condo at the Surf Club in Montauk. In the morning we headed downtown to Mr.
John?s Pancake House. It had quite the unusual menu and after some time we
decided on an order of ET Pancakes and Stuffed French Toast.
I?ve always been much more of a sweet breakfast eater than a
meat one, and this one more than satisfied my sweet tooth. The pancakes were covered
in semi-sweet and peanut butter chips and the French Toast was stuffed with
cream cheese and covered in apples (a bit rich, but yummy). I knew I would have
to add in another workout to make up for this.
Sam had to get to work, but I took my time enjoying the
scenery in Montauk and the Hamptons as I headed west to meet up with my friend
Melanie. I knew I had another big meal ahead of me so I kept lunch down to a fat
free yogurt.
Dinner was at a place I had never been to, but had heard
lots of good things about. Left Coast Kitchen in Merrick is as known for their
cocktails as their food and is the brainchild of two food and drink lovers, Chris
and Heather Randell. I was immediately impressed with the menus for both.
We started with some cocktails, a Pear Millionaire (Grey
Goose Vodka, pear simple syrup and St. Germain) and a Morning Wood (Stoli
Vanilla Vodka, Kahlua, Frangelico, Bailey?s Irish Cream and Van Gogh Espresso
Vodka). They were both great, but loaded with alcohol, so we immediately
ordered a Mediterranean Nosh to nibble on while we looked over the menu. It was
a perfect combination of some of my favorites ? hummus, olive-feta salad,
spinach pie, warm pita.
The menu was filled with so many offerings it was hard to
know where to start. I always go vegetarian when given the opportunity for
creative options and that is definitely the case here. I started with Chopped
Bliss (red beets, garden veggies, sun dried fruits, cous cous and goat cheese in
sherry vinaigrette). It was so fresh and flavorful I could imagine this as a
perfect lunch in itself. My main dish ravioli was also vegetable filled and
though it was tasty, I wasn?t sure about the addition of corn.
Melanie had the Colossal Shrimp Cocktail with 2 Alarm
Cocktail Sauce and sweet lemon aioli. She said it was delicious, as was her
Sesame Crusted Yellow fin Tuna, roasted over Forbidden Risotto Morimoto and
served with a sweet and sour asparagus stir fry in a wasabi dressing. The menu
also offered a number of meat options (such as Root Beer Glazed Pork Chops)
customers were enjoying.
Left Coast Kitchen has an extensive wine menu, but with
dinner we tried the New Age Cocktail. It?s basically a combination of sangria
and a wine spritzer, made with an Argentinian white (they don?t indicate which
one, just that it?s No. 1 in Argentina). ?It was quite fruity and one of those dangerous
drinks that you keep guzzling down without realizing how many you?ve had.
Deciding which dessert to have was easy as Left Coast
Kitchen offers the Tower of Power, which basically translates into one of every
childhood favorite you?ve ever had. Despite the explanation from the waitress,
I didn?t quite believe what arrived at our table. It was indeed a tower ? with layers
and layers of treats!
The ?tower? included brownies, Fruit Loop cereal bars,
yellow cupcakes, white chocolate macadamia cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, red
velvet cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies and Oreo cupcakes. It was topped with
cotton candy. Needless to say, we didn?t make a dent in it, but did get quite
an audience trying to see how much of it we would eat. Finally, after we had
sampled a bit of everything, Melanie decided to take the balance home to bring
to her coworkers.
Another fun-filled trip to New York came to an end and I was
heading back to the Midwest to get ready for my next Chicago adventure.
Source: http://www.wineandspiritstravel.com/2012/07/leaving-montauk-for-left-coast-kitchen.html
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