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I've planned my menu! Now to go and get ingredients this weekend...

To start, some bruschetta with fig jam, prosciutto and good aged balsamic, followed by an avocado and grapefruit salad (from the SE recipe), then flank or skirt or hangar steak with roasted asparagus (or spicy sauteed broccolini, haven't decided) and stuffed mushrooms. Might do a chimichurri sauce with that steak. And to finish either individual molten chocolate cakes or steamed chocolate pudding (thekitchn had a recipe today) with some homemade mint ice cream (this will use up my lonely bunch of mint...). I'm still debating between cocktails and wine.

We started out with cheese (machego, goat, port salut, creamy toscano), meats (prosciutto, chorizo, serrano, salami) and crackers with lots of spreads (fig jam, roasted red pepper, tapenade, artichoke). Also some smoked salmon on rye toasts with a little bit of creme fraiche and a veggie platter (carrots, grape tomatoes, celery and cucumbers) with dips (tzatziki, ranch, hummus). And then the usual Doritos (personal favorite...) and chips and salsa.

So I let all my guests stuff their faces with the aforementioned before the big event of the night...I made Momofuku's bo ssam (6-hour oven roasted pork shoulder that was marinated in salt and sugar overnight), complete with scallion ginger relish, ssam sauce, extra ssamjeang and gochujang, lettuce for wrapping and some korean sticky rice that my friend brought. It was devoured. Only downside is that it made my apartment really smoky for a good 15 minutes and people's eyes may have gotten agitated from the smoke. Or they were really happy to see the pork.

And then we finished with some fresh fruit and cheesecake from Eileens.

I saw a lot of that when I was down in Argentina on vacation but I was too full on meat all the time to try any and the last day the place nex to our hotel that was supposed to have really good pizza was closed. Oh well, next time.

Erm...I know very little about football so I can't even really think of a score. All I know is Giants will win!

korean fried chicken (drumsticks only please)

I'm not a fan of restaurant week but this still made me re-think how I order when I go out to eat. Thanks!

sopa azteca. delicious.

@JungMan - I'll have to check that one out. Tehuitzingo is kinda limited.

Tulcingo del Valle has a grocery store section in addition to the restaurant and I'm pretty sure they sell it. You can also try Tehuitzingo which is a block away - that's my go-to Mexican "grocery store" in Manhattan. They have the jarred Dona Maria mole pastes (I think thats the brand...) but it's not really Oaxacan.

This Meyer lemon pudding cake is amazing. The texture is a cross between cheesecake and souffle and pudding (if that makes sense). I've made it twice and eaten it straight from the baking dish with a spoon each time.

@gargupie - I don't know what happened to it but recently their noodles have been way undercooked for some reason (maybe I should have told them I like the medium firm-ness?) and the broth wasn't as robust as it used to be. In general I've been underwhelmed on two visits this year compared to prior visits in the year before. Maybe I went on an off-day both times. It's not bad by any means, but I find Totto and Ippudo to be better.

Oh, and a lot of people that have been to Hide-Chan have been severely disappointed recently, myself included (the #1 ramen on the link @Alaina posted)

+1 for NY :) We are having an unusually warm winter. At least today. Although it's not very nice outside