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The plan today was to hang out in the air conditioning, read a book on the couch and catch up on the DVR.
But there was a food festival that lured me outdoors.
Normally picky about where I eat, I wouldn’t have gone near a food truck for a meal a few years ago. Somehow a handful of food trucks have brought me over to the parked side.
With over 30 vendors at the festival, I definitely needed to pace myself, but I managed to indulge in some of my favorite food in New York City, from a truck or otherwise.
I started with Taim, the mobile outpost of the diminutive West Village eatery.
They make the tastiest falafel I’ve ever eaten. Perfectly crispy, yet still tender and herbaceous inside, the falafel balls are accompanied by a cucumber tomato salad, pickled cabbage, hummus and tahini sauce. Happiness in a pita.
The Strawberry-Raspberry-Thai Basil Smoothie isn’t bad either. It was perfectly refreshing on this hot summer day.
Moving on to the line next door, Mexicue offered a delicious selection of tacos and sliders that marry two popular styles of cuisine: Mexican food and barbeque.
Yes, please.
The special Elote taco – filled with roasted corn goodness that epitomizes summer – and the BBQ brisket slider made leaving my air conditioned apartment worth it. Worth it twenty times over.
The Red Hook Lobster Pound offers classic seafood conjuring up warm beach days, even when you are stuck in the asphalt jungle.
The Connecticut style lobster roll, served warm with butter(!), is the order of today.
My stomach couldn’t take much more, but I had to save a little room for dessert. The Coolhaus ice cream truck sent me to the edge of nirvana.
First you choose your cookie, then pair it with the ice cream of your choosing.
I chose the Maple Waffle White Chocolate Cookie and the Brown Butter with Candied Bacon Ice Cream. Heaven.
Lucky for me, I ran into my friends Judy and Peter, who are fellow food lovers. He chose the classic Chocolate Chip Cookie with Tahitian Vanilla Ice Cream; she had the Maple Waffle White Chocolate with the decadent Pistachio Truffle.
And now, I’m off to take a nap.
To find out where you can experience any of the delectable treats above, follow the vendors on Twitter for current locations:
Taim: @TaimMobile
Mexicue: @Mexicue
Red Hook Lobster: @lobstertruckny
Coolhaus: @CoolHausNY
This year for my birthday, all I wanted was a moment of peace and quiet.
So, I gave myself a full day. It began something like this:
When you live in a metropolitan city, sometimes you need to flee just to maintain your sanity. I escaped to Montauk. About three hours outside of New York City, Montauk is on the edge of Long Island and the more laid back sibling to the tony Hamptons. The beach offered a respite from my city life.
Afterwards, I checked into my room at The Surf Lodge. It was very cool.
The room was small, but chic…
…with modern touches throughout the space…
…a chair in here…
…and a chair out there…
…they offered a welcome opportunity to take a load off.
Every room sits on the edge of Fort Pond, and mine was no exception.
Venturing outside and exploring later, I discovered little nooks of fun on the property.
Now, The Surf Lodge is supposed to be quite the party scene, the place to hang out in Montauk. But on this day, it was mellow and peaceful, for which I was very, very grateful.
My gratitude led me to settle in to some cucumber water and a glass of wine…
…and I took in the view in front of me…
…and to the left of me.
The sky was mostly cloudy, with mist off the water lending a mystical air to the day. The view was at times breathtaking.
It also made me hungry. But what else is new?
Perfectly seared scallops with crispy garlic chips and pickled shallots brought me joy.
I consider myself a lobster roll aficionado, and this was quite possibly the best one I’ve ever had. The lobster was simply prepared…and poached in butter. The fries weren’t bad either.
A tart but sweet key lime pie topped it all off.
After dinner, I ordered a nice chilly glass of rosé and planted myself on a strategically placed chair to take in the view of the water. The sun made an appearance after being absent all day, and it blessed those of us on the deck with a sunset. It wasn’t fairy tale perfect, but it was beautiful.
After the sunset and a few more glasses of wine than I was used to drinking, I was pooped and turned in for the night.
The next morning, I woke up to this.
A view of the Pond and a hammock calling my name. So I got in.
The Surf Lodge, www.surflodgemontauk.com.