SnackManiac takes a bite out of the big apple: PART III: no Ronald McDonald in sight

At SnackManiac’s urging, we checked out some fancy-pants burger joint in Greenwich Village. The burgers were DELICIOUS. And came in baskets, which I love!! (the nose on the waxed paper had hints of tobacco and blackberries.) Anyhow, while the beef (and in Nikki’s case lamb) was excellent, the snacks obviously stole the show. We had paprika fries with garlic aioli (as promised, more coverage of how mayo can JUICE up any and all snacks) and some humongous Vidalia onion rings.

I was feeling a little peckish after dinner, so we ordered some milkshakes with booze in them. (correction: both mayo AND booze juice up any and all snacks.) Beth had one called “Grandma’s Treat which was vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce and bourbon with some toffee pieces on top. WOW.

snack signage

That’s right, a CORN DOG is a snack on a stick. I couldn’t have put it better myself.

SnackManiac takes a bite out of the big apple: PART II: a snack for the FAMILY

Exhausted from earlier snacking, we stopped in Little Italy for a cannoli.

Café Palermo advertises "The Best Cannoli on the Entire Planet." That is the sort of claim that SnackManiac respects. There I had the pleasure of seeing a fellow snacks-pert in action, as the self-proclaimed CANNOLI KING made the rounds of his shop. (He looked relatively young and well-rested for someone who has obviously scoured the PLANET for other, potentially superior, cannolis.)

Attention Vegans, this snack’s for you!!!

Check out this Japana-snack sent in from a tipster in ALABAMA. These are tempura green beans with some sort of delicious spicy mayonnaise for dipping. (SM PREVIEW: stay tuned for further posting on dipping things in mayo!!) Sometimes I have a hard time getting in my 5-7 servings of fruits and vegetables a month, so, while it is NOT my intention to turn this into a weblog for health NUTS, I am pleased to report on vegetables just this once.

New product alert!

In this day and age of high technology and low cost snacks from overseas, snack innovation is increasingly challenging. That is why I commend XXX for creating a new snack simply by turning an existing snack INSIDE OUT!!! I was looking for some Junior Mints to snack on at the movies when I was stunned to see the Inside Out Junior Mint on the shelf. They were marked at LIMITED EDITION, so I knew I had to act fast. (I also obviously bought the regular Junior Mints as well, in order to conduct a thorough double-blind taste test.)

Most respondents found the IOJM disgusting, SnackManiac included. But I SALUTE the development of new snacks and look forward to the debut of the INSIDE OUT MOZZARELLA STIX!!!

SnackManiac takes a bite out of the big apple: PART I

So Nikki and I are journeying back from NYC where the weekend started with a chocolate rugelach in Bryant Park and ended with a huge slice of meat lovers pizza IN MY BED (if I was smart, I would have eaten in in Nikki's bed while she was brushing her teeth.)

Get ready for the full snack rundown.

NSFD (not safe for diabetics)

Those New Yorkers continue to astound me with their SAVVY snacking! A roving reporter, along with her photog, captured this amazing trompe l'oeil of a dessert at The Bryant Park Grill last weekend. The bun is some sort of phyllo pastry (described as bearing greater resemblance to the cake cones you get DQ in) and the burger itself is a chocolate truffle cake. Garnishes include a pistachio ice cream "pickle."

Can you believe it?! They took one snack and made it into another snack!! This feat is both a crowning achievement of art and science, a shoe-in for the Nobel prize.