For the love of MOM....and BRUNCH

(Photo courtesy of: www.holidays.net)

May 8^th is MOTHER’S DAY and we here at BRUNCHINEE are excited to bring you some tasty yet fun ideas to celebrate that special lady in your life. Don’t let mom do all the work! It is her day and she should be treated like a queen! What better way to show your appreciation then to take mom on a mini cruise along the New York Harbour that serves BRUNCH!! Yes you read right! BRUNCH CRUISE!! (Can you feel my excitement?!)

(photo courtesy of skylinecruises.com)

Skyline Cruises is offering a FOUR hour cruise that takes you along the New York Harbour, Manhattan Skyline and Statue of Liberty including a wonderful brunch buffet, personalized seating for your group as well as DJ entertainment. How fun does that sound!? I could totally picture my mom singing “I’m on a BOAT!” in her flippy floppies!

Here are some highlights of the cruise:

BOARDING TIME IS 10:30 AM
SAILING TIME IS 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
Port of Departure : Worlds Fair Marina, Flushing Queens, NY
 
Brunch Cruise Buffet Menu (THE GOOD STUFF)

Assorted Muffins, Danish, Freshly Baked Bagels, Rolls & Croissants
Served with Assorted Jellies, Cream Cheese & Butter
Cheese Omelete, Home Fried Potatoes, Bacon & Sausage
Carvings Fresh Roasted Turkey Breast & Prime Rib
Penne Ala Vodka & Tossed Salad
Selection of Gourmet Cake for Dessert
Fresh Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffees
Assorted Herbal Teas

*You can purchase your tickets here: http://checkout.skylinecruises.com/20110508b.aspx

Not into the whole boat/cruise thing? Rather stay on land? Do not fret we have gathered a list of awesome spots in NYC that serve Mother’s Day Brunch. We love these places and we are sure mommy dearest will enjoy them too! (These are in no particular order.)

1)      Red Rooster: Chef Marcus Samuelson’s newest restaurant in Harlem is offering a BUFFET GOSPEL BRUNCH from 10am-3pm, $35 per person, $15 kids. (http://redroosterharlem.com/) 

2)      Smoke: This Uptown Jazz Club will be serving a tantalizing pre-fixe brunch for $24.95 which includes a glass of champagne (http://www.smokejazz.com/)

3)      Agozar!: This Cuban restaurant located in the East Village will be celebrating Mother's 'Fun Day' Brunch from 11:30-4pm, $25 per person and includes a 2-hr Sangria Open Bar with your Brunch. (http://www.agozarnyc.com/)

4)      Tosca’s: This delicious Italian restaurant located in the Bronx offers an extensive buffet for $24.95 which includes UNLIMITED champagne, mimosas, belinis, bloody marys, soda and juice buffet. (http://www.toscanyc.com/) 

5)      Sette: This Park Slope restaurant with a cute patio (we love al fresco brunching!) is offering pre-fixe brunch at $28 per person including unlimited, mimosas, belinis and screwdrivers! The home-made walnut foccacia bread is to die for!  (http://www.setteparkslope.com/)

*Book your reservations TODAY on www.OpenTable.com!

Cheers to all the wonderful mommies out there!
-E

A Little Brunch Porn Goes A Long Way....

Hello my little popovers,                     

Today I committed a Cardinal Foodie Sin, I  broke the       

       

“Thou Shall Never Skip Breakfast” 

commandment. Instead I opted for an extra 20, if were being really honest 30 minutes of sleep. Sometimes you need it when you’ve been up past your bed time Food Networking & Cooking channeling your little heart out. Then to boot I was stuck in the apparently 2 min torrential downpour that was perfectly orchestrated by Mother Nature to coincide with the train exit to office walk.

If you’re wondering did I have an umbrella? No! This is the ranting of a breakfastless umbrella devoid woman who ran 5 blocks in the rain. Had this been a Rom Com it would’ve been passionate music playing  and the man of my dreams would have been waiting for me with a gourmet breakfast basket, mimosas & a change of clothes, but it was 9am NYC on a crowded weekday morning, I was hungry late and wet.

