Big Daddy's Diner.

Last weekend, Roomie's Bro, MY, and his GF, S, came to visit New York City and stayed with us.  As a result, this will be a start in a series of smexy food porn posts.

Since Roomie was away for his cheerleading competition , I had the pleasure of taking the Duo around the city for two days and show them some great spots and eats.

The Duo was hungry after their flight from Madison, WI, so I decided to take them to Big Daddy's Diner for some huge burgers.  It was also a return to Big Daddy's for me, so I was extremely happy.

I got the Bad Boy Burger with tater tots, cooked medium.  It comes with lettuce, tomato, bacon, and cheddar cheese, a pickle, and cole slaw.  The burger was cooked perfectly and the tots were nice crunchy.

MY got the Big Mac Daddy with tater tots.  It comes with American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and special sauce, a pickle, and cole slaw.  It seems like scarfing down food runs in Roomie's family because MY cleaned his plate pretty quickly.  That also means that he enjoyed his food.

S got All American Burger 102 with tater tots.  It comes with lettuce, tomato, and cheese, a pickle, and cole slaw.  She enjoyed her burger, but was so full that she gave half of it to MY, to his great chagrin.

Here's the money shot of all of our plates.  Burgery and tottery sexiness.

Overall, great place for burgers if you're craving one!

Price: <3<3<

Taste: <3<3<3<

Atmosphere: <3<3<3<3

Opinion: Recommended

Big Daddy's

in Upper East Side

1596 2nd Ave. (at 83rd St.)

(212) 717-2020

Big Daddy's Diner; Andre's Hungarian Bakery.

So, it seems like Roomie, Mic, and I end up stuffing ourselves to the max once every week on the weekends.  Since we've moved to the Upper East Side, we've discovered that there are a slew of restaurants that we feel compelled to try out.  Despite that, however, we were craving burgers.  We discovered that there was a Big Daddy's Diner on 2nd Ave., so off we went.  We also wanted to try this Hungarian Bakery we've walked by, so we made a plan to make a trip to Hungary to try some exotic desserts.

One of the signs in the very festive diner.

Roomie got the Turkey Burger (sauce on the side) and Fries.  He wolfed it down.  He was the one that was craving burgers, so he was very happy afterwards.

Mic got the Turkey Burger with Tots.  She equally enjoyed hers, but struggled with the immense amount of food that was on her plate.

I got the Daddy'O Burger with Tots.  It comes with pepper jack cheese and pieces of fried onions on a potato bun, cole slaw, and a pickle.

Close up of my burger.

Mid-action eating shot of my burger.  I asked for medium.  It was nice and pink and juicy.  It was also overwhelmingly filling.  The tater tots were nice and crisp, but they put too much salt on it, and I was unable to finish the tots.

Afterwards, we went to the bakery, but chose to just buy what we wanted and eat them on our own, because we were all way to stuffed to sit down and eat another huge piece of cake.  I chose to get the Sacher Cake.  Here is a picture, from later on in the evening.

Mid-action eating shot.  The cake had layers of apricot jelly inside, while the cake itself was surrounded by a shell of chocolate with some nuts in it.  The jelly was nicely paired with the chocolate flavors, but the cake itself was very dry and made it really difficult to eat, considering it was such a huge slice.

Overall, the diner was good.  It was filling.  The dessert was alright.

Big Daddy's Diner

Price: <3<3<

Taste: <3<3<3<

Atmosphere: <3<3<3<3

Opinion: Recommended

Andre's Hungarian Bakery

Price: <3<3<3

Taste: <3<3<3

Atmosphere: N/A

Opinion: OK to try

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar.

Unfortunately, the buffet that my family and I were supposed to go to today was closed because of a kitchen fire.  It seems like I've got no luck when it comes to getting to try new restaurants.  So, we decided to go to go old reliable Applebee's for lunch.  It was extremely filling.

We got two appetizers.  The first one was mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce for dipping.  It was nice a crispy and I actually enjoyed this one.

Our other appetizer was the Classic Boneless Buffalo Wings.  Nice crunch, good kick.  I can only complain that they were skimpy on the portion here.  The blue cheese dipping sauce was a little salty, too.

For entrees, Pops got the 7 oz. House Sirloin with mixed vegetables and mashed potatoes.  He enjoyed it and said that the vegetables were really fresh and nice, though, he found one raw baby carrot in the mix.

Mom got the Bacon Cheeseburger, ordered medium well, with the side of fries replaced by cole slaw.  What was interesting was that they mixed up our orders.  I ordered the same thing, with fries, but my burger was supposed to be medium.  She got the less cooked one and I got the well one.  Despite receiving the medium burger, she said that it was dry, despite being cooked less.  She said that the cole slaw was, "O.K.".

As stated before, I also got the Bacon Cheeseburger, ordered medium, but received the medium well one.  The burger wasn't too dry, but it was more dry than I usually like my burgers.  The fries, however, were crisp and nicely seasoned, unlike the extremely peppery fries that you usually get at the standard Applebee's.

Bro got the Crispy Shrimp platter.  Seemed like it had a similar breading to the Mozzarella Sticks.  He enjoyed it because he loves shrimp.

For dessert, we got three Dessert Shooters.  It's like eating a pie or pastry out of a shot glass.  Above is the Key Lime Pie Shooter.  You can see the layer of whipped cream, key lime, and graham cracker crust.  It was alright, a little bit tart, but not as good as real key lime pie.

Bro got the Chocolate Mousse Shooter.  Looked extremely sweet and he said that it was just, "Alright."  You can see the layers in the photo!

I got the Strawberry Cheesecake Shooter.  It was actually pretty good.  The cheesecake was cool, creamy, and had the proper consistency of cheesecake.  I liked the fact that there was actual pieces of strawberry in there.  The size was also just right after that huge burger.

Mid-eating action shot of the Strawberry Cheesecake Shooter.

Overall, it was a typical Applebee's outing.  Nothing too crazy to rave about, except maybe the cute waiters staffing the place, including the semi-cute flaming waiter that served us.  He had many bracelets on his wrist (More than I wear!), including a rainbow one, but I could've told you he was a queen even if he didn't have the bracelets.

Price: <3<3<3

Taste: <3<3<3

Atmosphere: <3<3<3

Opinion: Safe and Reliable if you've got nowhere to go to eat