Anyways, we decided to go to Vero Panini & Wine Bar on 53rd and 2nd Avenue. I'd been to the one on the Upper East Side and I felt like dropping some bucks, and we did. I opted to go with the $19 prix-fixe lunch, which got me a Prosciutto, Fresh Mozzarella and Basil Ailoi panini and a side salad portion of the Vero Chopped Salad, romaine lettuce with feta cheese, sweet onions, red peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, chick peas, currants, topped with a lemon vinaigrette. Oh, and I got a refreshing, crisp glass of Indaba chardonnay from South Africa. I've actually had this wine before, and it costs about $9 a bottle. I'm a huge fan of reasonably (cheaply) priced wines that could pass as expensive wine. Doesn't my meal sound so filling?
Well, not quite. For some odd reason that day I was extremely ravenous. I opted for dessert after lunch, which I normally don't do, unless it's the 2 chocolate chip cookies I get with my Subway combo meal or the peanut M&Ms from the office vending machine. There were 3 options and I went for the "Cookie Monster." My two coworkers can vouch for the monstrosity of the dish - 3 people should have shared it. What did we do, we ordered 2. My two colleagues practically polished one dessert, and I actually made quite a dent in mine. Moving forward, I plan to have a camera with me at all times, so I can document food porn.
This dessert was to die for. At first all you see is whipped cream with blueberries and raspberries scattered on top. As soon as you stick a spoon in it, you discover crumbled chocolate chip cookies and vanilla ice cream. The chef who concocted it was genius. It's an adult spin on a sundae because it looks sophisticated and will cost you about $12. It's not the $3 sundae you could get at Friendly's that's for sure!
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