The Lobster Place / Eleni's Bakery - Chelsea Market

Have you guys ever checked out Chelsea Market? Well inside there are a few bakeries, coffee shops, restaurants and markets housed inside. There's a seafood market, meat market, a regular produce market deep in the back, a chocolate shop, and a ton of other cute little shops inside (mostly for purchasing food of course). There's also this chocolate shop that has home-made hot chocolate made in there that I've been meaning to try- but didn't get the chance to yet. So, someone try it and tell me how it is.

Anyway, I was shooting around the area and decided to get some lunch- I was craving Sushi, so I went into "The Lobster Place" to get some sushi. I thought it'd be fresh-how sadly wrong I was. I guess this is partially my fault for buying TEMPURA (what kind of idiot buys pre-made-tempura sushi?) but anyway, I was pretty much starving and craving it- so I bought it. It wasn't the best tasting grub in the world- but this isnt really a blog about sushi (since we can get sushi anywhere), this is a blog mostly about the entire market area. The place where I bought the sushi is actually a fish market- where they sell basically all this tasty and fresh looking seafood.



The next place I tried, because that sushi didn't really satisfy me... was Eleni's bakery. It was this cute little bakery that I saw the last time I was inside Chelsea Market. It had such a quaint, comfortable set up, a lot like a little country house. There were platters of cookies, baked goods and cupcakes packed on the counters.



I really liked the "eggplant cookies" (image above) and I wanted to try that too, but I decided to just stick to getting a cupcake. Most of you may know that I am a red-velvet cake fan - so I got that here. :)



Isn't it beautiful?! Alas though, as beautiful as it was, it didn't really fix me. It was a little stale to be honest, and I guess that's the price they pay when they place these baked goods so openly on the counters. I'm still a bigger fan of Martha's (when it's fresh- although I have had it stale before- grossness).

Anyway, if you're bored and looking for a place to find fresh PRODUCE, and other cute little bakery-esque places, you should check this area out. There's also a lovely Apple Store down the block if you're interesting in playing with the new iPad.

I feel like I've just written a review for a place, rather than food. Oh well! The blog is expanding! mwahhaha! Comment!!