September 30th 2017: Takeout from Thai Place, Shrewsbury

Today, we decided to order takeout from Thai Place in Shrewsbury, getting the Pad Thai (A well known Thai noodle, stir fried with shrimp, chicken, egg, bean sprouts, scallions and ground peanuts).

A good portion, and delicious.

September 29th 2017: Food from Burlington, Ayer and Worcester

We started out today in Burlington, getting a Happy Bear (red bean paste, Wheat flour,  Water, eggs, Sugar, milk, butter, chocolate) and Milky Bread (Wheat flour, Lemon juice, Sugar, corn starch, Dried egg white, soy protein, whole egg, Butter)

From Tous les Jours, both of which were pretty good as always.

From here it was on to lunch at Woo Jung,  a small Korean restaurant In the town of Ayer.

We got the Yook Ke Jang (Spicy pork soup with beef, vegetables, clear noodles)

and the Bi Bim Bab made with Fried Rice (Fried rice topped with beef, egg and vegetables).

Pretty authentic stuff.  Will definitely come back again if I am in the area.

Dinner was at Sonoma, a new restaurant that has opened in place of Ceres Bistro in Worcester, which I have been to several times in the past. Apparently, this restaurant is originally from Princeton, which I visited a long time ago.

Excited for our meal, we got the Bacon Wrapped Dates, which were complimentary,

the Asian Chicken and Foie Gras Dim Sum Dumplings (sauternes shiitake broth, sriracha ponzu),

the Peppercorn Crusted Loin of Ostrich (crostini, smoked gouda, roasted shallot demi, horseradish cream),

and the Grilled Breast of Duckling (Massachusetts maple demi, sweet potato puree, garlic spinach).

Amazing meal, definitely much better than Ceres. Will be back again!

September 26th 2017: A Big Pizza from Little Caesar's, Worcester

While out doing errands today, I decided to grab a quick bite from Little Caesar's, a pizza place with locations all over, in Worcester.

I got the Deep!Deep!Dish (Large Detroit-style deep dish pizza with pepperoni),

which was so big I couldn't even finish half of it. Lots of cheese and pepperoni. Definitely not healthy, but well worth the price.

September 25th 2017: Dinner at the Chameleon, Worcester

We decided to go check out the relatively new restaurant in Worcester, The Chameleon, which has a new concept of changing their menu completely with the change of the seasons, hence the name. It has taken over from the Usual, which was only around for less than a year.

We got the Short Rib Saurbraten (veal short rib with mashed potatoes an asparagus)

and the Triple Tacos (CHOICE OF PULLED PORK, CHICKEN, SHRIMP OR COMBINATION TOPPED WITH AVOCADO SOUR CREAM, PINEAPPLE MANGO SALSA, AND SHREDDED LETTUCE.),

Really delicious stuff, especially the veal which was literally fall off the bone.

Definitely better than the Usual.

September 24th 2017: Exploring Brooklyn and Manhattan in One Day

 This morning, we checked out Brooklyn NY for a bit,

Brooklyn Museum

Grand Army Plaza

Brooklyn Central Library

461 Dean Apartments

Columbus Park

Brooklyn Borough Hall

Brooklyn Municipal Building

Court Chambers Building

Brooklyn Courthouse

Korean War Veterans Plaza 

Brooklyn General Post Office

One Pierrepont Plaza

Borough Hall Subway Station

Temple Bar Building,
44 Court Street

St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church

Montague Court Building

St. George Tower

Cadman Plaza Park

70 Washington Street Condominium

60 Henry Street

Towers at 21 Clark Street

getting breakfast at Le French Tart, a French cafe in town,

We got the Almond Croissant,

the French Tart Hot Cocoa,

and the La Merguez (crepe with scrambled eggs, spicy lamb sausage and melted Swiss Cheese)     .

     Pretty good meal to start the day with. From here, we headed into Manhattan NY,

City Spire Condominium

City University of New York
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Worldwide Plaza

The Alfred

Time Warner Center

Hearst Tower

Trinity Presbyterian Church

Parc Vendome Condominium

Speyer School

Church of St. Paul the Apostle

Columbus Circle

The Sherry-Netherland

Hampshire House

Trump Parc Condominium

The Crown Building

The Oliver Cromwell,
12 West 72nd Street

The San Remo

The Eldorado

Park Laurel Condominium,
15 West 63rd Street

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Richard Tucker Park

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Alice Tully Hall

Manhattan New York Temple

Bloomingdale's Outlet Store

First Church of Christ, Scientist

Congregation Shearith Israel

The Dakota

Fourth Universalist Society

New York Historical Society

The Beresford

The Ansonia

Trump Place

West End Park,
75 West 63rd Street

The Plaza Hotel

HSBC Bank,
58 Bowery

St. Teresa's Church

Four Seasons Hotel New York

The Galleria

Williamsburg Bridge

Jarmulowsky Bank Building

exploring the lower portion of Central Park

then checking out the American Folk Art Museum

then the American Museum of Natural History.

We decided to try a Malaysian restaurant in town, Kopitiam, getting the Nasi Lemak (coconut rice with egg, cucumber and anchovy with homemade sambal sauce)

and the Oh Chien （蚝煎,pan-fried oyster omelette, cilantro, house sambal sauce (shrimp chili paste), sweet chili sauce)

and the Otak Otak (Nyonya style spicy flounder fish cake).

Not fully satisfied yet, we went nearby to The Bao Shoppe at 34 Canal Street for more, getting the Mango Passionfruit Tea with Almond Milk and Chia Seeds

and The OG (braised pork belly, daikon, fried shallots, arugula, hoisin, cilantro).

A good end to our trip to NYC.