Thursday, July 31, 2008 Cebu Team wins best main course in Canadian cook-off challenge
OTHER choices for breakfast include the slightly more-filling tartines (sandwiches) or the crispy salads, such as the goat cheese and arugula salad served with pine nuts and tomatoes.
A word of warning though – don’t expect omelettes, usual brunch fare, to be served here.
After a filling meal, one can then decide to sin in private by purchasing delicious pastries, delicate Italian truffles, and even Tunisian olive oil for home consumption.
My guide, editor-turned-designer Candy Benedicto, favors City Bakery, which is a cavernous café near Union Square.
Similarly, City Bakery has expanded to several other locations, offering its reasonably priced skinny cappuccinos and cinnamon bagels to hungry commuters.
Lunchtime, if you find yourself midtown exploring the NBC studios or being awed by the St. Patrick’s Cathedral, a visually attractive option is the skating rink at the Rockefeller Center, which becomes a pretty café during summer months. Many network executives have high-powered lunches in this centrally-located eatery.
Office workers, tourists, and tired shoppers from Fifth Avenue can avail themselves of the many benches surrounding the area. It’s a picture perfect spot, but the food isn’t that great (stay away from the Thai chicken salad, which has way too much dressing). Perhaps the best thing to order from the menu is a thick juicy American burger smothered with loads of french fries, and enjoy the buzz of wheeling and dealing from the executive clientele here.
