Surgery--Again

...but it doesn't contain egg or cream???

That's right. No egg. No cream. This is Noo Yawk. And a Bronx cheer ain't a cheer.

I love egg creams, I haven't had one in ages. Malted milk shakes were also wonderful, I haven't found a malted anything since Christ was a Corporal.

I looked up the recipe! It's soda water, milk, chocolate syrup. I thought it was some sort of spida.

I thought it was one of these.


Actually I didn't, I did think it was one of these though.

The Egg Cream

Lol! I knew it was a drink.

I ran out of milk. You people are moider on my budget.

Like Izzythepush, I was convinced it was one of these -

and what is that ^^^?

is it a Chinese egg tart or maybe pasteis de nata ?

Looks like a plain ole cupcake to me.

That's a tartaleta de crema or custard tart in English: a pastry filled with the English version of Bavarian cream.

We call it an egg custard. It's nothing like a cupcake.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/egg_custard_tarts_15352

Egg Custard Tarts



The slightly nutty short-crust pastry makes the perfect crumbly case for a rich egg custard topped with nutmeg. Delicious!

ah ok

I'll stick with the pasteis

if there are no egg creams on offer

Chinese egg tart.....swoons.....

I'm more swooning this way. Sweet Belem tarts are something else

Belem tarts are pasteis de nata.

Little Portugal here we come!

I knew that - I had some in Lisbon, and Belem, in June.

But the tarts from Sweet Belem, in Petersham, are the best in Sydney.

I'm smiling. I'm happy. I'm feeling good. No, not a dog visit. Those are on Friday. What could cause this strange turn of events?

The top guy ( head honcho) of my social services agency took me to lunch. My wonderful social worker came along too.

I was excited. And the location was a surprise. I wore a stunning new outfit his organization paid for. I wore shoes I hadn't worn in maybe 15 years. They fit and I could walk. I was late because I had to make serious bling decisions.

When I saw where the taxi was headed, I guessed at where we were going. He said no. He lied. Hey, I'm a Noo Yawker. I know what's where. Over a year ago I mentioned that one of my favorite restaurants is Joe Allen's, a place in Hell's Kitchen (the theater district). And I mentioned in the cab that my two favorite meals there were the La Scala salad and the meatloaf (best I ever ate).

They were both still on the menu! I had the salad. From the menu:

LA SCALA SALAD
iceberg lettuce, chickpeas, red pepper, diced salami and provolone

With Italian dressing. Divine. Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies with vanilla ice cream.

We had a wonderful time. WONDERFUL, I tell ya. And I later learned that I'm the only client that ever got such treatment. Even more thrilled and honored.

I have a doggie bag. Hey, dawgs. No way. This is for me.