Meeting new friends.

Before we move on to the next city let me introduce you to a few of our new new friends we met in NYC.

Now pay close attention to the 1st and 4th photos of the bunch, they really showed us a good time!

Joey Campanaro : The Little Owl

Andrew Carmellini : The Dutch

Amanda Cohen : Dirt Candy

Carlo Mirarchi : Roberta's

Time to eat!

This next post will accomplish two very important things...

1. Overwhelm you with food. Which will allow you all to feel just a little bit of what we felt everyday in NYC.

2. Allow me to quickly bring you all up to speed on our journey.

Now keep in mind this is only 14 of the 100 dishes so we have many more to share with you as soon as we get home.

Bon appitite!

Lobster with uni mousse : Soto

Fluke usuzukuri : Soto

Tuna tartare : Soto

Duck soba noodles : 15 East

Octopus with sea salt : 15 East

Fideos : Casa Mono

Ice cream sunday : DBGB

*Jared's favorite*

Spleen sandwich : Fernando's Focacceria

"Million Dollar Chicken" : The Standard Grill

Prosciutto-wrapped shrimp : Inoteca

Mac and cheese : Little Giant

Smoked-salmon croque monsieur : Le Bernardin

Steak frites : Balthazar

Crispy squid : Nha Trang

*Not on the list, but we had to have it*

Spicy sausage : Central Park

We hit the ground running.

ABC Kitchen : farm table

ABC Kitchen

ABC Kitchen

As soon as we landed we hit the ground running, literally, to make sure we weren't late for our first chef interview of NYC. Still feeling groggy from our red eye we jumped at Jonathan Waxman's offer for some coffee and sipping it up it while he gave us the grand tour of his popular restaurant Barbuto. Just as we were getting comfortable we had to say our good byes and make way to our second interview of the day, then third, then fourth.

Phew! What a day we were having already and just hours after landing. We had interviewed Jonathan Waxman (Barbuto), Sara Jenkins (Porchetta & Porsena), Dan Kluger (ABC Kitchen), and Josh Capon (Burger&Barrel) all before the 5 o'clock hour.

But wait, I haven't mentioned the best part of it all yet.

Dan Kluger from ABC Kitchen, which was just announced restaurant of the year, invited us to stay after our interview so he could cook for us using some of his freshest produce he had displayed on the farm table in the dining room.

What a great way to start our NYC adventure for Chefs Feed!

And we're off.

Well actually as you all might know we were "off" a little over a month ago, but it wasn't until recently we decided to do this blog as an easier way to share this amazing adventure with you all. So looks like I'll have to backtrack a bit to June 1st when we hopped on our red-eye and made our way to NYC.

Little did we know just what exactly was in store for us.