Sweet Baby Shortcake!

    One of my all time favorite restaurants to go to in New York is called Grand Lux. This restaurant is located at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City. If you ever visit Long Island, Roosevelt Field Mall is the place to go! But anyway, you are probably wondering why I titled this post "Sweet Baby Shortcake"but patience is key. I will get there, I promise.
 
    Grand Lux is an American restaurant that serves all kinds of dishes; between the fancy filet mignon and the simple chicken tenders and french fries. Throughout my my life, I have spent about four of my eighteen birthday celebrations here. (I'm telling you this place is awesome). When you walk inside, it is like a castle. The ceilings are high, the windows are decorated with stainless steel, and the floors are granite. Omg the doors! The doors are the biggest doors I've ever seen! It is like you are walking into a whole other world. The restaurant is only one floor, which makes it seem even bigger than it is. It is essentially a great setting for elegant and classy birthday parties, hence why I had four of them here and why I have attended birthday celebrations for others here as well.

    Enough about the inside, let's get to the menu. Every visit here, I get the same drink, the same appetizer, one of two of my favorite entrees, and the same dessert. So, I order a strawberry daiquiri (virgin of course), fried calamari for my appetizer, shrimp scampi or chicken and shrimp jambalaya for my entree, and last, but definitely not least, the famous strawberry shortcake! Although my dinner selections are very primitive, the menu varies and tends to all taste buds. Some of the most-ordered foods include the Kobe Burger, the lettuce wraps, the the chicken wings, the warm butter cake, and the french fries which are to die for. (Yes I know all of these by heart). My moms' favorite thing to get is actually the lettuce wraps, she absolutely LOVES them!

    Now to my title. "Sweet Baby Shortcake" refers to how I feel when I indulge in the decadent strawberry shortcake.  The best thing about this dessert is that is it made to order; meaning it is made upon request. Each and every time a person receives a strawberry shortcake, it is made especially for them. I personally think this aspect of how it is prepared adds to its uniqueness. The actual dessert is made with a crisp yet soft layer of shortcake, topped with three scoops of vanilla ice cream, another layer of shortcake sprinkled with sugar, and fresh strawberries and whip cream to set it off (how great does that sound and yes, that is my own picture of the dessert to the right). You are given a long spoon and told to "enjoy". It is at that moment, that nothing else in the world seems to matter. It is just you, the spoon, the shortcake, and a friend (if wanted). At the end of the last scoop, you will have felt as if you conquered the world. Dinner has been served.


   Although, to my surprise, there is a Grand Lux in Pennsylvania, I strongly urge you to not only visit New York but to also visit Grand Lux, New York style.