I decided to take a break from the Bengal bashing for a day, although it has become a favorite pasttime of mine (unlike cornhole-somebody needs to blog and explain some cornholing to me. Thanks). Although I may take a jab or two at them later in the blog I wanted this one to take our minds to something other than football (kinda like the Bengals, I couldn't help it). So I am going to tell  you about the best deal in all of NYC:

Monday Night Steak Night at Babouche:

  Babouche (Ba-boosh) dining room front to back.

  Dining room from back to front.

Babouche is French Moroccan restaurant in my neighborhood (I love my neighborhood in Brooklyn, it is close to downtown Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, has a ton of restaurants and bars, plenty young people and families as well, plus just enough of that "Brooklyn element" so to speak).

Anyway, on Monday nights they have steak for $12, with a great variety of sides for $4 each. I'm not sure if that is currently a deal in the Nati, but in NYC it is a steal. "What a bargain!"  The steaks they serve range from T-bone, sirloin, and others, to grilled lamb chops and veal and my favorite:

 
Filet Mignon aux Truffle (side view)

  Top view of remaining Filet Mignon (which is about 1/3 remaining) and roasted carrots (about 1/8 remaining).  I got the idea to blog about it after I darn near finished the thing off.  The steak is terrific, I mean real quality and excellent taste, and the truffle sauce...well, if no one was looking I may have licked the plate!  The carrots were roasted to perfection and seasoned with some kind of Morrocan seasoning with some bits of crusted garlic...my goodness!  Anyway if you find yourself on 5th Ave and Lincoln Ave in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn (esp. on Monday night) I would check it out!
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Tootin My Horn and Eating Some Crow:

(Last Week) In the division, I was tempted to take Baltimore over Pitt on  Monday night, but I just can't pull the trigger even though the Ravens are the #1 rated D (again) in the League. They may sack Ben 10 times, but something tells me Tomlin will have his guys ready. Monday night, home game, once again I take Pitt.

Well picked, sir. beep beep (roadrunner style)

Sidenote: I am a big believer in the old cliche "Defense wins championships." I am close to believing in B-More, I mean they go into to Pitt on a Monday night (know that Pitt on Monday night is pretty darn good), and almost pull off the upset. They are a definite surprise, maybe bigger than the Bills.

(LW) Now it's the Jets whose backs are against the wall. They get Arizona at home who by all accounts should win this game. The Jets looked terrible on Monday night, but created many of their own woes early against a desperate and good Charger team. So I'll take the Jets at home.

My horn is stuck, and the battery may run out...
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In one game playoffs, I am picking the Twins...even though they are 2-7 in Chicago (they lead the overall series 10-8, which is BS because forget a coin flip, if you win the season series head to head, you should have homefield). The Twins are really not supposed to be here, and I think (hope) they have a huge chip on their shoulder. Plus I love the underdog, and

   "Twiiiins."

And with that, goodnight everybody!