First stop was lunch at Joe's Ginger in Chinatown. We were originally planning on eating at Joe's Shanghai since Phil was craving their soup dumplings, but the line was super long and we were too hungry to wait. As Phil puts it, Joe's Ginger is like the illegitimate child of the Joe's Shanghai restaurant chain, and it's only 2 stores down from Joe's Shanghai. We ordered the soup dumplings, or "juicy dumplings" as my mom calls them. Not the best soup dumplings we've had, but hopefully it satisfied Phil's craving.
After lunch we were heading to check out a travel agent for our honeymoon when we passed by a giant line of people waiting for their big movie debut. Disney was looking for extras for a new movie (not sure which one), so there were people lined up around the block. I must say the demographics of the people in line were crazy - the vast majority were old Chinese ladies and middle-aged Chinese men...I'm not sure what kind of extras Disney was looking for, but it makes me worry for their movie...
Once we finished at the travel agency our next stop was Little Italy for a sweet tooth fix with his cousin Lucia and Aunt Chan. While we were walking we passed by a place called Snacky's where they had the hugest cupcake I've ever seen...Phil seemed skeptical to buy dessert from a place called Snacky's. Their cupcakes were very colorful though.
We ended up stopping at a place called Caffe Palermo. They had a giant sign that boasted "best cannoli in the world". It's a big claim to make, but the sign did it's job - it reeled us in.
Aside from their cannolies they had a bunch of other desserts on display and their menu had pages and pages of dessert selections.
I ended up getting a chocolate cannoli. I can't remember when was the last time I ever had a cannoli, so it's hard for me to say if this really is the best in the world, but it was pretty tasty. Just don't try to cut into it with a fork...
Phil ordered a hazlenut gelato. Now this was some awesome gelato. They should change their sign to say best gelato. Not sure if it's the best gelato in the world, but definitely worth the trip if you're ever in little Italy looking to satisfy a gelato craving.
And there was also Lucia's plate of assorted cookies. Phil was still trying to figure out how dessert and coffee for 4 could end up costing almost as much as our lunch for 6...
Before we left we stopped by a place called Ferraro's so Lucia could pick up a cake. This place had even more desserts lined up for display.
They even had little mini wedding cakes! So cute! Which reminds me, we still need to figure out our wedding cake...I think the giant cake with the chocolate covered strawberries on the left is the one Lucia ended up ordering. Mmmm...chocolate covered strawberries...
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