About a month ago I decided to visit Zona Rosa restaurant that is located in Williamsburg Brooklyn . When I looked up the restaurant on Yelp it had great reviews, along with great pictures of the dining area and rooftop bar. I went with some friends and it was there that I tried Posole for the first time! when I first got the dish it was served in a big soup bowl with Homony garnished with radishes, cabbage and avocados all swimming in a warm spicy broth. As I dipped into it with my spoon, I made sure to get everything, the broth, homony, a piece of pork and avocado. the first taste was heaven, the broth was spicy, homony and pork was perfectly cooked and the avocado provided the cooling down factor that balanced it out. It was a cold night outside and we were on the rooftop dining area so it was PERFECT!  the more I ate the Posole I couldn’t get enough, because the spiciness wasn’t overpowering but well balanced. The cabbage still had its crunch in the soup which provided an extra texture. i would definitely go back and try this dish again.

This spicy tuna volcano was crispy and indeed spicy! I wasn’t sure what was going to be in this appetizer and I was suprised that they fried a ball of rice covered in batter and topped with spicy tuna. It is a intelligent concept and I enjoyed it very much. I would definitely go back to Gyu Kaku to order this again!

Gyu Kaku is a Japanese Barbecue franchise located in different areas on NYC and the US. Give it a try! You won’t be disappointed.

I  was  a  bit  amaze how the coconut flavor in  the  didn’t over power the sorrel flavor in  the  ice  cream. Another thing  that  surprised me was color from  the  sorrel  didn’t  have  an  effect  on the  product, it  was  white  in  color, so I  believe  the  use  green  sorrel to  make  the  ice  cream.  I  wasn’t  sure  how  the it would  of  the  taste, combining  the  two  flavors. It  was  actually  good, you  taste  both  flavors  in  the  ice  cream.

The Peanut  butter pie is  a desert  from Maple’s Smokehouse, its really good. The pie is little  too sweet, texture is smooth and silk and crust  which  I  believe what Graham  complements  texture  of  the  pie. I  really  enjoyed  it  and  even  brought  one  to  go  with  after  having  it at  the  place. It had  some  whipped cream on top  with  chocolate  drizzle on  it , which kind of even out  the  sweetness of  pie.

I’ve  had Smoked Herring before but  I have  never  had  it  in  any  type  of  sauce  before. Upon trying  the  herring  in  the  sauce I  didn’t  know  what  to  expect trying  it  this  way, it’s was not  to bad at  all. It had  a combination of  both  sweet and sour taste on the  palette  could  of  been  because  of  the  onions that  was  in  the  sauce. It  also  left  tart taste  in your  mouth  after  consuming. I didn’t  not  like  it  because  of  the  sour  taste, I had  to  drink  water  and  eat  something  to  get  taste  out  my  mouth. It’s  not  something  I’ll try again, I will  continue  to  eat  my  herring  smoked.

I tried Poke in Smorgasburg. Poke is a tunafish salad usually served cold. I tried it on the last day of Smorgasbord in November and it was pretty cold. The tuna is made with limukohu seaweed, wasabi, green onions and sesame oil. The poke was very good, it didn’t have any fishy flavor to it, it tasted fresh. The seasoning they put on it added to the flavor of the poke. I enjoyed the poke very much but I think it would’ve been more enjoyable if it was consumed in the summer. I tried in on a cold November day and I was looking for something more hot than cold. Overall,  poke is a great cold salad meant to be eaten on a hot summer day. I’m looking forward to trying other varieties of poke.

I tried escargot at Balthazar Restaurant. Escargot was an interesting dish to try. A delicacy for many. The escargot was served in a garlic parsley sauce. They give you special tongs and a special fork to eat it. Each snail had parsley stuffed inside the shell. The snail itself was very chewy to eat. The snail had a very earthy flavor to it, but it was pretty much smothered in the garlic parsley sauce. I think without the sauce the escargot would taste very weird, but with all the sauce it was very good actually. Overall, I liked escargot, when I was younger I was never expecting to try escargot. I’ve seen some of my family member eat it and thought it was weird.

I had scotch eggs from Imperial Egg in Smorgasburg. I tried the Moroccan spiced lamb. The egg is breaded and fried and stuffed with a smoked yogurt sauce on top. I wasn’t expecting to try the most delicious egg ever. The scotch egg had so much flavor and texture in such a little package. The crunch on the outside and the nice soft boiled egg in the inside added a nice texture. The flavor of the moroccan spiced lamb was well seasoned and very flavorful. The smoked yogurt sauce was a nice touch too, instead of the egg being dry it had a nice sauce. Overall, I loved the scotch egg and would love to eat it again.

My first food first is grilled octopus. I had this octopus in Taverna Kyclades in Astoria Queens. The grilled octopus legs was served on a hot plate with olive oil on it and cucumber, it also had an arrangement of herbs and spices on it. The flavor of the octopus legs alone didn’t have much of a taste, or it didn’t taste fishy at all. The olive oil, herbs and spices pretty much covered up the taste of it. It did have a nice grilled charred flavor. The octopus legs was very chewy and hard to finish towards the end. Overall, I liked the octopus legs because of the charred flavor and its herbs and spices.

Recently my fiancé and I went to a Venezuelan restaurant called Arepas Café. They had an assortment of different arepas stuffed with numerous fillings. The picture shows the two arepas I had, 1-Reina which was shredded chicken, mixed with avocados and mayo. the second one was Carne Mechada, it was stuffed with shredded beef, and white cheese. The food here was delicious and we have since been back numerous times.