Our New Christmas Eve Tradition

Fondue! We had ours with green apple and bread. It took all of 10 minutes to throw together and it was delicious, although S needs something else, like salami, in order to call it dinner.

Chinese Bakery

This is a chinese bakery in my neighborhood, Forest Hills, and they have some awesome pastry's there. My favorite translates to "Choco-nut." I got Alicia hooked on chocolate bubble tea here.

The Great Pumpkin

Check out these guys we saw at Dean and Deluca today.

My Favorite Restaurant in All of NYC

This is Taverna Kyclades. It's my favorite restaurant ever, and it's located in Astoria, Queens, my old neighborhood. I don't know how they cook the fish, I think over an open grill, but its incredibly fresh tasting. This place is always always packed. I went last Wednesday with two friends, Kelly and Teresa, and we waited from 8 to 8:40 for a table...finally we took a table inside just so we could eat. You know it's amazing when you have to wait that long on a Wednesday, in Queens no less. The first time I ate here was with S on my 31st birthday. Here is a sample of the fish...doesn't look so great, but it tastes really good. This is red snapper, but I always get the sea bass and split with someone.
This is one of those places that you wouldn't make it to as a tourist...but now you know about it in case you feel like making the trip out to Astoria Queens for a really nice dinner.