Our dear friends The Emmings treated us to the dinner. One of our favorite restaurants in the hood,
Dressler, is a charming establishment when you care for a nice dinning for a special occasion. Their menu is well balanced with veggie, meat and seafood in season. They now offer a 5-course tasting dinner—absolutely a great option to enjoy small (yet definitely filling) portion of appetizer, main dish, and dessert.
Artichoke heart salad with arugula was so good that I finished before taking a photo! My appetizer: Fresh squash ravioli with wild mushroom in parmesan sauce. This probably was my favorite of the night. Two large ravioli in light white wine sauce with just right saltiness of cheese compliments the sweetness of squash.
Seared salmon was a nice portion of lightly seasoned salmon on the bed of veggie puree. I like their simple, delicate style of cooking seafood.
Pork belly was phenomenon. It melts in your mouth. At this point, my oven with a bun was getting really full. I somehow managed to finish the whole course thanks to their perfect timing of brining each dish.
You probably make no mistake choosing a dish here. I personally like seafood since meat could be a bit heavy., and their appetizers are awesome. You can enjoy the dishes at the bar counter. Having a few appetizer dishes with nice glasses of wine or special cocktails is highly recommended.
In response to my friends' request, I finally did my baby shower, 2 weeks before my due date. Thankfully, the baby was still inside of me. Our good friend offered their beautiful apartment in downtown NY. The theme, if name any, is a high tea party. We made tea sandwich (cream cheese & cucumber / curry flavored egg sandwich). I selected six kinds of loose tea for the guests to make their own cup of tea. Our generous friends also contributed a fine selection of wine. 
I got 2 handsome sidekicks Rubin and August (the host family's sons) for the gift opening. 
There was no games like a traditional shower. Instead, we asked the guests to do drawings on the onesies. I can't wait to have my baby wear each one of them : )
