American Idiot!

As an early Birthday present to Nelson, I planned a day in NYC this past Saturday. As I was recovering from a terrible cold, I really would have liked to reschedule the plans,but I had non refundable theater tickets. Our brunch reservations were at Má Pêche, a new Vietnamese French restaurant by David Chang. The best time I was able to obtain online reservation was for 11.30am but we were half an hour late due to the subway construction in Queens, where we had parked. But the hostess seated us immediately and I was surprised to see the place look only about 60% full. I was a little annoyed that they tried to make us share a table with two older ladies despite the number of free tables available. We ended up being seated at the table next to them and had great service for the rest of our meal. We had the $25/per person three course prixe menu. In addition, we had a plate of oysters to start. The squid salad I got as my appetizer was my favorite part of the meal. The grilled trout, my main course, was a but dry, but I really liked the chili sauce on the side. Nelson's rice noodles with minced pork was delicious. I would have certianly had it if not for the pork. The mini desserts left me wanting more and I hence I bought 3 cookies from the milk bar on my way out.

The event for the day was seeing American Idiot on Broadway. Nelson has always liked Green day music while I knew next nothing about them. He said the show was great and I managed to fall asleep even amidst the loud rock music. The costumes and the stage were very vibrant. I hope Nelson enjoyed it as I really wasn't able to relate to this type of rock opera.

In the evening we went up to Queens to meet up with my sister and had dinner at Bangkok Cuisine in Forest Hills. It is a nice little restaurant with beautiful decor and good affordable thai food. The traffic on the Whitestone bridge was terrible as it took us almost 2hrs to get back to Westchester.