Good morning, Tuesday. It's been a year since Sandy and sending lots of love and wishes to all of those still working hard to get back to normal. The city is business as usual, but I'm sure a lot of people in the Rockaways and the Jersey Shore and other points are still trying to figure out how to make it all feel ok again. My thoughts and prayers are with them all.
So, oh- I tried a cronut yesterday. For those of you living under a stalactite, the cronut (whose name is by the way trademarked now) from Dominique Ansel's bakery in Soho is the new Magnolia Bakery cupcake. Scores of people wait to get their sugar craving mitts on them each day, and as luck would have it, my lovely and very foodie friend Stacey Fischer sent some over to my office, because she's awesome and knows the power of a hard to get dessert. Bless her.
Here's the deal with the cronut- at first bite I'm all like, meh. But then another bite. And another. And though I wished I had more bites (I had to share once it hit the office that I had the precious pastries here), each bite became more delicate, delicious, and complex. The creamy filling, the doughnut texture mixed in with the crunchy outer layer of a croissant all so delicately conjured. It's an experience worth savoring, almost as much for its waiting list worthy status as for its taste. I'd say it's well worth the wait. I like stuff that gets better with every bite- I mean, who doesn't? Am I making a life metaphor out of this fancy tasting of mine? Perhaps. I'll leave that for you to decide. I'm pretty lucky to still be around these parts, and I'm enjoying each bite. That's all I'm gonna say. Sometimes you have to wait in line to get something delicious. Oh and fakers beware- you may attempt to make a better cronut, but in my mind, ain't nothin' like the real thing.
So if you happen to be around Soho and feel like waiting in the chilly air for a cronut, go do that. It's worth it. Now that we all know Magnolia cupcakes are grossly overrated, no need to wait in line there. Their banana pudding, however, is bath worthy. I'd like to fill a tub with it.
And that's what's up this sweet and dandy Tuesday in the 212. All the love and yours, in yumminess, and cronuts. XO