On Sunday night, for Mother’s day I went to City Island with my family. My brother ordered baked clams. I really wanted to try them because they looked so good. The clams were served with a mixed sauce of tomatoes; onions, breadcrumbs and I believe scallions. Honestly, it was not the best thing I ever had. The tomato sauce was too much for the clams. The clam’s shell was falling apart and could taste the crunchiness of the shell sliding into my mouth. It was not the best but I could have been worse. Overall, my experience in City Island was fun and good experience trying something new.

On Mothers day I went to eat with my family to City Island, in the Bronx. I love seafood but usually when I go out there, I get the same thing all the time. This time I decided to try something new. I got myself some really good ravioli lobster. It was absolutely the best ravioli I ever had. The sauce was creamy, the lobster very chewy and delicate. The thick wheat filled me up really quick. But those eight pieces of ravioli were the best. I am definitely going to go back there, just for that. Lobster ravioli is my new favorite dish in City Island.

On Friday, while I was working some “elote” lady stopped by my job and asked if I wanted any elotes or esquites. I work at a liquor store in Jackson Heights so I have the privilege of eating anything with sazon around here. There are a lot of Hispanic restaurants around here. Elote is corn. I felt like I had to try the esquites because I have heard of them but never tried them. I know many who talk beautiful things about it and how it is so good and I cannot wait to go around your job to have one of those. Esquites is grained and boiled corn then sautéed in butter and onions. Esquites are served with mayo, salt, lime, cheese and chili powder. I always though esquites were dry corn served with mayo and cheese, at least that’s how I saw it on pictures. Honestly, I was not thrilled by it. I felt the corn snack was too liquidly and the mayo and cheese just didn’t go with the water. Also I could taste a lot of onion. I am glad I only had the $2.50 cup because I would not have finished the $5 cup of esquite. I feel that maybe it does taste good but this was one was not prepared the way I was expecting it. Hopefully next time I do have another esquite its how I imagined it if not, I will not ever have one again.

Last night I went to Giorgio’s of Gramercy with my boyfriend. Giorgio’s of Gramercy is located in 21^st street between Park Ave and Broadway. For dinner, I had sea scallops. When I say sea scallops, it is not an ordinary sea scallop plate. The four sea scallops were served with caramelized cauliflower fondue and florets, raisins, roasted almonds and balsamic glaze. This dish was served hot. It was the perfect mixture of everything. The crunchy almonds, and the sweetness of the raisins were perfectly mixed together. I never tried raisins with balsamic glaze. All the chemicals of each ingredient somehow incorporated very well. Something else I liked about this delicious dish that I will never forget was that the scallops had a soft but tender taste with each ingredients on my plate.

Over this past weekend, I visited the Grand Opening of Smorgasburg food market in Williamsburg. It was my first time going and I was very excited about the whole event. I did not know what to expect but what I did know was that I was very excited about going especially to eat food. Unfortunately, the weather was not cooperating. Surprisingly, Williamsburg is not so far from home, Sunnyside, Queens. It took me about 15 minutes to get there by bus. There were many food vendors, people, and a little “bar area” for drinks only. You had to be 21 and over to get into that area. I was craving a burger or something with steak in it but when I saw that word I had seen in my research paper I knew I had to try it. TLAYUDA. Tlayuda is a traditional Mexican/Oaxacan food. It is made out of handmade thin, toasted tortilla, spread over black beans, quesillo (Mexican cheese), lettuce, avocado, salsa verde (spicy sauce), and desired meat, I had carnitas (shredded pork meat). I was impatiently waiting for the vendors to call my name to hand me the beautiful Tlayuda. When I turned around to reach the “Tlayuda,” I had to hold the pie with both hands. It literally look liked a large pizza pie with things all over it. It was gorgeous. When I had my first bite, the crunchiness of the tortilla flakes off. The Pico de Gallo savored in my mouth. Honestly, it was not what I was expecting but I did enjoy the famous Oaxacan Tlayuda. The only thing that would have helped would have been the weather.