Reviews #6

Hey hey! I took this week as the opportunity to recharge and enjoy some alone time before my lovely sister, and mom get into the city tomorrow! And to make things more exciting, I ordered a giant SD card so that Natalia (my sis) and I can vlog all our adventures. I’m sure my review post will be much more interesting next week. This week, I tried a couple of new spots in the city, got some fun new purchases, worked out, and listened to some great podcast episodes. It was a pretty chill week. 

Sebastian and I ordered from a new Indian spot on Wednesday night. The restaurant is Spice Symphony, a staple restaurant for Midtown Easters that was always busy pre-COVID. They have a decent outdoor seating space, but I’m over sitting in the cold without heat lamps, with the temperature dropping a little more every night. The food arrived in excellent condition, aka it was still warm! We shared the chicken tikka masala (soft chicken in a slightly hot, creamy yellow sauce), the gobi Manchurian dry (very spicy fried cauliflower), the lamb rogan josh (lamb cubes in a buttery, red sauce), and garlic naan (garlic flatbread). The two meat dishes brought sides of rice as well. I included short descriptions of the dishes in the parenthesis to give you a better idea. I always find it a bit hard to order at traditional Indian restaurants because I don’t eat Indian food all too often. I’m hoping to become more acquainted with the cuisine because it’s genuinely one of my favorites to eat in the winter.

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On Saturday morning, I went to brunch and coffee with my old co-worker, Emily. She introduced me to a new spot on 10th street between 1st and 2nd Ave called Prince Tea House. It was pretty average - the coffee was fair, and the avocado toast was cute. Nothing special and not a place I’d tell you that you HAVE to go to. I think you’re really meant to go in the afternoon for high tea and a dessert or pastry. The restaurant itself is charming, so it could be worth checking out if you want some London vibes. 

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Saturday night, we went to The Ainsworth - East Village with a group of friends for drinks. It was POPPING, probably because their outdoor seating has huge TVs streaming football games all night. The crowd was very post-grad with your occasional wannabe young person. The drinks were delicious but expensive ($16 a cocktail), and the service was terrible. Go for the crowd if that’s what you’re into. 

I had said I would not shop during October, but of course, that didn’t happen. I got a couple of adorable staple pieces from Princess Polly. I’d never ordered from them and finally was influenced to do so. Literally, every influencer on Instagram has a 20% off code to use. I used Nitsan Raiter’s code NR20. Here’s what I bought and kept. I include the sizes for reference.

As usual, I listened to “How I Built This with Guy Raz”. I listened to two interviews this week with the founders of Sweetgreen and Impossible Foods. Both were such great listens. The Sweetgreen episode focuses more on how the idea came about, the founders’ backgrounds, and how the first restaurant took off. The Impossible Foods episode focuses more on the scientific process of creating the product and the product’s mission. Guy Raz is such an engaging interviewer. I could listen to his voice all day. These are both great episodes to listen to if you’re into food!

I’m also finally on the last week of the RGE Good Sweat at Home guide. Week six of hitting the gym five days a week. My main goal with this program was to get motivated to get back in the gym. I can say with certainty that I have achieved this goal. I am so content with my new gym routine. I hope I can keep up with it! Rachael also just announced that she is launching four more weeks to the program. I will give those a go, but I need a little bit of a change before tackling the next four weeks. I like to switch up my routine pretty often, so I’m hoping to start doing a little more pilates again.

That’s all for this week. I hope you have a great Monday. See you next week :)