New York dining
New York is the Mecca of Kosher meat (or is it Hallal meat?). I was there for a few days and I indulged - I think I over-indulged. I am now super sluggish and relegated to a regimen of carrot juice (6 – 8 carrots, 2 stalks of celery and a touch of ginger root), salads and whole wheat toast.
After steaks at my parent’s house in Jersey, I went into Manhattan to sample American shwarma at Alibaba’s on Amsterdam Ave. near 85th Street. It was very good and I think the lafa was whole wheat, though I am not sure – but it was brown. I went back to Jersey to a swank restaurant in Millburn and then I was back in the city – this time at Wolf and Lamb on East 48th. Wow – I ate like a king, a Philly cheese steak without the cheese, and by the end of that meal I had trouble staying awake. Large cups of coffee saved me.
I am now off to Texas and I looking forward to fresh barbecued steer. Can it get any better?
4 Comments Add your own
1. Larissa | August 23rd, 2006 at 2:52 pm
You’re starting to sound like CW here
2. CW | August 23rd, 2006 at 4:26 pm
That’s right Larissa!! My plan is working! And I don’t eat (drink?) no carrots.
TG-Enjoy Texas. Can’t wait to hear the stories. Make sure to give the Pog-man a massive bear hug-He loves it.
3. me | August 23rd, 2006 at 4:29 pm
I just love commenting on your blog! Whoah!!!!!!!! SAD life!!!!!!!!
The food was good at that place in NJ though…………the steak was sooo good and so rare.
Larissa.Tzvi is not quite like CW yet….because the honorable CW would not be feeling at all guilty about such consumption of meat and would for sure not follow it with juiced veggies.
4. tzvi | August 26th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
So I think it is very important to remember – my association with quality meat meals predates the sad attempt of a handful of young upstarts’ earnest proclamations of meat-love. I am an internationally acknowledged shwarma expert (potentially the pinnacle fleisch experience). I have articles on the subject, I am published, and if you search for “shwarma” on google, I come up on the first page. Clearly Larissa, your comparison needs to be reversed.
In terms of my carrot juice, it is not because I feel at all “guilty.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The Talmud clearly states “kol b’dai shmaiam chutz tzonim u’pachim” which translated means “everything is in the hands of heaven except for colds and minor ailments” (paraphrased, but based on classic Talmudic commentaries). In other words, it is clearly an injunction from the Torah to take care of your health, and if you get sick you can not blame G-d or chalk it up to “divine providence” – it is your fault that you didn’t look after yourself. No guilt, just intelligent living based on Jewish sources.
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