(What kind of blog is this anyway?)
Before we get into the sloppy seconds, let’s start at the beginning …
Yesterday evening, I met up with my favorite Brooklyn bloggers — Vani, Emily, and Diana — at Hanco’s, the latest go-to spot when in need of a ball-fix. The ladies all ordered sandwiches, but I got this beauty of a salad:
My salad contained lettuce, cabbage, cucumber, carrots, grape tomatoes, and mint leaves and was topped with roasted peanuts and fried red onion (though now that I think about it, I’m not sure the salad had any onion at all) with Vietnamese vinaigrette on the side. For $2 extra, I got some tofu on it. I know $2 is pricey for a few little slivers of the ‘fu, but given that the salad was only $4,50 to begin with, I decided I could splurge.
Obviously, we weren’t going to go to Hanco’s and not order the balls. I got an unsweetened (except for the natural sweetness from the fruit) lychee black tea. And then I arranged a color-coordinated photo shoot for it.
We also enjoyed a high level of success with the self-timer:
Once we had worked out way through the teas, Diana came through with themostamazingcookiesever, maple-nut oaties that Heather had sent her.
I had three. Each one looked like this and tasted like perfection:
And then came the ball recycling. Diana had some balls left in her cup, and I wasn’t about to let them slip unappreciated into a landfill! I brought them home, gave them a little rinse, and set a few up in a snack for last night (and saved the others for a more exciting job this morning).
Last night’s snack involved yogurt, ricotta, and PB2 (ummm, is that the third time I ate this yesterday??) with a ball smiley face and overzealous cinnamon freckling.
There were some other exciting things that came home with me.
Diana brought her Newman’s Own mints for me because, while she is partial to gum, I obviously love these mints and eat them nonstop. Thanks, Diana! My supply was running low, but I am no longer anxious about that. Phew.
The rest of the loot is from Emily. I won her book giveaway last week, so she brought my prize to dinner … along with some other fun goodies, like a beautiful big envirosax bag (super handy for an expansion expert such as myself!) and some fun bookmarks. Plus, check out her stationery! Can you tell she’s a teacher (though not for long!) or what?
Clearly, reading is sweet!
What else do you think is sweet? Or, if you’re feeling feisty, when are sloppy seconds ok with you?
Tales of Expansion: Baby Butternut Edition 
recycled balls. you are too much some times 🙂
looks like you guys had fun!
sloppy seconds are okay with me anytime they’re still good!
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Is it weird that after just a couple sips of your bubble tea on Saturday that I want some more? I’ve had a weird craving for it since I woke up on Sunday, unfortunately I don’t know if there is any around here. Guess that means I’ll just have to come back to the city soon.
Hope you are having a great Thursday!!
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i really want some boba now 🙂 i don’t mind sloppy seconds when it comes to food and puppy kisses…
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I’ll take sloppy seconds on HEAB’s maple-nut oaties any day!
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I’ve never had bubble tea! I really want to try some. Any suggestions of good bubble tea places in Manhattan?
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Wait a tick, let’s get something straight right now: I APPRECIATE BALLS VERY MUCH.
Phew, now that I have lost any remaining dignity,
1) You’re welcome. 🙂
2) I will take sloppy seconds on pretty much any remains of a dessert item. I may have to follow your example and get more aggressive with crumbs. I’m pretty good at frosting already…
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cookies are sweet and I’ll have seconds (but not sloppy) of whole grain bread & butter any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.
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oh… bubble tea!!! I haven’t had it for ages and I used to have one per day when I was in college! 🙂 Need to get some soon!
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I love the post title!! 😉
I also like that you served yourself some yogurt/ricotta/PB2 in a nicely matched cup and saucer!
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Mmmm, those maple-nut oaties look delish
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You and your balls Sarah. 🙂 You are too funny, and so glad you received some Oatie love. What a fun time with the girls, and I Loved your smiley face.
Personally, I love sloppy seconds…gotta take what you can get, no?
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Great “goodies” you brought home. Love the bookmarks! Those are bookmarks, right? lol. 🙂
And yummmmm, what great looking cookies.
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haha i totally read your most recent post before this one and was just way not prefaced on all the balls-ness 😀 Dude i’m all about sloppy seconds, because they are usually sloppy FREE seconds 😀
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Oh dang you are SO creative with those tapioca balls!!!! I’ve had childhood fears about them and can’t eat ’em while looking at them (my mom made a WHOLE pot one time and it solidified into one giant ball. She still made my brother and eat the whole thing so as not to waste food). hahaha
Wow, that’s a good timer picture!! It usually cuts lots of heads off. 😛 And $2 is fine for tofu….the ones they gave you are tasty and pretty at least right? 😀 And for sweets…I like milk candy. A lot of it.
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What a fun meetup! I am intrigued by your ball recycling. I must say, I think this takes your “making a home for every crumb” mantra to a whole new level!
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