To Eat or To Shop?

Looks like my excitement and the deliciousness of 202's french toast got the best of me. By the time I remembered to take a picture for the blog...it was gone. Sorry readers, however, the clean plate should speak for itself.

202 is a hidden gem tucked away in Chelsea Market. Uniquely, the restaurant is located within a clothing store. My advice is to save your money for the food since for every 50 french toasts you could have purchased one sweater. Next time you are in the Chelsea neighborhood definitely check out this restaurant on 9th Ave b/t 15th & 16th street.

I had an amazing tuna burger with guacamole and then topped it off with the rest of my colleagues' french toast. Oh, but I wasn't done there. We ordered deserts. The table favorite was the sticky granola w/fruit and ice cream. Sounds simple but the flavors were bold.

Chip On This

IT'S NATIONAL GUACAMOLE DAY!!!

Everyone go grab your mortar, pestle, and magic bullet and make some killer guac and margs to celebrate this special day.

I give this two toasted buns!

Guac Off

While in San Fran I stumbled upon this book which must have been made for me. It consists of two of my favorite things, guacamole and competition. Guac Off has 30 guac recipes and teaches you how to start you own guacamole competition. I can't wait to give the recipes a try. Get ready friends, I could be organizing a little guac competition of my own!

On a side note, when googling "Guac Off" to find out more about the book, the top website that came up was http://www.guacoff.org/. I can't believe I never knew about this. Too bad I missed this years competition. However, I have 9 months to perfect a guac recipe!

Toasty Tip: When picking a ripe avocado, look for ones that are dark green or a brownish color. Then, press you thumb gently into the avocado and make sure it gives. Also, make sure there aren't any air pockets where the skin has separated from the inside, as those tend to create mold pockets. Ripe avocados will only last about a day or two, so pick greener ones if you will not be using it right away.