[food] another sunday at mitsuwa

The Mitsuwa grocery in Edgewater, NJ often stages food festivals celebrating a particular area of Japan. In the past, they've had a Hokkaido-centric festival, bringing in specialty items that would only be common in that area.

This past weekend, they had another food festival, but instead of concentrating on one area, they picked various foodstuffs from various areas of Japan for the curious (and hungry) to try.

[lunch] thai steak salad from mooncake foods

I was craving summer rolls (gỏi cuốn) the other day, but Soho doesn't have any good Vietnamese restaurants within walking distance of my office, so I had to stick getting an order from Mooncake Foods, which is an Asian fusion restaurant on Sixth Ave and Watt.

The summer rolls were disappointing -- they were at least half the size of what I'd usually get at my fave Vietnamese place in Queens -- but at least I got a Thai steak salad which sort of made up for the lackluster rolls.

[lunch] salad combo from once upon a tart

The salad combination from Once Upon a Tart is the best lunch bargain in Soho. For $7+, you get all this: greek salad and chickpea salsa with a slice of fritata. Today, I wanted to get all fancy, so I added a glass of their ginger ice tea -- which was totally the best idea that I've had all day.



They also had this fancy display of cookies at the counter.