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I went a couple of weeks ago with a friend and we shared the bacon, egg, and potato hash (we had greens on the hash as well), egg sausage sandwich, yogurt and granola, iced coffee. Everything was perfect, pinky swear. The hash was crisp and not greasy, yogurt and granola refreshing and not heavy, iced coffee was super tasty, and I still dream of that egg and sausage sandwich. They had problems with the oven so we couldn't get biscuits and jam and the donuts weren't ready yet. Oh well.. just means we have to go back. YUM

I don't know where you're coming in from, to be able to gauge what resty's are in your area, but my choices would be WD-50 tasting menu, Blue Hill, Daniel, Per Se. On a Wednesday you may have some good luck walking in or giving a call when you're ready to leave your hotel. If you want to walk in for sure... the bar area at Gramercy is deelish, Dovetail, Mas Farmhouse, Perilla. Wherever you go make sure to tell them why you're coming in and how excited you are to eat there.. they will probably throw a treat or two into the mix. You won't feel strange at_all eating alone at any of these, pinky swear.

I was in Chicago in November and celebrated my last day of work travel, two years of travel!!, with the full tasting menu + wine pairings at Alinea. An event I will never in a million years ever forget.

Good luck and have fun!

Don't forget Larb Gai! Works perfectly. I also have made tacos and used the leaves instead of the tortillas. Have fun!

hmm.. i'm totally going to put this together for a picnic at the beach this weekend but will go with kewpie mayo instead of regular. that stuff is like crack and would be an interesting flavor profile to add-in.. probably would even use less than the 1/2 cup... yum.

Oh, the strawberry buttermilk is divine! PS: Greene Grape! You get the Roxbury Road and I'm yours.

Those mini-coconut cream pies are so insanely good! I always go to the bakery when I'm in town. I stay on Bainbridge and have been known to get up for the early ferry to get that breakkie sammie. YUM!

I like to use orange butter, unsalted butter with orange zest whirred in the food processor, for my pancakes and a little syrup. I usually cook with slices of banana on top then chow down with the orange butter/syrup. I do the same trick with Dutch Babies but sub lemon zest for the orange + squeeze of lemon and powdered sugar when they come out of the oven. YUM!

I like Dragonland Bakery. If you go to K-Town totally check out Koryodang. Yum!

I'm with Leebo on all counts and would like to also add in Willy Mays Scotch House and Coops. Also, if you haven't yet, The Roosevelt for a Sazerac. Yum!

But.. but.. what about BerniO's? And the All Stars? I fully admit that if I'm feeling really hungover and just mehhh and can NOT cook these work in a pinch. They're organic at least! EE! Granted I've only tried a couple of times.. but.. there's a secret stash in my cupboard for emergencies.

I've never had a Twinkie. Never ever ever. Luvs me the Ho Ho's, especially frozen, but for some reason.. never a Twinkie has crossed these lips. I poke them in the stores, tho, and am quite fascinated by the squish level.

Now - for Hostess pies, I'm from the W. Coast, those are tasty. But if you really really want to try a fried/"baked" pie, ya gotta go for the Hubigs from NOLA. They have sweet potato! Yum.

My dog, 5lbs on a good day, will literally eat everything.. raw or cooked. Bananas, oranges, cherries, celery, raw/cook squash, beets, sweet potatoes, spinach, kale, rice, any protein, radish, etc. Her breakfast today: banana, cheese, raw sweet potato, some organic kibble. Dinner will be similar but with a bit of brown rice cooked in stock, no butter, and some cooked chicken and raw squash. No table scraps ever, tho, all her food is prepared just for her. I worry about oils and salt and things.. try to keep it clean for her wee bod.

She sits on me at night when I'm eating an orange - a full slice for me, a small bit for her and so on. Weird but cute.