If you have not figured it out already, Emily and I are what is known as Foodies.

Emily is the chef de cuisine at Bolla restaurant in Dallas, Texas.

She is married to my son Jason who is chef de cuisine at The Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas.

Needless to say we like to eat and New York City is a favorite place to eat.

We went to Momofuku Ssam Bar for dinner on Tuesday night.

I actually had learned about the Momofuku group of restaurants by watching The Martha Stewart Show.

Martha is a fan of the restaurants. Shortly before going to New York, Emily told me she wanted to go out to

eat at the restaurant of a friend Tien Ho. He is a chef part owner of the group. Lucky us, he met us for dinner and sat with us and

told us about all the food, how it was made etc. It really made the evening fun. 

This is Emily and Tien.

First course – Edwards Wigwam Country Ham. Very smoky and delicious! It is like prosciutto, only made in America. 

This is a plate of house made seasonal pickles.

Carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, radishes, peppers, mushrooms. romesco or Roman cauliflower.

Honeycrisp Apple Kimchi with jowl bacon, maple labne (yogurt cheese) and arugula 

This was delicious!!!!

Fried Brussels Sprouts –fish sauce vinaigrette and mint.

I don’t know if this was my favorite or second favorite dish.

I did love it!

Hanger steak with romesco, cauliflower and marcona almonds Spicy Pork Sausage & Rice cakes – Chinese broccoli and crispy shallots 

Emily and Tien with the menu

We went next door for dessert at the Momofuku Milk Bar.

They have fabulous cookies, cakes and muffins. 

They also have soft serve ice cream that is really weird.

Salt & Pepper with Ritz cracker crunchies, Cereal Milk flavor with corn flake crunchies

This was not my favorite thing, but they were doing a booming business while we were there.

To each his own!

Alas, Emily left at 3:45 AM to go back to Dallas.

It was a trip with my new daughter-in-law that I will remember for a long time.

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My next post is about the Martha Stewart office tour with Hannah Milman, 

Editorial Director of Crafts for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.

Trust me you don’t want to miss it. I still can’t believe all that I saw.

I am off to teach in Florida at a retreat for Quilting By The Bay quilt shop in Panama City, Florida

so the next post may be delayed.