Friday 1st January 2010, Harlem New York. It is very nice when we go out around noon for a coffee. It takes a block to be on Amsterdam Avenue and one block to join the Globe Trippin Café.
is a tiny place with a striped sofa, a bookcase, a table and a counter demonstration, which exhibits pastries that look like Japanese prints in perfect colors. Everything is delicious. Liz and Nina ordering coffee and cake with walnuts and homemade caramel, I order an orange juice and chicken soup and we settle in the one table. The woman warned me that we receive: the soup is spicy but delicious. Perfect.
The decor is nice too, I feel overwhelmed with this meeting and I say to the woman who brought us our order. I taste the soup, it's nothing to say, the soup is delicious. I say to our host. She thanked me. Liz decides to order a soup and Nina also control "collard greens". I try to guess what's in this soup, but the taste is new and I just. I ask: The smoky flavor, it comes from? She replies: "Oh it's a secret. This is my own recipe. " And she adds: "There are herbs that gives it flavor and other ingredients just normal." Ok I enjoy. I'm still looking. I try again I told her about my blog. She said "Nothing is in it is what it seems." She hesitated and said: "All I can say is that some of that taste comes from the beer. "Nina asked what type of beer, and she replied:" In general, I prefer to use the Corona but when I have more money I use the Budweiser. "We finish what I think is a real treat and we talk a bit with Georgia. She asks us where we come from, she speaks of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, where she had thought of opening a restaurant but life decided otherwise, she asks me address my blog, I take their email address before you leave and we thank them to be open Jan. 1. She says it's because she has no family in New York when she was promised to be open on days like this for people away from their families. That whole spirit and flavor of this place. Just beautiful.
Globe Trippin, 1689 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10031 *
Georgina Scott is the author of a book called "Headwraps: A Global Journey" available on amazon.com
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Friday, January 1st, 2010, Harlem NY. Weather was beautiful when we went out to have some coffee. We walked a block to be on Amsterdam avenue, and an other block to came into the Globe Trippin Café, a small and cozy place, with a zebred sofa, a library of books for sale, a unique table and a deli case showing a choice of perfectly homemade baked goods. Liz and Nina ordered some coffee and a homemade bar with nuts and caramel on top, I ordered an orange juice and a chicken soup. The woman warned me : "The soup is a little spicy but delicious". It was perfect.
The woman brought the food. I tried the soup; no doubt, it was really delicious! We told the woman about it. She thanked us.
Liz decided to order a soup as well. I tried to guess what was in the soup but it was a new taste, and it was hard to say. I asked where the smoky taste came from. She answered evasively that it was her own recipe, and she added "There are some herbs". Ok. I savoured the soup. I tried again to ask her. I explained to her about the blog of recipes. She said : "Nothing in there looks to be what it is". She hesitated and added : "All I can say is that most of what you taste is beer." Nina asked what kind of beer and she answered : "I prefer to use Corona but when I am out of money I use Budweiser". Before we went she asked us where we came from. She told us about Saint-Jean-de-Luz in France where she once wanted to open a café, she asked for the address of the blog and gave me her email address. Before leaving we thanked her for being open on the first day of the year. She told us That She Did Not Have family in New York, and That She Promised To Be Opened it herself Those kind of days for the People Living Far From Their Families. And about this place: just beautiful and a bit of soul.
* Georgina Scott Is The author of "Headwraps: A Global Journey", available at amazon.com
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