Elsewhere

"M" and I went to Elsewhere in NYC's Theatre District at 403 W. 43rd Street for a last minute dinner because they had a Tasting Table special offer - two for one burgers (regularly $14 each).

We started with cocktails and shared a flavored popcorn - bacon butter ($5). It was deliciously buttery with a nice hint of bacon.

Then our Elsewhere burgers were served with caramelized onions, Five Spoke Tumbelweed cheese and a large bowl of crisp, thick cut french fries - wonderful!

We ended dinner with a sweet potato cake with caramel ice cream ($8).

Piccolo Cafe

I went back to this NYC Times Square gem at 274 West 40th Street to try the Grandmother Cake ($5/slice) - one of my favorite desserts. And this did not disappoint - it was light and creamy with a hint of lemon and studded with pistachio nuts!

Lulu Cake Boutique

Lulu Cake Boutique is located in NYC's Chelsea at 112 Eight Avenue.

We tried the home made yodel, dulce de lech cake and coconut layer cake - all very good.

Markt

...is located at 676 Sixth Avenue in NYC's Chelsea.

"A" and I shared a bottle of Lindeman's Framboise -raspberry flavored ($15), the daily special appetizer of sliced filet with tomatoes and micro greens ($16) and macaroni gratin ($16) - a delicious little casserole of mac n cheese.

And we shared the Dame Blanche ($7) - vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and whipped cream; and the warm Chocolate Tart with pistachio ice cream ($10) - a warm molten chocolate cake. Delish!

Chop Tank

"E", "J" and I enjoyed a wonderful 3 course prix-fixe dinner at Chop Tank located in NYC's Greenwich Village at 308 Bleecker Street. Also included was a wine tasting with each course.

Each table was served a basket of home made Old Bay potato chips - very addictive.

"E" and I decided to have the white wines and "J" had the red wines.

"E" started with the shrimp taco while "J" and I both had the fried oysters - crisp on the outside and very moist on the inside.

"J" had the fried chicken - which was several pieces of chicken coated with extra crunchy batter.

"E" and I both had the lump crab cake entree.

For dessert "E" had 2 scoops of the homemade cinnamon ice cream and "J" had 2 scoops of homemade vanilla ice cream. I had the Smith Island layer cake - 10 layers of vanilla cake with chocolate frosting - excellent!

The food and service was excellent, but the restaurant was quite noisy.

Taro Cake

"A" and "Y" brought this dessert from a Filipino bakery to our Thanksgiving dinner.

The filling is made from Taro. I think the color is "enhanced".

Bee Desserts & Cafe

...is located at 94 Greenwich Avenue in NYC's West Village. I tried their original chocolate covered honey cake ($4) - it was served prewrapped like a HoHo. It was good. I also had an iced cappucino ($4.50).

Sweetiepie

...is a darling little restaurant/dessert cafe located at 19 Greenwich Avenue in NYC's West Village.

It's decorated in bright pink and white and perfect for a girl's (young and more mature) gathering for comfort food and sweets.

We started with cockails $12 each: "A" had the Nutty Russian (khalua based) and I had the Sweetiepie Mojito (rum, raspberries, mint, lime, brown sugar and soda).

Then we shared an appetizer of homemade potato chips and creamed avocado dip ($9). The chips were thin and crisp.

"A" had the scrambed eggs in a nest - 2 parmesan baskets ($14) - the eggs were good, but the baskets were chewy. I had the mac n cheese with american, sharp cheddar and parmesan ($15) - it had a nice crispy breadcrumb/cheese crust.

For dessert we shared a Cookie 'Screamer - 3 scoops of ice cream (your choice of any 3 flavors; we ordered chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip and vanilla), rainbow sprinkles, crumbled homemade chocolate chip cookies and hot fudge ($13) and the trio of micro cakes ($12) - 3 Barbie size frosted sponge cakes (chocolate, lemon and vanilla).

We watched as a birthday party of girls devoured a Sweetiepig - sponge cake, whipped cream, bananas, strawberries and 18 (yes, that's right - 18) scoops of ice cream for $75!