NYC Love: Pure Food & Wine

Hey All! So on Saturday we headed to the city with my brother in law and my future sister in law to meet my mother in law, little brother in law and his friend for dinner at Pure Food & Wine for a belated birthday dinner (T, mine and my brother in laws). T and I and my brother in law and his fiancee went early to walk around and check out our new favorite place: Westerly Health Food Market. I got a bunch of goodies (which are later on in the post), and a Green Lemonade to hold me over. I believe this has lemon, kale, cucumber, celery, apple and ginger in it. Who needs coffee when there is green juice?!
Pure Food & Wine was amazing (as always). My mother in law, future sis in law and I ordered the Classic Caesar Salad: crisp romaine, raw Parmesan, nori strips, drizzled with a creamy Caesar dressing. All raw. All vegan. ALL AMAZING!!! It was not on the menu, but since it's a favorite of ours, we asked, and they said they could make it. You can also see in the background we ordered the Dr. Cow Cheese Platter, well actually two of them, for the table of course! So perfect. T had ordered the Iceberg Wedge with Blue Cheese dressing, which I will definitely order if it's on the menu the next time we go. I am not a huge iceberg fan, but with the blue cheese dressing, holy crap.
I opted to order my favorite dish from the takeaway menu: Raw Tortillas. As you all know, I have a major love for Mexican food, especially in the raw!! These were unbelievably fresh and tasty.
For dessert, we couldn't pass up the Classic Sundae. Sarma (the owner of Pure Food & Wine) had tweeted that this was back on the menu and people where going crazy for it. So I had mentioned it to the rest of our party and the waitress (before we even ordered dinner, LOL), and she agreed, definitely a must!!! My usual favorite is the Mint Sundae (which tastes like it has thin mint Girl Scout cookies crumbled in it). Mint and chocolate are my favorite combo, but... the Classic Sundae is in a close tie with it!!! Candied almonds, chocolate and vanilla ice cream, raw whipped cream, chocolate sauce, banana slices, HEAVEN! My younger brother in law (who is 14) and his friend were in raw ecstasy! While thoroughly enjoying this I mentioned how delicious, ripe and sweet the banana was, to which T laughed and said "Only Lauren would mention the healthiest part of a sundae being delicious!" Ha ha! Believe me, the whole thing was 5 stars, the bananas were just the icing on the..err.. bananas on the sundae?! :)
As I mentioned, before dinner we went to Westerly Market and I picked up some goodies. Two raw crackers from Audrey's Pleasure: Pizza Flavor and Cheese Flavor, a Chai Raweo from Alive and Radiant Foods, and two packages of Emmy's raw macaroons: Chai Spice and Lemon Ginger. I dipped the Chai Spice Flavor Macaroons in my "Mother to Be" tea last night, YUM!
Yesterday was a sunny, warmER day here. T and I decided to take little G for a walk at the park.
While we were walking, a bunch of little kids ran up asking if they could "pet the pug?" As they were petting her I noticed they had a boxer that there mother was holding back on a lease because it was ready to pounce Ginger. Next thing I know the dog gets loose and is heading towards Ginger. T pulls Ginger up in the air by her lease as if she was flying. I didn't know if I should laugh or cry, it was horrible and funny all at once. The kids kept calling her "Super Pug" and the lady apologized 10 times. Ginger just kept on walking like nothing happened: "another day in my life as Ginger!" Haha! What a save! Phew!
Have a great Monday everyone! I will be posting the winner of the Garden of Life Raw Cleanse giveaway on Wednesday!