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January 15, 2010

Off to the Big Apple!

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Hello from the BoltBus on the way to NYC! More on that later 🙂

I had another great restaurant week dinner last night! Three of my best girlfriends and I went to The Bombay Club, a swanky Indian place downtown.

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We each ordered different things and took tastes of everyone else’s food to maximize deliciousness 🙂

I was feelin’ the vegetarian food after my red meat extravaganza the night before, so I started with the Aloo Tikki Ragda, which was potato, chickpeas, ginger, and cumin with a date chutney.

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This was amazing — it seriously could probably have been an entree though. So much food, even after sharing! No idea what the green stuff was, but it was good. I scraped off the raw onions — yick!

For my entree, I ordered the Bombay Thali, which was market fresh vegetables with paneer and dal. It was beautiful AND delicious!

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Mmmmmm… sorry it’s blurry, the lighting was bad!

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I love tasting plates like this where you have a hundred different things to eat. Makes the meal so much more fun! 🙂 Even with sharing, we didn’t make it through much more than half of this, though!

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And lastly, I got the Rabri for dessert, which was heaven in a martini glass.

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Milk pudding with fresh blueberries? Hell to the yes. We all tried it and couldn’t figure out what flavoring it was, besides awesome. Fun texture, too. 🙂

Dinner was so good that all of us left feeling overly stuffed. I feel like Indian food must expand in your stomach or something because we were all SO full! I didn’t even come close to finishing my dishes, either! I think I’m done with massive meals for awhile, lol.

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Anyway, after another five miler this morning on my favorite trail, now I’m New York City bound! I’m heading up there for a little mini reunion with two of my girlfriends, Bec and Dawn, from when I taught English in Prague.

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Bec was actually my very first friend in Prague — we were randomly assigned to the same flat during our TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) training course, and when I arrived two days before the course we were the first two there! I literally threw my stuff inside and we headed out to explore 🙂

me on bridge 2008_1116Prague1 It was a gorgeous, sunny October day. 🙂

Here’s the two of us later on in the year at the Prague National Gallery for a symphony orchestra concert. We’re so classy 😉

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She’s Aussie (teaching in England at the moment and came over from there) and I’m so excited to hear her accent again 🙂

Dawn and I met because we had mutual friends back in the U.S. who discovered that two of their friends were leaving for Prague at the same time! She’s from NYC and moved back this summer, around the time I left.

The three of us are friends because we discovered our mutual love for David Bowie in Labyrinth, Family Guy, and making ridiculously unattractive faces in pictures. 😉

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Catch ya’ll later from the big city!

- anne
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19 comments
  • Meghan@traveleatlove
    January 15, 2010 · 3:42PM:
    Oh no, I was already hungry and your Indian food photos put me over the edge! Looks amazing. Your Prague photos are gorgeous as well, I can not wait to be there Monday!
    I'm SO jealous!!!!! Have an awesome time :) -Anne
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  • Jacquie
    January 15, 2010 · 4:12PM:
    Have a blast in NYC! You know it's one of my favorites ;) Your pictures made me want to try Indian food again. It looked good. Maybe you can help with that process later...
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  • Jessica @ How Sweet
    January 15, 2010 · 4:13PM:
    Girl you are a traveling machine!! NYC is magical to me - one of my favorite places. I love it to pieces.
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  • Evan Thomas
    January 15, 2010 · 4:29PM:
    That dinner looks so good. I would love to have some Indian cuisine more authentic than Whole Foods
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  • Heather @ The Joyful Kitchen
    January 15, 2010 · 4:30PM:
    how fun! i'd love a friend with an aussie accent :) can't wait to go to the big city with you on your bloggy :)
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  • Lauren
    January 15, 2010 · 4:53PM:
    I absolutely loved Prague. It looks like you had a great time!
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  • Allyson
    January 15, 2010 · 5:24PM:
    Love when you throw up the Prague pictures! Looks like you ladies had a fantastic time!
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  • Mae @ OhhMay
    January 15, 2010 · 5:49PM:
    Indian food is the best in the world. Have a blast in New York, it's actually warm-ish here right now!!! WooHoo!
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  • Skydiver January 15, 2010 · 6:11PM:
    Looks like a great evening -- and then a five-mile run and off to NYC. Great life! Adventures are you!
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  • Lauren
    January 15, 2010 · 6:23PM:
    Sounds like such a great weekend ahead of you! Have a BLAST and be safe! :)
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  • Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg
    January 15, 2010 · 6:42PM:
    Cute!! I LOVE Prague-- I visited for about a week, but I wanted to stay much, much longer. Love those serving dishes from the restaurant! So pretty!
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  • Jessica @ The Process of Healing
    January 15, 2010 · 9:22PM:
    I've never been to Prague but always wanted to go, gorgeous pictures!!! And your food looks great, I love tasting plates too - so fun!!! I've actually never had Indian food but i'd love to try it if I knew somewhere that was good.
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  • emily
    January 16, 2010 · 12:50AM:
    You are giving me restaurant week envy, that all looks so good!
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  • Jackie January 16, 2010 · 6:18AM:
    Yay for Prague reunion! Have so much fun in New York and tell the girlies I said hello! I wish I could be there with you guys!
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  • amanda
    January 16, 2010 · 7:22AM:
    Have fun in NYC!! Btw, your pics of Prague are so beautiful. I had a chance of visiting there last year for a few days while I lived in Europe. I had some of the best goulash there and potato pancakes. Yup...for me it was always about the food
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  • Susan
    January 16, 2010 · 9:51AM:
    That tasting plate looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing your Prague pictures too - I could seriously look at photos of Europe for hourssss! Have fun the big apple!
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  • Ali @ Food, Fitness, Fashion
    January 16, 2010 · 10:16AM:
    Have a great trip, you are quite the traveler! Can't wait for Baltimore...since I get to see you :)
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  • Jamie
    January 17, 2010 · 1:46PM:
    hahahaha, what great pictures! And I'm so jealous you are a part of restaurant week; I used to spend hours looking at menus when I was in town for Boston's restaurant week a couple of summers ago!
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  • rachel January 24, 2010 · 10:30PM:
    The green sauce on the first indian dish is a chutney that is made primarily from cilantro and serrano chile peppers. The rabri you had for dessert was most likely flavored with cardamom and maybe a bit of saffron too. Both of those spices are pretty typical in indian desserts.
    Sweet! Thanks for the info :) -Anne
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