Anniversary Eats: Sushi, ABC Kitchen, and Cocoa V!

Hey All! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Thank you for all the kind comments on my "5 Years" post. My wedding was such a magical, beautiful day. 5 years has flown by, seems like yesterday! ;)


Anyway, on our actual anniversary (May 19th, which was Thursday). T, Baby A and I went for sushi! Obviously, Baby A didn't eat anything (still exclusively on the boob!). I on the other hand had a salad with mango and jicama...

And a cucumber/avocado roll and 2 avocado rolls. I actually ordered these with black rice, but the waitress apparently wasn't listening! ;) I didn't think it was necessary to send it back, so I enjoyed the treat of white rice! Ha ha, I am living on the edge!

On Friday night, T and I headed into NYC for dinner at ABC Kitchen. ABC Kitchen has been raved about by many of my friends (especially Erica!). It is a local organic restaurant (not vegan) with a beautiful atmosphere filled with recycled decor, candles and has that whole "fairy tale" feel to it. 

T was happy to go to a "non-vegan" place. He eats chicken, fish, dairy and white meat (unfortunately). I am not looking to change him, he has gone vegetarian in the past and since he cooks his own meat (which is maybe twice a week) and really doesn't eat much dairy (just protein powder and occasional cheese), it doesn't effect me. He also agrees with Baby A being raised vegan. So compromise it is! He he! Anyway, he said he had the best meal of his life at ABC Kitchen and we have eaten at a lot of 5 star restaurants together (and he has even spent 3 months in Italy). So you can imagine how good it was!

I ordered the Roasted Carrot and Avocado Salad. Served with micro-greens, sunflower seeds and a lime-citrus dressing. This was so delicious! Carrots have never tasted so good!!! The waiter informed me that they would leave off the sour-cream and croutons so it would be vegan and gluten free! I wanted to lick the dressing off the plate when I was done! It was that good!!! 

When T made the reservation he informed them that I was vegan, so when our waiter came up he said "I hear you are vegan.., our chef has a special vegan dish!" When my meal came, I was happy to see a nice size portion! From left to right: a maitake mushroom, asparagus, roasted carrots with basil and bok choy with ginger. Everything was cooked perfectly and the flavors were amazing. I was completely satisfied after this meal!

After dinner we wanted some vegan dessert (although, our waiter at ABC Kitchen brought us over a mini -cupcake with "Happy Anniversary" written in chocolate on the plate. T obviously ate it!). So we headed to Cocoa V, a vegan wine and chocolate bar that the owners of Blossom opened. I had a cup of chamomile tea..

T had a slice of chocolate cake (it wasn't gluten-free, so I didn't get to taste!). He said it was really good!

We shared a peanut butter cup (yum!)..

And I had half of a "Butterfinger" bar. This tasted exactly like I remember Butterfinger's tasting! I only had half because I was pretty full and I wanted to take some home to enjoy this week.

So that was our anniversary! We had a fabulous time (even took a pedi-cab to the restaurant! LOL!). I think more date nights are in order! My parents really enjoyed spending time with Baby A. The only issue was, she doesn't like drinking pumped milk from a bottle. My Mother said she barely ate because she wanted the boob only! Any breastfeeding ladies out there that have dealt with this? We are in a wedding in July and she is going to have pumped milk pretty much the whole day. I am really nervous!