Long Island City Outing

I went to the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City today with my good friend.  LIC is so close to Manhattan but I never get the chance to know it.  The road (Broadway) to the museum has many mediterranean cafes and restaurants.  We randomly picked a restaurant called Bahari estiatorio (www.bahariestiatorio.com) that has a very interesting exterior design (it looks more like a restaurant in Manhattan then in Queens).  We had calamari and beef for lunch and it was great!

After walking 10 blocks from the restaurant which we were happy about because we were so full from our big lunch, we finally reached Noguchi Museum.  The museum  (http://www.noguchi.org/) is such a peaceful museum with minimalist approach on the building and the garden designs.  There were few people in the museum which is rear in NYC.  Of course, it is not easy to get to with the public transportation.

Noguchi was the sculptor who did the big gold statue in the Rockefeller Center (I did not know that until today but the weird thing is that I see that big statue all the time and never bother to ask who did that!).  The only problem of the museum is that it does not allow stroller.  It was definitely not easy when I was walking around with the 22 lbs toddler in the baby bjorn for almost 2 hours (yes, I took a break by taking Ev out, but his short short legs just could not walk too much yet).

Oh, I have to mention this yummy dish I made last night!

I was dying to have a ceviche, so I decided to make one for myself.  It was quite good the next day after all the juice getting into the shrimp and squid (I forgot to take a picture before I ate all the squid).  Of course, I used the CSA vegetable!  There are

shrimp (cook first)

squid (cook first)

cherry tomato (so sweet)

tomatillo

olive

lemon peel

lemon juice / olive oil / salt pepper and tabasco sauce

Toss everything together, refrigerator and enjoy the next day.  It was so easy and so tasty as a simple summer dish!