![]() The best way to try a lot of food at Smorgasburg is to share a bunch of stuff with friends. Jerry thus rejects a piece of pizza from Poppie. ![]() Jerry sees Poppie after using the bathroom, and Poppie does not wash his hands. Later, the two enter the girlfriend’s father’s restaurant, Poppie’s. It’s a classic harebrained scheme, and every second fills me with warm joy. ![]() In a glorious Pulp Fiction spoof, Newman is hired as a ‘cleaner’ to get rid of the muffin stumps. Give it a kitschy name, and you’re on your way! (Take out the exclamation point to boost sales.) Choose something incredibly specific, and make a store that sells just that item. In this episode, Lippmann opens a new joint called “Top of the Muffin To You!” Living here now, I realize this place is so New York. I totally understood the quandary with muffin tops, so this episode hit me on a personal level at age ten. The problem is, you have to eat the top first while it’s still warm to get the full effect, thus leaving you with the stupid cold stump.īefore “muffin tops” were a pop culture saying and Jenna sang about them on 30 Rock, they were all about the food itself. The stump is oh-so-meh compared to that warm crunchy top though. Nothing’s worse than finishing the top, then realizing you have a stump leftover, which you shouldn’t waste. I love the crunch of the top of a muffin. Catch me at Breads Bakery grabbing the two babka special. Of course, no one really wants a cinnamon babka, the lesser brother of the two, and no one will ever want that one with the hair on it. Luscious, rich chocolate flavor pervades layers of deliciously sweet spongy cake with yummy streusel on top. Chocolate Babka – Episode 77, “The Dinner Party”īack in Pittsburgh, my mom always knew not to buy chocolate babka and expect it to last more than a day. Peterman’s cake from King Edward VIII’s wedding. Here is a lovesong to these classic NYC foods-ones I imagined eating while dancing about in glorious bliss like Elaine when she ate Mr. Some of these NYC gems seem nearly forgotten in the midst of cronuts, bronuts (doughnuts eaten by bros) and other exotic (unnecessary) food hybrids. Some of them broadened my food knowledge (see: soup), and others just made me hungry. Whether it was a well-earned crab bisque from the Soup Nazi or a big salad from Monk’s, more than a few foods became a “thing” with the zany crew of Seinfeld. But I did get jealous every time Jerry, Elaine, Kramer or George obsessed over something delicious that they ate. I really never wanted to move to New York.
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