Sunday, April 18, 2010

New York City Eating Extravaganza (August 2009)





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One may look at the list of places we tried while in New York in August 2009 and think we spent numbers of days in the city. In fact, we were there for only 4 days. This was our schedule of meals.


Monday
Still eating sane.

11:45am
Amy Ruth's

Iced Tea. Chicken & Waffles. Cornbread. Catfish & Waffles.

6:00pm
street hot dog cart

hot dog

6+ pm
Momofuku Ssäm Bar

American Wagyu. Crispy Pig's Head. Grilled Baby Octopus Salad.

Steamed Pork Buns. Ice Cream Pie.

7+ pm
Artichoke Pizza

artichoke pizza

9:30pm
Pinkberry

small frozen yogurt with 2 toppings

Tuesday
True insane eating. Look at the time for each meal!

10:15am
Le Pain Quotidien

croissant & coffee

11:00am
Shake Shack

ShackBurger. Frozen Custard.

11:45am
New York Burger Co.

Mini Chicago Burger. Mini NY Burger. Onion rings.

12:30pm
Gray's Papaya

Hot dog. Papaya drink.

1:30pm
Max Brenner

Suckao drink. Asian Chicken & Soba Salad. Thai Chicken Satays.

3:45pm
Grom Gelato

pistachio gelato

4:15pm
Bleecker Street Pizza

Nonna Maria pizza

4:30pm
Hummus Place

Falafel. Hummus w/ Pita.

7:00pm
dinner at Uncle's

Wednesday
Still foolish.

8:15am
Ess-a-Bagel

"Everything" bagel with cream cheese. Coffee. Banana.

1:15pm
Chelsea Market: some thai place

Pad Thai

1:30pm
Chelsea Market: L'Arte del Gelato

hazelnut & chili chocolate gelato

Note: Chelsea Market was a bust for us. It seemed like we couldn't find any place in there where we really wanted to eat!

2:30pm
Taim Falafel and Smoothie Bar

Platter: falafel, hummus, tabbouleh, Israeli salad, pita bread. Drink.

3:30pm
Papaya King

2 hot dogs. Papaya drink.

7:00pm
Cosmic Diner

Coffee. Coleslaw & pickles. Grilled Cheese Sandwich w/ tomato. Tuna Salad Sandwich.

Thursday
Feeling the pain.

12:15pm
Antho's

Iced Tea. Strawberry Limeade. Arctic Char Tartare. Calamari & Mussel Salad.

Smoked octopus. Striped Sea Bass. Grilled Arctic char.

Chocolate and Sesame dessert. Chocolate cake w/ kalamata ice cream.

4:15pm
Lombardi's

Iced tea. 1 whole pizza.

5:15pm
Rice to Riches

Original rice pudding.

6:30pm
wd-50

Flatbread. Eggs Benedict. Shrimp & Zucchini Noodles.

Pork Loin. Duck Breast. Hazelnut Coconut Tarte.

Tea. Pistachio Cake. Ice Cream-stuffed Cookies.

8:45pm
Katz's Deli
For takeout the next day, so I guess this doesn't count.


[ts]
I don't think we can do this anymore. We're going to kill ourselves! ;)


[eatingclub] vancouver in New York
Rice to Riches
Shake Shack
Grom Gelato
Bleecker Street Pizza
New York Burger Co.
Ess-a-Bagel
Artichoke Basille's Pizza
Katz's Deli
Lombardi's Pizza
Hummus Place
Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man
Anthos
Momofuku Ssäm Bar
Amy Ruth's
wd-50
Taïm Falafel and Smoothie Bar
A Tale of Two Dogs: Gray's Papaya & Papaya King

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7 comments:

  1. i realy can't believe you ate all that in that short amount of time.. im not doubting you.. just in disbelief. im full looking at it

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  2. This..is a testament to the sheer gastronomic capacity you two have. Ohgoodness, how you managed that, is amazing :] Props.

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  3. Oh goodness, you've certainly put your stories of not being able to eat one more bite in context! Look at all that!
    (And I thought I was being bombarded with information going on NY Magazine and NY Times looking for a good place to eat!! I had to be very picky :P )

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  4. Wow that's a lot of eating. Did you get a chance to see the city?

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  5. Allison:
    Yeah, it's a little unbelievable, this eating.

    ET:
    Haha, a congratulatory message!

    Anon1:
    I think we should quite while we're ahead. Eating like this is not usually a good idea. =)

    Manggy:
    Hahaha, yes! We weren't merely being "maarte". We really were stuffed silly!

    Anon2:
    LOL. Valid enough question. Yup, we did... for a 4-day visit. ;)

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