Sunday, June 19, 2016

BPC06 - Saraghina

Welcoming of guest member and congratulations to all for a great turnout
Ortolan references in popular culture
Waiter very excited about rosé on tap
Spritzes and rose ordered



JT met MT's son of a preacher man at a play
Barboncino recommendation
BF's complicated beach day
Note taking experience explained to guest attendee
2nd avenue subway
T connected to Q
JT's custom spritz request denied
Recipe is closely guarded by bartender who refuses to alter recipe for fear of tainting the drink
Fiddlehead ferns will be eaten



Ramps go in extinct due to popular demand and slow maturation
JT hates happiness
President denies fish recommendation from waiter and placed insane pizza order
BF will order a pizza for CS to go
BF hot for Khal Drogo
Dearth of giant masculine men on GoT
Amelia Clark in an action film?
Danny also in film with Finnick
Red bamboo present in backyard
BF took umbrage at lack of use of notes, but was unaware of blog
Speedy Romeo delivers to BF
Egg pizza good, cheese pizza with toppings not great, st Louis pizza recommended
Son of a preacher man works at v fancy restaurant that serves burgers but we would all want to go for BPC if they served pizza
Manhattan burger club?
Using celebrity status v having a celebrity name
Where is Erika Christensen now? Where was she then?
Cough syrup with codeine and tripping
Watching movies with subtitles and/or high
EDM, German forest party with barking people
World building in fiction
I didn't know Marlene Dietrich sang. She didn't. She talked over music.
Most of what Madonna did in the 90s was a Marlene Dietrich ripoff
Mystery gifts - cat calendar, testicle wipes, giant Asian women calendar (lost in move), portrait of BF and JT
BF's assorted decorating with a Lichtenstein plane
Park Slope and it's sorted history of gentrification
How many apartments have you lived in in ny? 3-7
SL's tres leches bday (tres mujeres)
Witch or a Viking
President likes vegetables

Fresh Fava, Asparagus, Fiddlehead Ferns, Peas, Mint & Pecorino


BF hates diversity
Stuffed squash blossoms universally admired

Fried Squash Blossoms stuffed w/ Ricotta & Anchovy Aioli


Secretary looked amazing with some plant debris to look like David Bowie
First pizza and broccoli arrives

Charred Broccoli


Is broccoli in balsamic vinegar or marmite?
Cheese on broccoli is too delicious
Inappropriate pizza cutting



Pizza with mushrooms structurally unsound
BF makes third request for server to return
Drink orders taken
Delicious sauce
Crust too soft? No crunch on it
One pizza has a salad on it and we are all confused
Anchovies are too delicious
BF sees woman who looks like Gem Sweater a second time and its still good
Anchovies add touch salt to too delicious
Loud child politely ignored by all
"I enjoy the tension created by an eight slice pizza with seven people"
These children are out of control I might snap
Michael J Fox sighting fondly remembered
Drink orders shockingly slow
SL and JK have been here before and service never this bad
Debate about whether we turn back drinks since we have already finished dinner
Inappropriate pizza slicing becomes appropriate
MK dating grumpy cat
Is a ceiling necessarily a floor
What about a roof
Sexy neighbor, as mentioned in precious posts, is currently present as guest
MT is dating a 23yo, tops, possibly his son
Off key comically unenthusiastic happy birthday next to us
I'd fuck grumpy cat
Where is baby Hayden Christensen?
Is bread or white rice less processed?
Getting pumped for GoT


THE PIES

Bufala


Coppa & Carciofi


Proscuitto & Funghi


Napoli


Spring Ortolana


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