veniero's

11th st (1/2)

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i am so thankful that kurt and jinny came back to visit because even though they are no longer new yorkers, they still know the best places in the city. they took me to veniero's ("you've never been veniero's??") and introduced me to an old-school italian pasticceria that's been around since 1894 (who knows why i never found it before).

i snuck a bite of jinny's key lime pie - amazing graham cracker crust. i ordered the chocolate banana strawberry sponge cake. it reminds me a lot of the whipped cream sponge cakes they serve at asian bakeries. the whipped cream filing is light and creamy, moist sponge cake, sweet fruit - a great dessert. i'll definitely be back.