Sofia is developing a knack for making the FNSC a multi-venue adventure. As our most recent FNSC adventure we started at the East Village Tavern for beers, then stopped for a snack at a La Lucha, and then snagged a table at Baoguette, our final location.
At the East Village Tavern we had a really fantastic cask ale (Heavy Seas Loose Cannon), an intriguingly named ale (Keegan Ales Four Philosophers) and a couple of others I can't remember.
La Lucha had not originally been on the itinerary, but as we headed out of the bar, Sofia goes "let's stop for tacos!" So we did and it was a very tasty idea in deed.
In the tradition of all of our foodie adventures we got four different tacos and split them. We decided to eat and run so we got our tacos to go and headed over to a park bench to enjoy them. They came with little containers of very spicy and tasty sauce - one made with raw tomatillos - and of course, slices of lime. So we dressed our tacos and then dug in. The pulled pork taco, was good, but a little incongruous as a taco. The grilled steak taco was a great example of the standard taco. The mushroom taco was ok, but a little weird. My personal second favorite was the chile ancho taco which was cheesy chili goodness.
Our final destination was Baoguette where we managed to find space for a Classic Bahn Mi (Pork, Terine, Pate, Fresh Herbs), a Cat Fish sandwich (Cucumber Relish, Pickled Red Onion, Honey Mustard Sauce), and a Sloppy Bao (Spicy Curry Beef, Green Mango, Basil, Lemongrass). All were very good, but I was glad that was with people who were adventurous enough to try the Cat Fish and Sloppy Bao because I would never have chosen them but they were delicious; perhaps even better than the than the Classic. To round things out we also got a seafood crepe and on a whim, a sesame milkshake and coffee milkshake. After all those tasty treats we waddled on home to rest before our next adventure...
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