We celebrated his 29th birthday early with Sunday brunch at one of my favorite Italian restaurants, Dell' Anima (pronounced like animal not like anemic).
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If you ever plan on taking a girl on a date, definitely make reservations to sit in front of the chefs table-- oh and order the gnocchi.
Anyways for brunch we had:
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UOVA in PURGATORIO baked eggs, pancetta, shallots, rosemary,tomato
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Pulled pork with mashed potatoes (not listed on online menu).
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APPLE PANCAKES fall spices, walnuts (Amazingly good and without the guilt)
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TAJARIN “alla CARBONARA” speck, egg, pecorino (portions look small, but pasta is always filling!)
And what would a birthday be without a gift? Got Ben $15 worth of lottery tickets and he WON $20!! And theeeen he took it to the bodega to redeem it for $20 worth of Mega Millions. Sigh. He gets the gambling from my dad.
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