[新年快樂] 年菜料理 大豐收

新年快樂！這是來美國後的第八個農曆新年，真的是最有年味的一年。因為有好多共同愛吃的朋友們，所以大家的廚藝ˇ都一起更加精進了。往往重心投入於西式甜點的我終於又重拾對中式麵點的熱情，以後應該會越做越多喔！

今年農曆年，耶魯這裏剛好遇上超級大雪，所以星期五下午，星期一，星期二通通放假。真的好像在美國放台灣年假一樣。不過也因為大雪，所以都關在家裡做東西吃東西或是和朋友一起關在朋友家裡做東西吃東西。

星期五晚上就在家自己玩蘿蔔絲餅！以前大學時代玩過豬肉／牛肉餡餅，不過似乎忘記了許多細節。這次重新在認識一下中式的燙麵麵糰。

[2012 NH Fall 餐廳週] Lunch at Ibiza

website: http://www.ibizarestaurantnewhaven.com/

終於寫到餐廳週的最後一發了。昨天膽戰心驚的量體重，幸好沒有變胖。（擦汗）

今天中午從辦公室走到 Ibiza 這段路走的心情真好。因為知道要去吃好吃的。雖然說最近超級電腦的計算很慢，所以我拿到新data的速度也很慢，但是這也是沒辦法的事情。等NAMD在Omega上裝好之後我在把一部分資料移去那裏好了。所以目前還是只能繼續使用NERSC。到了會想要多做一點東西好跟老闆談畢業的階段。（緊張）

[2012 NH Fall 餐廳週] Lunch at Zinc

website: http://zincfood.com/

今天和我的 regular lunch buddy, SK, 前往zinc。這家我好像之前來過兩次，都是晚餐。之前餐廳週也有來過：New Haven Restaurant Week 2011 Fall -- Dinner at Zinc 

怠惰如我，總是有漏的食記沒有寫。不過我會再回來代表我喜歡這餐廳就是了!

今天和SK散步走去,又是一個風和日麗的超冷天氣。和SK聊了好多找正經和不正經的事。結論就是以後決不讓我們的小孩變成化學博士。我們現在回頭已經太晚了!不過也聊了很多好笑的事情就是了。有想要認識SK的男生把CV寄給他爸看。但是好像太優秀反而讓SK討厭。或許RCSIII也該做做樣子和我爸申請一下。不過面試應該會有語言障礙吧。

[2012 NH Fall 餐廳週] Dinner at Union League Cafe

website: http://unionleaguecafe.com

好開心喔好開心喔! Union League Cafe 應該是我在 New Haven 最愛的餐廳! 應該是這裡唯一的高級法式料理。服務極佳食物也很好吃。特推牛肉料理! (不過今天的共食伙伴皆不吃牛，所以我也只好不分享我的好料了。（攤手））

餐廳週也幾乎每次都要去一下解解饞，上一次也有寫食記在此：Dinner at Union League Cafe -- 2012 NH Spring RW

[2012 NH Fall 餐廳週] Dinner at Press

website: http://www.presspizza.com/

一年兩度的 New Haven 餐廳週又來了。繼昨天到紐約吃吃喝喝和ＹＹ見面以後，今天回家一早就起來準備 lunch potluck party.

哈哈紐約吃到的好料先藏私一下，等我再吃幾次以後我再公開。（極度沒有部落客的分享精神。）

[快樂周末] Weekend Brunch, Dinner & Dessert

真是一個吃得好飽的週末噢! S&E 遠從Boston過來看月底要搬去加州做post doc的Suv. 我的小公寓終於要有住宿的客人了! 朋友來訪不免要吃吃喝喝。充實的週末,新舊朋友通通都不能少!

以下是我們的行程:

ＳＡＴＵＲＤＡＹ： [與LF&KC有約] Brunch at Lena's Cafe -> #1 Fish Market/DSW/Target with KC -> Broadway Shopping -> Dinner at Mezcal -> Dessert at Shake Shack -> Sweet Home! (Boys went to the Owl Shop!)
ＳＵＮＤＡＹ： Brunch at The Pantry -> say bye-bye to S&E!

今天把KC和LF介紹認識來個三人行就可以多點一份甜的brunch之旅。來到我和ＫＣ還算蠻常來的Lena's Cafe.　三個人都很貪心，所以都各點一份鹹食然後再分食甜點。果然愛吃的人都還蠻合得來的。

[與ＬF有約] Brunch at 168 York St. Cafe

Address: 168 York St. New Haven, CT 06510 (Of course!)

Website: http://www.168yorkstreetcafe.com/

真是大起大落的禮拜。

[秋天甜點] 杯子蛋糕 Sugar Bakery's Autumn Cupcakes

從台灣回來之後就好忙好忙。
雖然還想念台灣的芋頭酥，芋圓，豆花等等，但是現在的美國正是我最喜愛的季節。和台灣不同，New England 這裡的秋天氣息相當濃厚。樹葉已經漸漸紅了，我最愛的秋天食材紛紛出籠了。除了各種 spiced coffee/tea 以外，甜點們也開始沾染秋天的味道。 最近吃的還算健康，所以就跑去 sugar bakery 的 cupcake truck 買兩個秋天限定口味的杯子蛋糕。

-Chocolate Coverd Caramel Apple- apple cupcake filled with creamy caramel, dipped in chocolate ganache, rolled in chocolate sprinkles!

