For $40, we tasted 18 different dishes (thats not a typo!), complimentary wine beer pairing and shown a featured film! The food and movie are thematic-- for example, this Saturdays 6PM event showed the movie Goodfella's and it was complimented with a homecooked Italian meal. For their previous Jaw's movie, they served surf and turf.
Photo courtesy of Kun Kim.
And we all did it HERE! Yes folks, somewhere in Greenpoint, lies the hugest backyard rooftop you will ever see! It holds a professional grill, table to fit 18 guests, extra empty space to walk around, a bar, 2 lounge tables to seat 8, more extra space to walk around, and a white wall perfect enough to hold a film screening.
WHERE CAN I GET AN APARTMENT LIKE THIS FOR MYSELF???
Mingling by the bar: We began with cheese, sausage, olives, peppers, more cheese and wine.
And then, soon after, four delicious bite size appetizers. They were savory, damn it, Im eating 10 of each good!
Antipasti:
Top left: Prosciutto & fontina arancini with spicy tomato dipping sauce
Top right: Prosciutto wrapped mozzarella-stuffed peppadews *FAVORITE*
Bottom left: Grilled polenta with gorgonzola and mushroom ragout
Bottom right: Pea & mozzarella arancini
Jason and Kun chatting before we are seated.
Pumpkin center pieces with Goodfella's quote and menu shaped as a gun.
Primi: Rigatoni with Italian gravy and marscapon + bread to wipe down the bowl!
1 of 3 Secondini: Arugula salad with shaved parmesan *Ate too fast, forgot about pictures*
2 of 3 Secondi: Pork and Beef bracciole
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3 of 3 Secondini: Whole fish with olive tapenade *Ate too fast, forgot about pictures*
And as a preview to the movie after dinner, the hosts set up a trivia questionnaire to reel us in.
And during the movie, besides popcorn, we also had...
Dolce:
Top left: Frangelico hot chocolate with homemade marshmallow
Top right: Cookie plate: pignoli cookies, pizzelles, almond and walnut biscotti,chocolate-hazelnut sandwich cookies, pumpkin cookies with brown butter frosting
Top left: Frangelico hot chocolate with homemade marshmallow
Top right: Cookie plate: pignoli cookies, pizzelles, almond and walnut biscotti,chocolate-hazelnut sandwich cookies, pumpkin cookies with brown butter frosting
Bottom left:Homemade olive oil ice cream
Bottom right: Fudge to take home!
I know, that was A LOT of food to cover! The dinner was so thoroughly planned and generously served.
Goodfella's was the last of Forking Tasty's summer screenings.
They are still discussing plans of perhaps holding Fall/Winter events.
Find out more, at Forking Tasty!
