The Simple Kitchen, New York

http://www.simplekitchencafe.com/

Beryl (my good wife) and myself popped in here for some coffee and desert. Beryl is partial to a Chocolate Brownie (which they serve in small squares for a $1 each). No picture as I forgot to take one.

I had a slice of Chocolate Cranberry Cream Cheese Cake. I am not a particular fan of cranberry's  but like chocolate and cheesecake.

A very generous slice. I'd started eating it before I remembered I should take a picture. It really is like something Willy Wonka would make....you get different tastes bursting through as you eat the cake. One of the best cakes I have ever eaten.

Pudding Rating for Chocolate Cranberry Cream Cheese Cake is 10 out of 10.

POP Burger New York

The majority of reviews here will be about places in Brighton, UK but I happen to be on holiday at the moment. I'm a big fan of burgers and anyone who says that you should try and avoid food like this is plainly mad.

POP Burger is a simple diner style place. The back room only opens after 5pm so I had to get a take-away as it was very busy at lunch time. My wife Beryl had gone to meet some friends and I planned to stay there and eat and people watch, but as the place was busy I got a take-away. The place is populated by hipsters, teenagers, college kids, tourists and office workers. Which I hoped would indicate that POP must be doing something write.

I ordered The POP Burger (2) with cheese and Fries.

Basically you get two small burgers. I was hoping that I would get two of the large burgers I saw people eating. I can't really blame POP for that presumption, as that was probably a bit greedy on my part.  As Sting so eloquently put it  'I'm An Englishman In New York' (for the record I'm not an illegal alien as I got my ESTA USA travel visa.

The burgers are filling and although my initial reaction was "they're a bit small" I found them to be very satisfying. The fries are amazing, very crispy and soft in the middle and they are served in a paper cup.

Pudding Rating: 7 for the burgers and 10 for the fries.