the magician, shang, and verlaine

the 3rd place for restaurant week was shang. it's on the lower east side so i had to go to the magician first to have some super cheap drinks. by the way, their happy hour is from 5-7:55. don't piss off the bartender by trying to get hh prices after 7:55. you won't get it. she told me a story about how this girl was following her around showing her the time on her phone and she was not having it. 


from the restaurant week menu, we had the hot & sour soup, assorted dim sum, marinated skirt steak, cantonese wok fried pearl noodes, roasted scottish salmon and the mango panna cotta. it was pretty good. i don't think i would go back just because i can get so much better food in chinatown for 1/2 the price. but i was a fun experience and the main room is impressive.

we didn't want to end the night, so b.l. took us to verlaine for some after dinner drinks. when she told us that hh was until 10pm, we didn't even need to think about it. this place is pretty cool!

their hh is $5 lychee martinis, sangria, and bloody marys. verlaine had me at lychee martini of which i had 2. visitors, be prepared to frequent this place because of the prices and the deliciousness.

xoxo,

p.