Evening in Brooklyn with Idgy Dean and DMC

Bunna Cafe and House of Yes

Bunna Cafe,1084 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
House of Yes, 2 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Idgy Dean

Our friend Idgy Dean has a new collaboration with (Run) DMC and they are having a launch party tonight at House of Yes in Brooklyn!! Amy and I went for Ethiopian fare at Bunna Cafe before the show.

First stop, our first experience into Ethiopian food:  Bunna Cafe.  This is an all vegan Ethiopian Restaurant.

My photo:

The food was all very tasty, warm, and comforting. Will certainly have again.  The seasonal dish was an orange squash dish.  Dessert was Baklava with a coffee caramel sauce.

Then off to the show:

The first part of the musical evening was held in the outer bar.  

There was an announced '80's dress theme.  The pre-show performances by musical associates of Idgy:

First a Harpist, Hattie Chamberlin. (Photo: House of Yes)  Followed by Tiffany Topal - in a perfect Kate Bush costume. (photo: @brynnelevy.photo)

Once we moved into Stage Area, the show was opened by friend Fritz Cook.  (photo by: @brynne.levy)





Followed by the Headliners... and I am going to start a second post :)

Austrian Sauerbraten and Other Good Things in Brooklyn

In Brooklyn, at the far South East end of the Fall 2016 NYC Yarn Crawl is the Argyle Yarn Shop , 

After stopping in, entering the contest and finding the secret clue, we headed six blocks away to the Cafe Steinhof  for Austrian Comfort Food - specifically:  Sauerbraten.

We eat at the bar to take advantage of Happy Hour!  $5 draft and well drinks, $1 pretzels and...
Amy asked about an Oktoberfest Beer, and were told that was German, and they did Austrian.  But they had Belgian beer....

After the pretzel, we moved on to the chicken liver pate:

Finally, the main event:  Sauerbraten with red cabbage and mashed potatoes

It was an interesting recipe, not the German style we are very familiar with, but probably with an Austria - Hungarian style.

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It was made with tomato and paprika, you could still taste the bite of the vinegar, but the heat of the paprika was quite pronounced.

We also had the cheese spaetzle, also quite good.