The big plan

New York City is associated with bright lights, neck breaking skyscrapers, fast crowds, cramped apartments, sidewalk garbage, broken roads, killer cabs, shallow hearts, rude strangers and wallet emptying prices. However, what gives it a soul is the possibilities when it comes to food. And the island of Manhattan tries its best to serve up as much as it can (albeit way over priced) but the goodness resides in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. And it is this soul that we are trying to find in this gastronomic adventure.


The plan?
To try as many cuisines that are available in the city of New York in 2 to 3 days. These cuisines are those which we haven't had before- so our much beloved Indian food is out of the picture (maybe have it on the extra third day we could extend to)..and possibly Mexican, Chinese, Japanese,Korean....so what does that leave us with?

The team?
So far two South Asians who look nothing like each other- but are sure they are going to have a lot of fun. Hanifa is extremely picky of what she eats and is most probably going to avoid all meats (except fish maybe) in this adventure as we are probably not going to be able to get her butcher to deliver the meat to the different locations. Anuranjan is fully prepared to eat the most unusual food that he sees on the menus but is hoping nothing grosses him out too much like tongues or tails or any of that nonsense! Both hope to be in great shape (=hungry and raring to go) and extremely eager to start this.


The possibilities:

Jamaican- Buff Patty(376 Myrtle Ave@Clermont)

Cuban- Casa Havana

Austrian- Cafe Steinhof(422 7 Ave and 14st)

Serbian

Romanian- Casa Romana (39-20 Queens Blvd (39th st- QUeens blvd)- 7 train//Queens, NY)

Greek

Ethiopian-Ghenet Brooklyn- Douglass st & 4 Ave

Spanish-Caracas Arepa 91 E7th (1st ave) street NY- F,V Train

French

German- Silver Swan- 41 E20 St.

Irish- McCormack's- (365 3RD Ave NY)

Polish - Lomzynianka (646 Manhattan Ave 9 (& Nassau) - G train//Brooklyn, NY)

Swiss

Belgian-Pommes Frites(snack)

Haitian

Hawaiian

Indonesian?

Malaysian?

Filipino-Elvie's Turo-Turo

Venezuelan-El Cocotero(228 W 18th St NY)

Moroccan

Peruvian

Portuguese

Russian - Russian Bread Co Inc or Sweet Delight in Brighton Beach

Turkish- Beyoglu(1431 3rd Ave NY)

Scandinavian

Latin- Big Booty Bread Co

Hungarian-Hungarian Pastry Shop

So, now the stakes have been upped. All this to be done with 50 bucks per head over the two days. Stay tuned for more updates!