Before even pulling myself into the swing of the day with tissues in my feet to absorb the “moistness” and full voice mail I kicked back a cup of coffee like a shot at my favorite bar and practiced one of my SFB’s, one of my go to rituals If I was to get through this day.

What is SFB you ask? Well Carrie Once said on Sex & The City we all have SSB: Secret Single Behaviors. The episode was so funny and poignant because it was well true. Well I also believe we have SFB: Secret Foodie Behaviors, which I define as ways that we relate participate or interact with our food that makes us feel satisfied and bring us immense pleasure but we don’t necessarily parade.

Well one of my SFB which I find is increasingly more common. Is I have my own personal collection of Food Pornography neatly stored on my Iphone ready for my perusal any time I need a fix or a pick me up. We’re talking over 800 pics taken right at the peak of pleasure when my food was either placed in front of my face or my first bite. Going back through these pictures brings me an even bigger thrill than when I do my daily NY Times Dinning, Food & Wine magazine or recipe site trips because they are so personal.

Each picture instantly evokes a memory of the people I was with or the experience of a new restaurant the discovery a favorite dish and the taste of a novel flavor. My pictures remind me that a special occasion, a weekend, my next meal, good times with friends or family, and the discovery of the next foodie gem is right around the corner. Whatever present aggravation I feel is instantly diminished when I see these pictures I am reminded it’s Thursday and it’s time to zero in on what the next new Brunch discovery will be! There are so many restaurants on my wish list and only two precious weekend days to divide and conquer our next adventures. I know there are places I don’t even know exist yet I am anxious to eat my way through them all! Each meal is a story and each picture along with the feelings they evoke is the only keepsake I can take and cherish.

So I have shared a very small amount of phone pictures taken on the fly of delicious brunches I have had the fortune of tasting. It can be a tasty little pick me up!

 

 Send us pictures of some of your most yummy and unforgettable brunches to: Brunchineenyc@gmail.com don’t forget captions we want to be able to shout you out! We will share them with our brunchineers online. 

Let’s spread the brunching joy one cracktacular picture @ a time. Enjoy!

Frozen Pomegranate Margarita

Roscoes Chicken n Waffles!

Huevos Rancheros

Something Cracky @ Citrus

@Good Enough to Eat this had Gruyere Cheese!

No Exp Needed !

@ Ouest

@ Popover Cafe

@ Yuca Bar in LES

Xoxo

Yadi – Live, Love & Brunch  

Recipe For A Savory Weekend

Ingredients

Brunchinee Includes:1 Part liberal amount of BRUNCH + A Dash of Matinee tossed with all things you need to achieve complete weekend entertainment & satisfaction. Believe it these are freshest ingredients that have been dying to meet! 

 

Back in the kitchen: We are weekend warriors, NYC wanderlust travelers, adventure seekers! film school grads, award winning short film & music video makers, work in the TV industry by day and food pornographers @ all other times fundamental motto in life WILL TRAVEL FOR FOOD all wrapped up into two tiny powerhouse Latinas with an enormous appetite for life  SOFRITO has nothing on us.

                   

The Skinny:If it’s Brunch in the words of the Great Ron Burgundy: We want to be on that thing! If its Media were trailing it or making it . Like most food lovers know often what seems to be the oddest pairings of ingredients make for the best most flavorful and unforgettable dishes. So here at Brunchinee we’ve crafted our menu and postings to reflect everything we love. Like any good restaurant meal or recipe we invite you to share, think of us as your "Brunchierge", you can see we like word mash ups here,where

"Everything is family style. The table has been set. Come in and explore were ready to serve you!"

Warning: We may be biased to warm ambiances, lively crowds, Bottomless drink options, cracky sauces, discount availability, hidden gems, creative inspired& artisanal menu creations, things we don’t even know exist yet all NEED APPLY- Thank you         Management 

XOXO
Yadira & Erika