Culinary Delights

Although New York can be cheap there are a lot of not so cheap things to try. Since this is such a culturally diverse city one of the things we wanted to do was try the myriad of cuisines available at our doorstep (one of the perks of living right by Hells Kitchen as it turns out). Our first adventure was Ethiopian. Jack had already tried this before but for me it was completely new and I have to say I loved it. We ordered the vegetarian and non-vegetarian tasting plates. You get about 6 different curries brought out on pancakes called Injera in a big plate that looks like an up turned sombrero hat. You then just rip the pancake and dip it it the curry, it's like pick and mix curries....Delicious!

We came across a little Chinese place in the village which turned out to be pretty good but very different to what we get at home and not so spicy. We had Thai twice, once at Chelsea Markets from a little hole in the wall shop which I think was very tasty. I can't be sure just how good it was cause I hadn't had Thai for about 2 months and it is my favourite cuisine so I think I would have loved even the worst Thai food in the city. The next time was in Hells Kitchen again and it was way hotter than I expected but still OK now that I am no longer a chili wuss. The funny thing was the Green Curry was milder than the Pad Kee Mao (which is usually the milder option). We had Moroccan at a place that was supposed to do belly dancing but I guess we got there too early or on the wrong day cause there was no dancing to be seen. Also we were their only customers for most of the dinner so that may have had something to do with it. The mint tea was delicious and the lamb tagine was pretty good too. We had Dim sum in China town which in my opinion wasn't as good a the one we go to at Greenwood plaza. Oh and we also went to a Greek place on the upper west side with Jack's cousins friend Giles.

It wasn't just international food that we tried we had plenty of American food in the form of Burgers, Pizza, Brunch and BBQ. My favourite would have to be the two brunch places we went to with my old school friend Anna, Cook shop where the bacon was to die for and Good where I had a sensational frittata and biscuits. Biscuits are fantastic and something I'm really going to miss about America. They are similar to scones but much more crumbly and buttery and go perfectly with bacon and eggs! One of Jacks favourites would probably be Rub a Louisiana style BBQ place that seemed quite authentic, well as authentic as a place can be to two Australian people who have never been to Louisiana. I'm not a huge fan of smokey BBQ flavour but I did enjoy the fried green tomatoes and the ribs I ordered were quite tasty too. Jack ordered burnt ends, pulled pork, baked beans and onion rings which I think he enjoyed judging by the amount he had on his face!

The other things we tried which don't warrant much mention were Caribbean Jerk Chicken, Mexican Nachos in Brooklyn, Bagels and Coffee, and probably a dozen other things which I can no longer recall.

We also thoroughly enjoyed the home cooked roast chicken dinner made for us in up state NY by my lovely cousin Charlotte. Her place is amazing there were even deer in the back yard! It was great to see all my family again.

That's it for New York we will defiantly miss our time here. This post has made me hungry so I'm going to go eat!