Midtown and Pork Belly

Another addition of Bringing back the Weekend! Can we go back to Friday already?

Or back to D’s house? With her delicious spinach salad of apples and goat cheese? And her amazing squash pasta, with hints of cayenne pepper? (My meals are dominated by squash lately)

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Friends keep wanting to cook me dinner, could it get any better? And they force me to take home leftovers…… I wonder if its due to this single thing… or she was buttering me up, prior to putting my body through her toughest yoga sculpt class.  My thighs still thank you…

 Whatever the cause, I will be making her salad dressing all week:

Mix together a little olive oil, white balsamic, honey, stone ground mustard, salt, pepper and ground ginger. Yum!

The weekend was also dedicated to my obsession with exploration; with a trip to the Midtown Global Market. Me never coming here equals a total sin. How have I never been here  before?

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A mecca of food and culture, a market I should be coming to weekly.  As should you 🙂

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Groceries and foods of the world; a place I could spend hours and many, many paychecks. Trying to pick my lunch spot was rough, my gluttonous eye wanted everything. However, based on a recommendation, The Left Handed Cook won my rumbling stomach.

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Pork Belly must have been the theme of the day;

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Hello Notorious Pig Scallion Pancake.

And Ma Belle Rice Bowl…. I want to try every place in the market, however, how I am going to be able to deny the pork belly??? I may be picking up these to go on every visit….

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A trip to Midtown Global Market would not be complete without margaritas from A la Salsa. Because tequila should always be included with exploring. And you never know who you might meet sitting at the bar. Possibly a friendly gentleman, who advises you to take every opportunity that may come your way. To jump in and push aside your structured plans.  That sometimes you just have to figure out life along the way.  To take things as they come.

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So cheers to exploration, friends who cook dinner and gentlemanly advice over tequila.

What did you do this weekend? Explore anywhere new?