Did you ever eat a piece, a bite or perhaps a whole Junior’s infamous cheesecake? If that was a big fat “NO”, then up until the day before Valentine’s Day I was with ya. But I am no longer a Junior’s virgin! My wonderful husband Byron (the B in the A & B Photos) not only surprised me with many chocolates and trinkets for Valentine’s Day, he really pulled a fast one on me with a WHOLE Junior’s cheesecake. Clever he is and oh, so good at surprising one, which is annoying and fantastic at the same time! How did he do it you may ask, well he cleverly had the cheesecake delivered elsewhere. Wrapped it in the most fantastic wrapping paper, smuggled it in to our house on Friday night and managed to keep me out of the fridge until morning…..I was making our ritual weekend coffee, opened the fridge door to grab my soy creamer and ahhhhhhhhhh the light radiated off the giant, beautifully wrapped box, and for a moment I lost all sense of where I was. I am not kidding. One knows that if you (a foodie) find a giant wrapped box in your fridge on V-day weekend that it is some VIP food item that a certain someone went to great lengths to obtain. And that my dears was enough to get me all worked up. As I opened it I was beaming with great excitement and anticipation. I truly had no idea what I would uncover and then with the second rip there I uncovered “Junior’s” on the box. That did me in. Waterworks galore! I hugged, I laughed, I cried and I couldn’t wait to eat it! You see since we left NYC five years ago we have seen Junior’s on the food network, on the internet, cheesecake this, Junior’s that, Brooklyn, blah, blah, blah and my husband could never believe that I had never tried the infamous dessert. We actually made the devils food cheesecake last year when a Junior’s chef was on the “Throw down with Bobby Flay”! We even ordered a Junior’s catalog and would plot before holidays which one we were going to order. But for one reason or another we never did. That is why when I discovered what one may think was just a cheesecake from back East, for me I uncovered such a reminder of the deep love and connection I share with my husband, Byron. His thoughtfulness is astounding and WOW I must say Junior’s Cheesecake does equal LOVE, down to every last bite!
And, OH MY GOD-it is the BEST cheesecake ever! EVER! Run, don’t walk and order the sampler, but the plain is really the best if you ask me!
