I’ve always been a savory person – meaning I prefer savory foods to sweets. If someone offered me oreos or doritos, I’d grab the chips. A piece of cake or french fries? You already know.
As a Hanukkah present my girlfriend got “Perfect Fries”. Who doesn’t love an “As Seen on TV” type of present? If you don’t have the courage to buy it yourself, have someone get it for you as a gift!
Needless to say, we used it immediately. We had some blue potatoes from our CSA and we decided to bake them in the oven with salt, pepper, rosemary and olive oil. This is the bomb azz result:
And then we went to one of my fave places in Harlem, Yatenga. A french restaurant that is still getting the kinks out of its newness, it’s near CUNY, it has good vibes and is next door to the Shrine, an awesome music venue. Both of these places are worth visit and/or a trip Uptown.
So what do you do when you go to a french restaurant and it’s Friesday? You get frites, duh. And lamb meatballs and a salad so you get some nutrients.
Pretty frequently I grab lunch with a college friend who works near by. We exclusively test out taco venues. It’s a never-ending project that I thoroughly enjoy undertaking. And a couple Fridays ago I celebrate Friesday at this fun taco place, Otto’s Tacos in the East Village. What’s that? Fries and Mexican you say? Oh, yes honey. “Massa Fries” are made out of corn, like deep-fried, dense, corn tortillas. So good. This is real life:
Shout out to my homie for his beautiful hand-modeling.
Anyway, I’m headed home to the PNW today so I’m not sure I’ll have time to celebrate Friesday properly… unless anyone knows of some good places at JFK? And no, McDonald’s and Burger King don’t count.
If you have any suggestions outside of places to eat fries out side of the airport I would love to know! Where’s your favorite place to eat fries?
Love Friesday!
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