Hoboken Treasure

If you already don't know about Fiores and you live anywhere near Hoboken you aren't living. So if this is the first you are hearing about Fiores I am honored to be changing your life. After college a lot of my good friends migrated to Hoboken and found Fiores. This small Italian deli that usually has a line out the door of people panicking that they may not get a roll. When the bread runs out you are out of luck! What a genius system. Your id or vip status doesn't grant you access to the best sandwich of your life, simply beating the crowds to get a piece of bread does! This place has everything from awesome mozzarella to authentic guineas (i can say that!) behind the counter. The main man is John, whom Kelly has a crush on, but any girl would! Who wouldn't love a witty Italian man who can make a sandwich thats better than...well you get my point.

Watching them make your sandwich is a treat in itself. The whole experience is magical as John throws on a pile of fresh mozzarella, a mountain of thinly sliced prociutto parma, and honors my request to drown it in balsamic. Describing it doesn't do it justice but its the real thing. In your face straight up Italian is what you get from Fiores!

Barolo, NYC

This past weekend we went to Barolo in the city. I have been wanting to try this place for awhile so I was really excited. I was really intrigued by the outside set-up and the menu looked fantastic. A co-worker went the weekend before me said the food was fantastic but the service was off she felt rushed. Well I would say when we went I wish we felt rushed! We couldn't get service! There were a million servers bustling around but no one actually serving. We weren't the only table looking around wondering when we were going to get to order. And as I looked around I saw a lot of empty drinks and frustrated people. Now I am not usually this picky but it just seemed really strange because I saw people running around.

All that aside the place itself is really pretty. The back of the restaurant opens up to this outside terrace area with big trees lit and planted around the bottom floor. The trees serve as the roof. It is very unique, just explaining it doesn't do justice. its a great girls night out or date spot. The only problem is the service really is terrible.

The food is different story. The buffalo mozzerella is one of the better ones I have tasted. Although the prosciutto and melon the prosciutto was cut thicker than I would like. I prefer it thin where it just melts in your mouth, not thick and tough. For my main course I had a granny smith apple stuffed ravioli with a lamb ragu. Sounds a little weird, ravioli with apples? It was great! It was like a cinnamon ricotta but it wasn't too heavy. It mixed very well with the thick and chunky red lamb sauce. It reminded me of fall! Brian had grille octopus which was very tender not chewy at all. Sadly we didnt try any dessert just because we wondered if we would ever get a chance to order it. What a shame, different atmosphere, above average and interesting food, terrible or actually no service.

I would definitely return there to try some more of their dishes. But it has to be when I have all the time in the world. As we walked out on the streets of soho we passes cipriani...Now theres a place with some service!