bus I tucked into my egg bites.

I took a couple of videos at Rondo of their cutting and rolling machine for croissants. Will have to save our allowance for a bit. I'll see if later I can upload to YouTube and post here.

Lunch at Montclair Diner - not the best - but have had worse.

Can never go wrong with a milkshake

Shrimp and grits with cajun butter sauce

Burger

California Club

veggie omelet

Edited November 13 by Kerry Beal (log)

Kerry Beal · November 13

From the diner we headed off with Bhavani of Diamond Custom Machines to see his customer Roger who owns Vesta Chocolates with his partner Julia.

It's located in an old bank with the most interesting vault door!

He had us taste his two most exciting products - a chocolate chip cookie and a brownie made with his bean to bar chocolate and panela as the sugar. Not overly sweet - both the cookie and the brownie were excellent. The hot chocolate was wonderful as well.

Kerry Beal · November 13

We spent a bit of time measuring stainless containers - the lead up to a project I'm working on.

Kerry Beal · November 13

Dinner at Obao

Apps included reimagined steamed dumplings

What was called mushroom banh xeo taco's - was expecting the traditional banh xeo pancake - not expecting a corn taco.

Fried spring rolls

By the time the main dishes arrived to be shared I could have - as Anna would have said - eaten the business end out of a skunk we were so hungry. So I forgot pictures until it was too late.