two nights ago, the girls [daisy, han, rose] and i met for an impromptu dinner at khe-yo, a laotian restaurant opened by restaurateur marc forgione in tribeca. we had originally planned on doing dinner, drinnks, and a movie at our loft, but canceled that when kevin's business trip to virginia was cancelled. as usual, daisy came to the rescue with a list of handpicked restaurants which had availability and made the reservation day-of.
the restaurant is relatively dark when you enter, and opens up to a nicely sized, well-lit dining area with a few large booths towards the front of the restaurant for larger parties. it has a chic yet warm feeling due to the black colors and wood.
we ordered a bottle of white wine to begin with and quickly decided on which dishes we would order. we had the sticky rice with bang bang, grilled laos style sausage, crunchy coconut rice, smashed green papaya salad, chili prawns, berkshire spare ribs, and skirt steak wrapped in betel leaves. the portions were relatively small, so i don't think anyone was overly full at the end, but happily full we were. in my opinion, the tastiest dishes were (and i've never had laotian cuisin before btw) the coconut rice, chili prawns (especially the THICK ginger scallion toast that comes with it and thai basil sauce), and grilled sausages.
i think everyone was in a good mood that night and although we'd gotten together a few weeks ago with kevin and dustin, there was something different about going out with just the girls. lots of interesting work stories from han, updates from rose's open houses, as well as european travel plans coming up for daisy and han. not so much on my end, just unpacking and decoarting - ha.
i had two glasses of wine, which is two more than i've had in months. it was the perfect way to spend a cold february evening.
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