Mid-Autumn Festival: Mooncakes
The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is on Saturday October 3rd and my mother has already received a few boxes of mooncakes. Click on the above link to Wikipedia to read all about this holiday. I will write all about it on the day of the holiday. Right now I want to share a few pictures of the different kinds of mooncakes that are my personal fan favorites!
Malaysian Lotus Seed Mooncake w/one yolk: KLT Mooncake
Inside of the Malaysian Kuih Bulan Lotus Seed Mooncake
Pakistani Peanut Pista Biscuits & Mango Drink
I have to confess, the Pakistani’s knows how to make great biscuit cookies! Among my favorites is the Peanut Pista Biscuits cookies shown below.
Peanut Pista Biscuits: Made in Pakistan
I can eat this whole package in one sitting, I swear! My friend has bought this for me to try since he knows how much I like to eat and try new things! I always try to post all my new and unique foodie experience to FCG.com and this is definitely worthy to post about.
Like most ethnic foods, you will have to journey to a local ethnic grocery store nearest you. I believe most Pakistani groceries are along Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, stretching from Church Avenue as far as Newkirk Avenue and beyond. In Queens, you can visit Jackson Heights and pick it up from there as well.
Delicious Peanut Pista Biscuit Cookies
This crunchy and flavorful biscuit/cookie has sprinkles of pistachios bits and the flavor of peanuts which is infused in the biscuit. If you’re a peanut and pistachio fan like I am, you will definitely enjoy this. When you take your first bite, the biscuit will make a crunch as it falls apart in your mouth. As you continue to chew through this, it feels almost creamy and buttery with a kick of peanut goodness with the crunch of pistachio goodness!
To complete this exciting snack experience, I will need a drink!
Regro Ka Tiger Mango Drink
For some of you that know me, I am a HUGE fan of mango. I love Mango Lassi, and this drink satisfies my mango lassi fix! This is a product of Pakistan and tastes great when refrigerated. It is sweet and somewhat thick, like a mango lassi, which is what I love. I can drink the whole six pack of this drink because I am addicted to it. Very delicious in my opinion and if you ever come across to this drink, pick it up and share it with your friends and family!
Until next time,
- FCG
Third Floor Cafe Bar and Lounge
Third Floor Cafe
315 5th Ave
(Between W. 31st and W. 32nd Street)
3rd Floor
(212) 481-3669
After dinner at Lips, my friends Sarah and Katherine decided to bring us to a Korean bar and lounge for a few drinks since the night was still early. I apologize for not taking a lot of photos, but I can say is that this lounge is very fancy and definitely a hidden gem in the city! The atmosphere is very chilled and relaxed with low lighting and couches everywhere. The crowd was filled with young sophisticated and good looking Koreans between the ages of 21-35 and the music was half Korean and have hip -hop r&b. There’s this sleekness and modernness about the lounge that I loved so much. There are tables for dining and the Korean waitresses are very nice and accommodating.
Katherine decided to order a watermelon soju for everyone which I have never had before. But just the thought of it sounds so exciting and delicious to me!
Watermelon Soju at Third Floor Cafe
Even though I pretty much sworn off of alcohol, I wanted to have a taste of this. Sarah, who’s hand is in the picture with the little shot glass, was so adament on getting everyone to drink. This soju tastes like sweet fresh watermelon juice with a hint of soju which tasted great. I’m sure a few of these will get you buzzed, like two of our girls, and I will definitely recommend it!
Fruit Platter
Don’t forget to order a delicious fruit platter to help dilute the alcohol in your system!
Virgin Mango Daiquiri
What I love about this place is that they cater to people who don’t drink alcohol. I jumped at the chance of getting this mango daiquiri because it is my all time favorite! It is delicious as it looks!
Overall, if you want to have a good time with your friends, definitely come visit this Bar and Lounge. It does not get too packed, like how so bars are, and it is very chilled and enjoyable to be in. The music isn’t pumping loud, so you can definitely hold a conversation with your friends!
Until next time,
- FCG
Ultimate Drag Dining & Cabaret at Lips NYC!
Lips
2 Bank Street
West Village, NYC
(212) 675-7710
Entrance of Lips NYC
Lips Bar and Restaurant is located in the diverse neighborhood in West Village where high fashion run wild and people are free to express themselves [perhaps sexually]. How did I end up or learned about this fancy establishment? Well it all started with an idea of having a bachlorette party for my dear friend Victoria whom I am the maid of honor for. She did not wanted a boring shi-shi dinner where a bunch of her friends exchanged gifts and talk about her future. Rather she wanted somewhere along the lines of exciting and fun, like having Chippendale dancers which I am definitely not a fan of. She did express interest about Lucky Cheng’s, but I heard that place is overrated and not as entertaining. So, while googling a place similar to Cheng’s, I came across to Lips! There are many good reviews about the entertainment value of this restaurant so I thought that I should give it to try!
Inside of Lips NYC
When I told my co-workers that I was coming to this fine establishment, they thought that I was going to a drag-revue strip club. Please let me inform you that this is a restaurant and there are no stripping at restaurants, at least to my knowledge. Lips is a bar and restaurant that has drag queens as waiters/waitresses who also give you a show, which means lip-syncing to the song of their choice and dancing. You need to make reservations to see this “show” which is located on the floor of the restaurant that starts at 7pm, 8:30, and 11:30 so make sure you book fast. There is a cover charge fo $7/person and this show lasts about 30-40 mins. The drag hostess goes around the restaurant asking about the names of one or two people in each party and pretty much joke and tease them. Then afterwards each drag waitress lip-sync and dance to the song of their choice and touch and tease people at the restaurant. It’s quite entertaining.
Let’s move to the food portion of this post!
