My favorite part of the day

My favorite part of the day? The happy hour!
In Italy you call it "aperitivo" it goes from 7pm to 9pm, you drink, you eat, chit chat with friends and it is always a good time!
My favorite places are those that serve finger food and appetizers ;)

In America... well, happy hour hours vary from place to place. It's like saying, it's always a good time to have a drink lol
Here are some of my favorite drinks:

MOJITO AT A LATIN BAR

BEER AT BARCADE ( JERSEY CITY)

APEROL SPRITZ AT SKINNERS LOFT (JERSEY CITY)

GINGER LYCHEE  MOJITO AT OFICINA LATINA (NY) 

CHERRY GIN MARTINI AT SATIS (JERSEY CITY)

BLACKBERRY CAIPIRINHA AND CHIPOTLE MEZCALITA MARGARITA AT OFICINA LATINA (NYC) 

And these are just few of them ;)

Oh woow, now that I think about it, I need to take some more pictures to update this post, and it's happy hour time! ;)

I'll be back with more....

Happy Aperitivo! ˆˆ

December in NY/NJ

Hi everybody!

I haven't updated my blog for a while... well I've been doing a lot of things ;)

I made pizza and calzoni :)

Pollo al forno ( baked chicken)

Fettuccine with pancetta and cherry tomatoes

I tried the Arancine from the Anrancini Bros ( not bad, i have to say, but mine are better lol)

And I tried those cute peanut butter kiss cookies!

 I saw the big Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center 

Made my own Limoncello (with my mom secret recipe, almost gone now, I think I need to make more)

Made my first ornament ;) (see here)

And made some very perfumed soap with a very good friend.

And then my day trip to Mitsuwa!

A Japanese marketplace in Edgewater. I loved that place and I got to try my first and real RAMEN.. soooo gooood! I need to go back there!

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And now it is snowing.. and who knows me knows that I loooove the snow! 

Now it's time to get ready for New Years eve! ;)

Tarallucci&Vino

http://taralluccievino.net/restaurant/

One of my favorite restaurants in the City!
Italian food of the best quality... and of course, quality comes with a price. Very expensive!

I had a platter or meat "salumi"and a platter of cheese "formaggi" the salumi were:
Prosciutto di Parma, Cacciatorino salami and Lardo Ibérico
the formaggi:
Burrata with truffle oil, Ubriaco al prosecco, Miticaña de Cabra.

Sooo good!

Main course was: Ravioli with porcini mushrooms on a bed of pumpkin vellutata and truffle oil!

And for dessert a glass of Malvasia, a strong wine from Sicily! 

It was a perfect dinner!

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