So it was still National Chocolate Day week (because, why should the celebration ever end? teehee) and I was craving a good, I mean good chocolate chip cookie. I'd always wanted to visit Levain Bakery NYC just to see what's good, I figured this was as good a time as any. I made sure to go on a real lazy even right smack in the middle of the week day because I did not want to encounter any kind of line whatsoever...but go figure there was still a respectable wait to get inside the store as you can see below. Stood outside for 10 minutes. Not bad enough to turn the heck around and head back into the subway at 72nd street... :)
I learned about this NYC cookie powerhouse when it first opened a few years ago but I'm a downtown girl and it was way uptown, plus why would I want to be a NYC sucker and line up outside the door and almost around the block (ok maybe I exaggerated a tad here) for pastry (yeah Cronut I'm looking at you! - more on that in a later post btw) - and all the excuses you could think of under the sun... but I digress.
Finally I make it into the tiny, charming shop and right as you come in you see the bags of high gluten flour. Yassss! That's how you bake a real cookie. Certaintly not "gluten-free" friendly and you know it as soon as you step inside...
The nice and friendly staff giving the people what the people want...
I'm here now. Sooo what ever will I order?? The nice artisanal looking sodas that I love, or make a venture into the tasty looking mini pizza type breads...?
FOCUS! You came out here to try the legendary chocolate chip cookies and them cookies are what you shall get. Apparently they bake a whole variety of delectable goodies but the Chocolate Chip Walnut and the Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip are more of what they're known for so...what's a girl to do when faced with huge cookies at $4 a pop? She buys 2 of the most popular offerings, that's all she does...
Well except I switcherooed last minute to the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip and "oh m gee". Look at that mound of deliciousness. When I took it out the bag I wondered if it was fully baked as it was so soft and heavy, almost like a cake.
Then I realized it was so chock filled with peanut butter was why it felt like so. I wish I had held the cookie in my hand to give an idea of the scale... but all I wanted to do was devour this mountain cookie of goodness...
The Chocolate Chip Walnut...
So full of devilishly delicious chocolate...
The damage : $8. Not bad for someone who almost literally has to restrain herself when she sees the chocolate. I actually thought I would find the cookies overrated but interestingly I didn't. Not a big coffee drinker but I know the ladies behind me who looked like they knew their onions when it came to their cafe in NYC, were not impressed with the coffee. Just sayin'. However I thought the cookies were a bit much in size but then if you are paying $4 a pop, better to get your money's worth. The walnut chip was just alright. The peanut butter chip was heavenly. I would certainly get it again but only if I am in the area and I spy no lines...
'til the next jaunt
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