Portokalopita From Uncle Gussy’s

I’m telling you Uncle Gussy’s in midtown can do no wrong. Last time I wrote about their tasty grilled pork chop with oven roasted lemon potatoes, well I have fallen in love with another tasty treat. Portokalopita aka Greek orange cake. Basically it’s made by shredding phyllo dough then mixing in a batter and baked. To finish, an orange flavored syrup is poured over the cake.

The version from Uncle Gussy’s is so damn freakin good. I should really get two slices next time. It’s light and pillowy with great orange flavor. Makes a great afternoon snack with that cup of 3pm coffee.

The portokalopita is a special, so follow them on Twitter to find out when they will have it again.

Also, congrats to Uncle Gussy’s for being one of the finalist for this year’s Vendy Awards.

One Girl Cookies And Steve’s Ice Cream

You probably know by now that we’re big fans of Steve’s Ice Cream. I think between the 2 of us, we probably tasted most of their flavors (I ate a whole pint of their bourbon vanilla last night). But did you also know that I’m big fans of One Girl Cookies in Boerum Hill? Though many reviews and people focus on their delicious whoopie pies and cookies, they shouldn’t ignore their equally good cakes. So far I have had their lemon olive oil cake, angel food cake with pistachio and passion fruit, vanilla cake and most recently a coffee cake. Luckily for me I had a pint of Steve’s salty caramel ice cream in the freezer and scooped 2 scoops of ice cream onto the plate. The combination of coffee and vanilla and salty caramel was delicious! Though seriously you can’t go wrong with ice cream and cakes.

– One Girl Cookies 68 Dean St, Brooklyn

Lucky King Bakery

After the whole Egg Tart King debacle I was still craving for some sort of Chinese dessert. The next best thing on my list was a cake log or cake roll whatever you want to call those things. I randomly walked into Lucky King Bakery, it was diagonally across from what used to be Egg Tart King on Grand St. At first I was looking for egg tarts but I didn’t see any. Then I scanned through their cake log choices. They have the usuals coffee flavor and vanilla(?) flavor. They also have chocolate flavor (have I seen chocolate before?) and green tea. Never had or heard or seen a green tea cake log before I decided to get that and it was only $4.25 or around there. WIN! These usually go for $8! Thats crazy talk. Oh and the ones from Lucky King Bakery were all pre-sliced. Can’t get any better than that.

Besides it being green tea and that its green, its just a typical cake log and nothing else. There was just a slight hint of green tea and as always there’s never enough cream in these logs.

– Lucky King Bakery 280 Grand St. New York

Momofuku Milk Bar

I believe Howard and I are the last to visit the Milk Bar. Seems like every food blog has blogged about how awesome this place is. To be honest I was just too damn lazy to go. Well we finally made it. After watching The Hurt Locker at the Sunshine theater Howard and I were looking for something else to do. I wanted to snack on something and suggested the Milk Bar.