Crepes And Corks: NYC

On Saturday night we went to Bar Boulud. One of Daniel Boulud's more casual restaurants, the menu is really unique and fun. My favorite dish was a seafood salad appetizer, which I unfortunately didn't get a picture of. They offer a Frenchie burger with black angus beef, pork belly confit and short ribs which was a little dry but still tasty nonetheless. The restaurant also has an extensive wine selection. To get to the restrooms you have to walk downstairs and through the entire wine gallery which was nice to see and is included below. My brother Alex's birthday was the week before so we made sure to celebrate that as a family as well.

For brunch Sunday we went to one of my favorite restaurants, Momofuku Ssam Bar. If you like duck, there aren't enough good things I can say about their duck. They only take reservations for larger parties who want to order a whole duck but it is entirely worth it. The duck is stuffed with pork sausage, marinated and roasted. They slice it for you and serve it over greens, rice and chive pancakes. It comes with a few sauces, of which the hoisin sauce is my favorite. You get a choice of a few sides. I loved the fried brussel sprouts with xo sauce, sour cream and puffed rice. They also had a wonderful apple kimchi with maple lebne, and fresh country ham with an amazing sauce that they call "red eye gravy". While we were devouring the duck, they made a delicious broth from the left over duck juices and orange zest. I think we all voted this to be our favorite meal of our trip. If anyone gets the chance to go, I hope you love it just as much as we did and let me know what you think!