It's Okay To Drink A Bloody Mary For Dinner

Spaghetti with roasted cabbage, poblano chili and tomato plus a Bloody Mary at Allswell, Williamsburg

I'm not ashamed to admit that this was my first Bloody Mary. I guess I'm just not a big fan of tomatoy spicy cocktails. Though while hanging out with Dax and Anais of Young and Hungry, they sold me on the Bloody Mary, after I took a sip of theirs. It was tomatoy...briney....and full of pickled vegetables, it sure made me feel healthy drinking it. And it went so well with the plate of pasta.

This was all after chowing down Thai food at No Name Bar.

Surf And Turfing At Allswell

Allswell, Brooklyn

You know I love eating at Allswell so I don't have to shower you with romantic words about my recent meal in which I had baked clams, oysters, seared beef tongue with egg salad crostini, fluke carpaccio with preserved lemon, tomamto and creme fraiche, burger and plum and concord grape pie.

Fried Food Eating At Allswell

A Riot Punsch (it was STRONG!), Smooth Shark with Duck Fat Potatoes and Chimichurri, Stuffed Squash Blossoms, a Bowl of Fried Scapes (served with Sriracha).

Happy Hour At Allswell

Last week I went to get happy hour oysters ($1 each) plus a $4 pint of Kelso and it was a great way to spend few hours at Allswell. Then I ended up ordering a plate of fried artichokes with peppercress and ricotta salata and it was ah-mazing.