Saturday, February 24, 2007

Catfish, Collard Greens, and Sweet Iced Tea...

Earlier this evening, I had the pleasure of having dinner with my new friend, Ryan. We had plans of going to one of my favorite NYC restaurants, Milon in the East Village. Milon is an Indian restaurant with the wildest, seizure-inducing atmosphere ever! In addition to its fun-house interior, Milon has great inexpensive dishes.

Unfortunately, Milon was packed and Ryan and I had to find an alternative. We stopped in on this place called, Vanel's on First, which serves "Southern Soul Food."

I was really looking forward to indulging in some authentic Soul Food, but found that the over-priced watered down versions of Southern cuisine just didn't hit the mark. If it weren't for the two-for-one drink special and the fine company, Vanel's would be completely unworthy of mentioning. To be completely fair, the service was pretty good, but did little to warm up the literally icy interior. (Don't believe the pictures on their website!)

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