Lunch at L'Orcio -- Friday Only & Yummy!

Address: 806 State St, New Haven, CT 06511
Website: http://www.lorcio.com/

I have always wanted to try this place, but I keep remembering Sahr told me that she did not like this place at all during her visit last year for a RW lunch. So I'm always a but reluctant to step in this place, but in the same time, I would really like to try since I also heard so good thing about it from some of my Italian-American friends. Finally, I asked Yen & Angela to come here together and gladly both of them said yes immediately! Plus we got a bonus Ted, who invited himself to this girl's lunch but was suffering from allergy terribly during the day at lunch.

Brunch at The Corner Restaurant

Address: 105 River St, Milford, CT 06460
Website: http://thecornerbrunch.com

I absolutely love all my brunch pig out with KC. I think maybe because we both love eggs & breakfast sweet items plus we are both really lay back. We always end up just relax at my apartment later or shopping at a mall somewhere. We decided to try this new spot that I found on Yelp. It's not too far away from New Haven if you have a car.

Dinner at Union League Cafe -- 2012 NH Spring RW

Address: 1032 Chapel St # A  New Haven, CT 06510
Website: http://unionleaguecafe.com

Here come my last stop for 2012 NH spring RW. I was here with Angela, Yen and Ted. This is probably the only French Restaurant here at New Haven (while we have about 1000 Italian restaurants), and it happened to be a very good one. Of course, the price is also very French like my beloved LV...so that's why RW is a good chance to come back again.

Dinner at Ibiza -- 2012 (&2010) NH Spring RW

 

Address: 39 High Street New Haven CT::
Website: http://www.ibizarestaurantnewhaven.com

This is my second stop for this year's spring restaurant week. 

Lunch at Consiglios -- 2012 NH Spring RW

Address: 165 Wooster Street  New Haven, CT 06511
Website: http://www.consiglios.com

I am always excited about restaurant week (RW), doesn't matter what time of the year and what city I'm at. Although this year's RW price is more expensive, $18 for lunch & $32 for dinner, I still think it's a pretty good opportunity to try new places in town and catch up with friends. Sahr and I planned this meal about 2 weeks ago and both of us were starving on our way there (Oh well...maybe just me...) I have to apologize to  her a little bit here since I couldn't really focuse on talking to her on the Yale shuttle...I think my blood sugar level was too low....too hungry to do anything at all...sorry girl....I was not being a nice friend then.

Lucibello's --My favorite Italian Pastry Shop at New Haven

Address:935 Grand Ave., New Haven, CT 06511
Website: http://www.lucibellospastry.com

I tried to go to the Farmer's market here at New Haven on Saturday with my two heavy glass milk bottles that I still have from last year to return to the awesome diary vendor there, BUT.....there was no one there. Well...I guess this year's farmer's market hasn't started yet. (Hum...I thought it usually starts in April. Oh well.)

Bella's Cafe -- revisit for a Sweet Brunch

For the restaurant information, please see my previous visit here!

I wrote my 1st post almost a year ago and I came back today with KC to check out their sweet brunch items. It was the Easter weekend and in order to avoid waiting in line for too long, KC and I decided to go around 10:00AM!!! (well....I know that's not really "early"...)

Rocq Macaron

Website: http://macarons.rocqgroup.com/

This week was a little bit depressing for me. It might be the combination of a lot of things, such as some students gave me terrible attitude in the session, computer issues that resulted in not able to run some calculations and I am going to have a meeting tomorrow. I NEVER enjoy the meetings for many reasons...oh well...I shouldn't be complaining so much if I am doing something I love doing, isn't it? I know I know. Oh well...a girl is still need to pay the bills (tears) anyway, something worth celebrating was that our project got the first publication in PNAS. And plus I just got back my tax return, I went ahead and order those babies online. (since New Haven doesn't have any good French macaron places)

New Haven Restaurant Week 2011 Fall -- Dinner at Zinc

Address: 964 Chapel Street New Haven CT 06510
Website: http://zincfood.com/

This is the 3rd stop of my restaurant week journey! I came with RCSIII and it was his 1st time here (my second). It was still one of the best restaurant in New Haven.

New Haven Restaurant Week 2011 Fall -- Lunch at Christopher Martin

Address:860 State Street  New Haven, CT 06511

Website: http://www.christophermartins.com



This is my second stop for this year's restaurant. I came here with RCSIII for lunch and it was our first time there.

New Haven Restaurant Week 2011 Fall -- Lunch at Pacifico

Address:  220 College Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Website: http://www.pacificorestaurants.com/home-nh

Here was my 1st stop of 2011 Fall New Haven Restaurant week. Pacifico is one of my favorite places in New Haven and I went there for a Sunday lunch with Sahr. This place serves really good seafood in town, and I've come here many times.

Katalina's Bakery -- Vote for the Yale Bulldog Cupcake!

Address: 43 Whitney Ave. New Haven, CT 06511
Website: Still working on it!!

AWESOME!!!! A new sweet shop just opened and it is SUPER close to my apartment! I just discovered it yesterday (apparently they just opened on Friday) and immediately bought 2 cupcakes. They are: Vanilla Cupcake with Chocolate Frosting and almond topping (see picture above) and Red Velvet Cupcake with Cream cheese Frosting (see can kind of see the cupcake at the top right corner of the picture.)