Harlem Eating Spree

Last night we went to a jazz concert in Harlem. We only caught the last half but it was good. Afterwards we fell completely off our diet. We went to two separate places and gorged. The first stop was Patsy's pizza. They're known for their super thin crust. And indeed, they have the thinnest crust I've ever had and I've had some pretty thin crust pizza. Anyway, there was a situation. The guy forgot to put our pie in and this other guy (who was waiting for a friend to get money) offered to give us one of his. So we took it though I don't think we should've. The crust wasn't crisp as it usually is - it'd been sitting in the box for too long. Despite all this, the pizza was good. The flavor is darn good. They used very little cheese and the right amount of sauce. You could taste the fresh tomato flavor. Delicious.

The next pit stop was at what I've heard was sometimes called "ghetto" fried chicken. These chains only appear in poorer neighborhoods. Gosh, I hope I wasn't being racist calling it ghetto. I don't mean to be though I know there's a possibility that someone might get offended. Sorry. Anyway we got tons of food from Crown Fried Chicken & Pizza. I had a breast and leg and Steve had a breast and wing. The meat wasn't dried out but it could've been hotter and juicier. It came close to sucking completely but it was edible and we were still hungry after the pizza. The pizza is really for like one person but we split one. So the chicken. It was crispy and a medium-dark brown in color. It was seasoned but not heavily. The mashed potatoes. Ugh. Tasted awful but I ate it. And the cole slaw didn't taste fresh and had a metallic ee flavor.

But the cheeseburger we shared was pretty good. The burger patty was cooked up while we waited and wasn't sitting under heat lamps like the chicken. The burger had every imaginable typical burger topping on it. Lettuce, tomato, mustard, mayo, ketchup, onions, pickles and it was sorta like eating a Whopper from Burger King. We split one. Then we had one more side: Mac n' cheese. It looked better than it tasted but it wasn't bad. Steve liked it a lot more than I did. And then to go further off our diet we had warm sweet potato pies. They were the best part of the meal. We bought four more to go and had another one when we got home around midnight. We're gonna go to Crown Fried Chicken & Pizza again tonight because we're going back to the most dangerous part of Harlem to see another Jazz concert.