Nicolicious Life

Address: 573 Edgewood Ave SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30312
Website: http://thumbsupdiner.com

I came here with RCSIII during the Thanksgiving break last year, and I realized that I never wrote about it. If not because I was organizing the pictures I got in the computer, I would completely forgot about it. I had a long long facetime conversation with RCSIII this morning and I just miss him terribly. Driving from New Haven to GA was a fun trip for me (since I didn't have to drive), and I just think even though it's late, I should write down where we went.

 
This place is very close to Georgia Tech and apparently has 5 other locations in GA. We took the subway here and walked to this location. I have to admit that I did not enjoy the fast that everything was so far apart here in Atlanta!!! From the map, this place looked so close to the station but it took up ~30 mins to arrive here.
 
 

Address: 105 River St, Milford, CT 06460
Website: http://thecornerbrunch.com
I absolutely love all my brunch pig out with KC. I think maybe because we both love eggs & breakfast sweet items plus we are both really lay back. We always end up just relax at my apartment later or shopping at a mall somewhere. We decided to try this new spot that I found on Yelp. It's not too far away from New Haven if you have a car.

When we got there, it kind of reminds me of a B&B dining hall with friendly staff running around. We had to wait for ~15 mins and were seated at the bar area (otherwise we'll have to wait even longer!). It's definitely not a modern brunch spot that you'll find in NYC, but I'll describe it cozy.

Address: 1032 Chapel St # A  New Haven, CT 06510
Website: http://unionleaguecafe.com
Here come my last stop for 2012 NH spring RW. I was here with Angela, Yen and Ted. This is probably the only French Restaurant here at New Haven (while we have about 1000 Italian restaurants), and it happened to be a very good one. Of course, the price is also very French like my beloved LV...so that's why RW is a good chance to come back again.

 
 

Address: 39 High Street New Haven CT::
Website: http://www.ibizarestaurantnewhaven.com
This is my second stop for this year's spring restaurant week. 

Address: 165 Wooster Street  New Haven, CT 06511
Website: http://www.consiglios.com
I am always excited about restaurant week (RW), doesn't matter what time of the year and what city I'm at. Although this year's RW price is more expensive, $18 for lunch & $32 for dinner, I still think it's a pretty good opportunity to try new places in town and catch up with friends. Sahr and I planned this meal about 2 weeks ago and both of us were starving on our way there (Oh well...maybe just me...) I have to apologize to  her a little bit here since I couldn't really focuse on talking to her on the Yale shuttle...I think my blood sugar level was too low....too hungry to do anything at all...sorry girl....I was not being a nice friend then.

Here goes their menu for the 2012 RW lunch (I'm not sure how the dinner menu is different from this one):

 


Please see the store information and my very first Ladurée visit here. If I didn't write it down, I don't think I'll remember what I've tried. This post should really be written sometime in March, and I am already late. But well, it's just April now. After my first visit to Ladurée , I kept going back since I really love those little colorful babies. What makes me want to write about it was the special gift box for 2012 March amd the featured flavor, the 2012 special flavor, INCROYABLE AMANDE (almond), and the 2012 March special flavor, Cherry Blossom. The special box was designed by the Japanese artist, Tsumori Chisato. It was too cute to not make one of them mine!

Here are the 8 flavors I got:

For the restaurant information, please see my previous visit here!
I wrote my 1st post almost a year ago and I came back today with KC to check out their sweet brunch items. It was the Easter weekend and in order to avoid waiting in line for too long, KC and I decided to go around 10:00AM!!! (well....I know that's not really "early"...)

When we arrived, we saw people waiting outside, but when we walked in and told them there were just two of us, we were seated right away. Lucky!!!
We started with our brunch beverages, coffee for me as usual and KC got a healthy start with orange juice...but then also got this Chailatte, which I didn't try, but I think KC liked it.(She finished it!)

Website: http://macarons.rocqgroup.com/
This week was a little bit depressing for me. It might be the combination of a lot of things, such as some students gave me terrible attitude in the session, computer issues that resulted in not able to run some calculations and I am going to have a meeting tomorrow. I NEVER enjoy the meetings for many reasons...oh well...I shouldn't be complaining so much if I am doing something I love doing, isn't it? I know I know. Oh well...a girl is still need to pay the bills (tears) anyway, something worth celebrating was that our project got the first publication in PNAS. And plus I just got back my tax return, I went ahead and order those babies online. (since New Haven doesn't have any good French macaron places)

It was in a perfect condition when the package arrived (The box was even magnetic and cute!).

Address: 159 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Website: penelopenyc.com
YEAH!!! It's almost April!!! Which means that Spring is here and another step closer to my summer internship!!! I am so excited to do something different than MD simulation or FEP calculation or anything what I am currently doing in lab. Also, I am uber excited to EAT EAT EAT in Asia!!! Taiwan, Shanghai, and Japan, here I come. BUT, before then, I still have another ~2 months to go. Oh well... In the mean time, I guess I'll just to go NYC to satisfy my craving for yummy food for now.

I have been wanted to try this place for a while but always end up going somewhere else. I have heard that this place an adorable spot and their food definitely has an adorable smaller portion. The place is also popular on weekends especially for larger groups (according to yelp). I was in the city early and decided to go check it out. If I don't have to wait, I'll dine there by myself. If there's a long line, then I'll come back next time.
When I got there, there were people waiting outside. But I still tried and I was seated immediately at the bar. It was perfect for a single diner like me!
As usual, I already "studied" their menu and kind of know what I want before I sat down, but I still look through the menu. On weekend, this place has "burnch prix-fixe", which include Apple Cider Mimosa OR coffee/tea and juice with your brunch entrée.

Address: 203 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003-7636
Website: http://www.chikalicious.com/
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