Last weekend was my 20 year college reunion. Last weekend was my 20 year college reunion. I had to say it twice just to reinforce the possibility that's true! Wow does time fly... I have been lucky to have stayed in touch or reconnected with so many people from that time in my life, but with a reunion always come those new opportunities for connection. I was a sorority girl, an AEPhi at The George Washington University, and I just loved it (not to mention the fraternity boys and other sorority girls I got to know by being a part of it all.) One of those old friends, Lisa, and I, have been meeting for dinner over the last couple of years on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and last night we reunited with another sister, Jamie, who happens to have lived there all this time! She recommended we meet at Fish Tag. Lisa's kosher, I'm vegan, and we wanted tasty food and good cocktails - this seemed to fit the bill.I happen to love the food of Michael Psilakis (I think I blogged about MP Taverna) so it was a great choice. Lisa and I arrived first, so we sat at the bar for an hour or so and ordered drinks - bartender's choice. I had the French 75, a mix of cava, gin, lemon and a bit of simple syrup. Lisa had the Smoky D: blanco tequila, mezcal, cointreau and pomegranate with a smoked almond/salt rim. They were really good...we each had two! Once Jamie arrived we sat to eat. We wound up splitting a delicious chopped bulgur with medjool dates, olives, breakfast radishes, peppers (well, I asked them to leave them out,) grilled onions, smoked almonds and pistachios. Seriously so good I could have eaten the whole thing myself (thankfully I'm a good sharer.) For entrees, both Jamie and Lisa had the bronzino with brussel sprouts which they seemed to enjoy, and I had mushroom bruschetta (hold the cheese and anchovies.) It was a large piece of sourdough, sliced in thirds, toasted or grilled with olive oil and topped with shiitake mushrooms and micro greens. It was really tasty. There were a few other options from which I could choose, and modify in one way or another, but this was a pretty terrific meal as it was. If you find yourself at 79th near Broadway, check it out!
