Fette Sau

I went to NYC for a week (Sept 9-Sept 16) and spent time with Lindsie before school started up again for me, and before Lindsie flew to Portugal for lab. We ate at some amazing places while I was there. The first place we went to was Fette Sau in Brooklyn. The train that takes us almost directly there was not in service that Saturday so we took a less-direct route and definitely built up an appetite.

The name means 'fat pig,' so naturally we had to get the pulled pork. It was the best pulled pork I've ever had. We also ordered some beef brisket, a sausage which reminded me of pepperoni in flavor, homemade baked beans with chunks of pork swimming in it and sauerkraut. Our eyes are always bigger than our stomachs but we made a good dent on the food.

On each table there was a selection of 4 sauces. One was spicy, one was your traditional tomato based bbq sauce, one was vinegar based, and the last one was a mustard/horseradish combination. My favorite out of the bunch was definitely the vinegar as it cut through the richness of all the meat quite nicely.

Lindsie enjoying the 'pepperoni' sausage.

We washed it down with water and now had the energy for 9 more hours of walking around NYC. It was a long day but well worth it.

Here are a few pictures from the trip before we made our next food stop that evening.

Because the 10th anniversary of 9/11 was the next day, the city was covered with NYPD and the ferries also had the coast guard escorting it to and back from Staten Island. I thought it was awesome.

Manhattan in the background.

At a near by park from the ferry building, there was a 9/11 memorial where each flag represented a life that was taken that day 10 years ago. It was quite sobering and made the events that happened that much more real to me.

This is a picture of the most massive Reese's peanut butter cups I've ever seen. Each cup is 8 ounces and 1150 calories. I bought it just because it was so ridiculous. I've yet to crack it open.