Poor Jessica was not feeling well, so we lounged about and ate the rest of the bagels. After a while I left her to her bed, and took a walk around the neighborhood, and picked up a little lunch from a place called Kaathi's which was kind of like an Indian version of Chipotle, on a smaller scale, I had chicken tikka over rice and it was not too bad.
Luckily, we were still able to make our reservation for the Aviary, which I was really looking forward to. It did not disappoint! We had the 3 course cocktail and food pairing. Unfortunately, they don't have their menu online, so I have only vague descriptions. I started with a beautiful drink called I Got 99 Palomas, that had tequila, grapefruit, something lovely and red and little frozen ice ball thingies? That's a terrible description---they were like little slushies in the best way. It was delicious. Then they brought us our snacks: some kind of hush puppies with a whipped manchego (awesome), some colorful vegetable puff things that looked like giant pork rinds, a duck salad with glass noodles, truffled popcorn, tomato and crab tarts, and fried green tomatoes (the only thing we didn't love; the tomato slices were a little too thick). My next drink had two elements: sort of a gin flip, with a side of blueberry soda that could you mix in, or not. I never really did find out what my last drink was----it came in a cool two part glass and tasted very whiskey-y. Jessica's nonalcoholic drinks were very dramatic! One sort of distilled right there at the table (it was a little sweet, with chocolate and banana flavors), one was in their signature round serving glass that you sort of move around to get different flavors, and I don't recall the other one. I wish I had taken a picture of the menu!!! Anyway, it was very fun and made me a little sorry we didn't go to Alinea. Next time.
PS: Stopped at Jeni's ice cream on the way home---brown butter almond and vanilla in a waffle cup. After all, when is the next time I will get to eat Jeni's ice cream?
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