My friend and I found a Pulsd deal featuring French Epi which sounded really good.  I believe it was about $99 for an appetizer to share, 2 entrees and a dessert to share plus a bottle of wine.  Overall, it was a decent deal.  We were both surprised to find that when we arrived, there was absolutely no one there.  But hey, at least we'll have attentive service, right?  Not. 🙄

To start, we got the Grilled Giant Octopus ($16).  The octopus itself was delicious - perfectly grilled and very tender.  The one part that we thought was a bit odd was the mushy peas.  It was stated in the description for this dish but it was very bland and quite random, to be honest.  Why mushy peas?  My friend hoped that it was actually avocado LOL but alas.

My friend ordered the 8oz beef tenderloin ($32) 🥩 which looked quite nice.  He said it was overall not too bad but he has had better steak elsewhere.  As for the veggie sides, he said it was decent.  Overall, it was just a steak and nothing too amazing to write about.

We were both clearly in a steak mood 🥩 that day because I also ordered the steak but got the 12oz ribeye ($30).  Once my friend saw the comparison between his 8oz steak and my 12oz one, he was supremely jealous that he didn't order the ribeye as well.  As far as ribeye steaks goes, this one was decent.  It was tender and relatively flavorful.  I did notice that it did require a bit of bordelaise sauce which, for me, indicates that the steak itself wasn't that high of a quality.  

For dessert, we shared a souffle - I forget what kind specifically because that was how unmemorable this dessert was.  We also waited almost 45 minutes just for the dessert and when it finally arrived, it was ice cold.  🙄 It was as if they were waiting for the dessert to thaw as much as possible before serving because there was still a chunk inside that was frozen.  We were honestly so surprised by it but because we waited for so long, we didn't feel like waiting any longer to send it back to the kitchen.  

Overall, while the food itself was decent, the service (after waiting almost 45 mins) was very lacking especially when we were one of maybe two or three parties in the entire restaurant by the time we left.  

Overall Verdict on French Epi: 🌟🌟

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French Epi

123 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
b/t Franklin St & Manhattan Ave
 (718) 389-3029

Website | Yelp

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Kaylee's Creamery | NYC

So this post will be a relatively short blog post since that ice cream 🍦 picture is all the stuff that my sister and I got at Kaylee's Creamery.  We both opted for the two scoops since we thought that one scoop was insufficient 😂 and that three was just too much 😉.  

F L A V O R S:

Strawberry Shortcake 🍓🍰 - we both decided to get this one because this was by far, our favorite.  It's sweet and tangy from the strawberries 🍓 and was just overall a great ice cream flavor.  This is one of their classics and we can certainly see why!

Coffee Cake ☕🍰 - my sister got this as her second scoop which is another one of their classic flavor.  From what she told me, she enjoyed this one as well but definitely preferred the Strawberry Shortcake 🍓🍰 instead.  She also topped hers with some colorful mochi pieces which she said were just okay.

Isn't She Lovely - this was my second scoop and honestly, I was not impressed.  It's one of their special flavor and it's supposed to be lychee ice cream with some rose accents 🌹.  The lychee was very subpar in my opinion and overall, not that special.  The rose 🌹 accents were just okay as well - they were the tiny pink crumbs/crystals on top of that right ice cream scoop.  The overall flavor was also very subtle as well.

I also did get samples of two other flavors: Netflix and Chill as well as Pot of Gold.  For Netflix and Chill, the sriracha was way too powerful and left a very strong lingering feeling at the back of my throat.  On the flip side, the earl gray was too subdued so the sriracha pretty much overpowered it.  

As for Pot of Gold, I was disappointed because I was hoping for that crunchiness of the lucky charm marshmallows (similar to the lucky charm cereal) but it was mushy and just not that great.  I guess, now that I think about it, it wouldn't be crunchy since it's technically in "liquid-ish" at least when the ice cream was being made.  However, I just thought that the coldness of the ice cream would somehow preserve a bit of that crunchiness.    This flavor was also too overly sweet for me.  

Overall, I was not that impressed with the ice cream 🍦 here.  I had such high hopes after seeing all the positive reviews as well and I honestly thought that their ice cream 🍦 flavors would be incredible.  Instead, only one of the three flavors that we actually got was fantastic.  

The service was definitely top-notch though.  They were all incredibly friendly and really helpful.  It was just too bad that I was not terribly impressed with the actual flavors.

Overall Verdict on Kaylee's Creamery: 🌟🌟

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Kaylee's Creamery

115 E 27th St
New York, NY 10016
b/t S Park Ave & Lexington Ave 

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