I went on a trip to the city with my friend with no particular errand to run. If anything, I like to spend my weekends like this. No aim, no purpose, just the sheer joy of walking and finding something new.
After leaving The Face Shop, we were left to explore the streets. On the way I saw Crystalhead Vodka on the store window and make a grabbing motion with my hands. "Let's go in," my friend said. So we walked in to Astor Wine and Spirits. I thought the name seemed familiar, ahh it was because a former co-worker had once told me about it. She said you can find a huge variety of alcohols in that shop. It was true, you are greeted by a lot of different wines from around the world. If you aren't into grape wines, there's stuff like whiskeys and vodkas. There's a section dedicated to cordials, rums, and liqueurs for mixing. My friend and I (actually she) were looking for the soju. There's a small selection of sojus and sakes. When we asked about the flavored sojus, the staff directed us to Japanese plum wine. Dude, plum wine isn't soju, get your alcohols straight. For a huge bottle of daiginjo sake, it costs about $7. The prices are fairly reasonable if you ask me.
After the wine shop, we headed up the street and yet another shop caught our eye, the culinary store. Carrying all things culinary, Broadway Panhandler has an assortment of kitchen accessories. You can buy Le Creuset here. There was a cast iron enameled french oven that I wanted. It was 5.5 quarts which was the right size that I wanted. But I was mainly looking for a flexible cutting board. In the end I settled for a flexible clear cutting mat for $4. We spent most of our time looking through all the different tools they carried. There were $25 coffee presses, but I think I may have missed a mixing machine somewhere. Come to think of it, I didn't notice a lot of machinery.
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