Out of Town Friend

On Monday night, I met up with a couple of grad school friends, one of which flew in from LA on Sunday night to work in New York for the rest of the week. The night started out a bit later than planned, as I got stuck on a relatively demanding project at work which kept me about an hour later than usual. We all met up at the Mercer Hotel in Soho for a drink at the bar before heading off to dinner. My friend wanted to check out Spice Market, and snagged a last minute reservation at 9PM. After chatting and catching up with what everyone was up to for a bit, we took a short cab ride over to Spice Market.

The decor of the restaurant was nice - dimly lit with a very Southeast Asian jungle-like feel to it. We started out with cocktails at the bar while we waited for our table to be ready. Dinner at the Spice Market was family style, so we ordered about five small plates and a bottle of wine to share between the three of us. The food was nicely presented and very tasty! Although both of my friends thought that the crab sesame balls were overdone and maybe even slightly burnt, I really liked it. We ate and talked for a long time, and when dinner was over, we ordered dessert, coffee and an after dinner drink to hang out and talk some more. We left the restaurant in separate cabs at around midnight. Although I can't say that I miss grad school, I definitely miss hanging out with all of the cool people that I met there.