Delicatessen, Indian and The Global Conundrum

Jess and I forgo breakfast on Sunday post Valentines to meet with our Friend Mr. Gillen and his LadyFriend Brianna in the Fabulous SoHo area of Greenwich Village.  The intended destination was Balthazar, but with lack of reservations there was no chance of even waiting for brunch and the McNally NYC hotspot.  

We wondered down to Delicatessen on Prince and Lafayette.  They advised us the wait would be twenty.  Jess had a Bloody (which I had later and gave it a 6.5 on the BM Scale) and I a Yuengling.  The Bartenders were very friendly and attentive despite the usual NYC push.  

After moving to our table in the back we were soon greeted by our server, Jennifer, who was both ebullient, knowledgable and watchful... Despite being slammed she made us feel like her only table.  We had the Bucket o Chicken, Cheeseburger Spring Rolls, Truffled Chicken Salad Sandwich, and the Spinach and corned beef Benny, as well as Tuna Tartare.  All were great.  I highly recommend the Tartare and the Chicken Sandwich.

We wondered around and ended up doing a little wine shopping at good ol Trader Joes.  We picked up to-go from Brick Lane for our arrival home in lovely Harrison.  Jess is always craving the Madras Paneer so we addded a Lamb Vindaloo, which used to be my choice at Indian restaurant.  It was the standard for me.  In fairness the trip home was forty minutes which justified the Naan being chewy but the Vindaloo lacked flavor but was intensely spicy.  It was more tomatoe sauce than gravy. The Madras, tasted good but had some strange ingredients which may have been old spices but tasted like beef jerky.

Tonight for Dinner I made Sweet potato ravioli in sage cream sauce and a spinach salad with pisctachios, raspberry vinagrette and Feta Cheese.

I am always torn between Vegetarianism and Carnivorism.  Greg, My Sort of Cousin, posted a article on Facebook today comparing Hamburgers to  Hummers in being a direct cause of global warming.  The fact is between Atkins and the remnants of starvations caused by the Great Depression and World Wars, we hav ebeen trained to eat as much meat as soon as possible.  I care about animals, I care about the world and I care about my body.  Why should I not be at least vegetarian? Why do we not promote it more when the greatest minds of all time were proponents of vegetable only diets?