New York City, aaaah you gotta love it! Gives you the best of the best, be it food, theatre, shopping, nightlife, you name it, there is pretty much nothing you can't find/do in this city (except cheap apartment rentals).I've visited this amazing island many times before, and done the touristy things time & again; cause my parents never get tired of
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ur, Empire state building, Chrysler Building, Battery park & the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Ground Zero, Rockerfeller Center, NYU, Columbia, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the other routine attractions. But this last time I travelled to NYC with my Ganda, actually, I should say, I was taken on a surprise vacation to NYC for my birthday. And what a week it was! (Note to Sachin: thank you much, but good luck trying to beat this birthday gift next year!)
The highlights of my vacation are many many. But the food we ate there was a real treat! I'm going list some worthy mentions, and for those of you who haven't tried these out yet, put them on your to-do list in NYC.
Lombardi's pizza in Little Italy
The Meatballs Shop in East Village
In Korea town, any of those tiny authentic restaurants are incredible
Chinese mirch on Lexington ave
Bhojan on Lexington ave (I'm not an advocate of vegetarian food, but god this place is great for some wholesome vegetarian Indian food & chat)
The New York bagel at many of those brunch places, we went to Fetch (btw, @ Fetch, you can bring your pet dogs to brunch, adorable is it not?)
Desserts, oh desserts... The NYC cheesecake at Juniors, White & black cookies at Whole foods, Momofuko, Pinkberry, I couldn't have had enough chocolate!
And a special mention to this amazing katti roll place (can't remember the name cause it was in the wee hours of the morning), the halal karts, those tiny cupcake shops... all of which came to our rescue during our random bouts of hunger!
ur, Empire state building, Chrysler Building, Battery park & the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Ground Zero, Rockerfeller Center, NYU, Columbia, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the other routine attractions. But this last time I travelled to NYC with my Ganda, actually, I should say, I was taken on a surprise vacation to NYC for my birthday. And what a week it was! (Note to Sachin: thank you much, but good luck trying to beat this birthday gift next year!)The highlights of my vacation are many many. But the food we ate there was a real treat! I'm going list some worthy mentions, and for those of you who haven't tried these out yet, put them on your to-do list in NYC.
Lombardi's pizza in Little Italy
The Meatballs Shop in East Village
In Korea town, any of those tiny authentic restaurants are incredible
Chinese mirch on Lexington ave
Bhojan on Lexington ave (I'm not an advocate of vegetarian food, but god this place is great for some wholesome vegetarian Indian food & chat)
The New York bagel at many of those brunch places, we went to Fetch (btw, @ Fetch, you can bring your pet dogs to brunch, adorable is it not?)
Desserts, oh desserts... The NYC cheesecake at Juniors, White & black cookies at Whole foods, Momofuko, Pinkberry, I couldn't have had enough chocolate!
And a special mention to this amazing katti roll place (can't remember the name cause it was in the wee hours of the morning), the halal karts, those tiny cupcake shops... all of which came to our rescue during our random bouts of hunger!
We didn't really dine at the ultra-plush sit-down restaurants, cause we never made reservations in time, and thought we should save some things for our next visit!
Ofcourse what rounded off our excess consumption of food, was the excess consumption of alcohol! I've to mention the special birthday celebration at Plunge, visits to the NYC brewery's & beer gardens, Kush, The wine bar, and some other places whose names just fail my memory right now.
Now come on we didn't just eat & drink. We needed company to enjoy all this amazing food :P A shout out to all our New York peeps who took the time to entertain us. Some other things that made this trip memorable are: a whole week of continuous rain, my lost iPhone, the Farmers Market in Union square park, hilarious conversations with the cab drivers, a trip to Edison & Newport, a complete tour of the beautiful central park by a relatively new new yorker, a very alive times square at midnight, pajama parties, girls night out, rekindled old friendships, and ofcourse the shopping extravaganza & a maxed out credit card! Hallelujah!
Ofcourse what rounded off our excess consumption of food, was the excess consumption of alcohol! I've to mention the special birthday celebration at Plunge, visits to the NYC brewery's & beer gardens, Kush, The wine bar, and some other places whose names just fail my memory right now.
Now come on we didn't just eat & drink. We needed company to enjoy all this amazing food :P A shout out to all our New York peeps who took the time to entertain us. Some other things that made this trip memorable are: a whole week of continuous rain, my lost iPhone, the Farmers Market in Union square park, hilarious conversations with the cab drivers, a trip to Edison & Newport, a complete tour of the beautiful central park by a relatively new new yorker, a very alive times square at midnight, pajama parties, girls night out, rekindled old friendships, and ofcourse the shopping extravaganza & a maxed out credit card! Hallelujah!
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