Follow Me Foodie to New York!
Honey I’m home! And I bet you didn’t even know I was gone! (Well despite the few days my site was down… sorry about that! I blame technical difficulties).
Anyways I am finally home from my gastronomical Follow Me Foodie adventure, and this time it was a bite of The Big Apple! I have said my good bye, or rather hope to see you again soon to New York, and I am back on my home turf in Vancouver, BC.
The famous Ladurée from Paris, France opens its first store in North America in New York. The 5th day of its opening.
Together with my lap top, camera, and appetite I played a little “Sex in the City”… or more like “Foodie in the City”, where good things end with dessert instead of a cigarette.
So roughly 58 restaurants later in about two weeks I have barely scratched the surface of the 23 500+ restaurants New York has to offer. It’s really a beehive swarming with restaurants and almost every one is “Zagat Rated”, “The Best in New York”, and “Award Wining”, so it was hard to trust anything.
I went to New York with a very long list of “must try” places and recommendations and I almost ended up trashing the itinerary on the second week. After meeting locals, exploring the city, and doing more research everything changed.
Rice to Riches serves just rice pudding.
The New York food culture is near impossible to define because they just have so much to offer. If anything I’d say it’s incredibly diverse and multi-cultural to say the very least, even more so than Vancouver. Pretty much every single nationality, and even specific menu item has some sort of representation in their dining scene.
Manhattan, NY
As one of the top food cities in the world I went in with high expectations and lots of research, but not everything blew me away. It’s funny because the words “New York” almost automatically generate that “everything is amazing” reaction. But just like every city there were hits and misses, however it’s more likely to come across a hit since rent is so expensive that “good” simply isn’t good enough in New York.
Vancouver, BC
Although New York was still certainly delicious, I must say that we are very spoiled in Vancouver. Not only in Vancouver, but just being on the West Coast where seafood and fresh local produce is easily available. The East and West Coast each have their own style and strengths, but nonetheless I’m already looking forward to my next trip back.
Chef Jean-Georges’ brother Philippe carving the pineapple for pre-dessert at flagship restaurant Jean-Georges in NY – see my experience here.
What you can expect on Follow Me Foodie in the next little while are delicious posts featuring everything from New York street food to Michelin Star restaurants and much more. So instead of an Empire State of Mind, I welcome you to the Follow Me Foodie State of Mind where all decisions are led by appetite. This is my Broadway musical and I invite you to eat along!
Here is just a small taste of things you can expect from Follow Me Foodie in New York!
From caviar…
… to NYC hot dogs!
From Chef David Chang’s famous Steamed Pork Buns…
… to the legendary Pastrami Sandwich at Katz’s Deli!
From dainty Blue Hill bite sized tomato, ricotta cheeseburgers in an almond bun…
… to fast food cheeseburgers from a “Shack“!
From celebrity chef Mario Batali’s restaurants (at Eataly)…
… to the one and only original “Halal Guys” food cart!
From a home made éclair cone with real vanilla bean gourmet soft serve ice cream (from ChikaLicious)…
… to a “Big Gay Ice Cream” known as a “Salty Pimp“!
And of course there was the ice cream cone with the Tiffany version of a cherry. Inedible, but still pretty!
My version of New York begins tomorrow… start salivating now.
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I know which website I’m going to be visiting every morning this week…
Yea, yer back ! Can hardly wait for your wonderful reviews. Are you totally sated…is it time for Perrier and dry toast ?
@Sheryl – awww yay!!! I have over 50 posts so it’ll be throughout the next few months and of course Vancouver stuff in between!! So there will be lots of New York to indulge in not only this week!
Thanks Sheryl!!
@Bow – lol … well if Perrier and dry toast also translates to a pie and burger judging than yes! I could use a bit of a break… but work calls my name and I must eat
Thanks for the welcome back Bow!!!
Can’t wait for more. Headed to NYC in December and will be eagerly awaiting some ‘foodie’ ideas!
The homemade eclair cone looks like the laduree vanilla eclairs!.. very addicting. The recipe can be searched up!
ahhh i love shake shack and everything else NYC has to offer! i’m going in May so i’m looking for your posts for some inspiration
Heading to NY in March next year for a wedding so this is great!
I guess you tried some NY pizza? How much Asian food you tried(besides David Chang’s establishment)? Tried any Chinese?
@Melissa K. – Excellent! Can’t wait to write more for you!
@Anna – I didn’t know Laduree made vanilla eclairs! They were MIA at the NYC location. Thanks for the tip!
@linda – By May hopefully I’ll have ALL of them up… oh god… I have like 60 posts lol
@4SlicesofCheese – awesome!!! Hope u try some of these places!!
@WS – Oh gosh no.. couldn’t waste a precious meal on Chinese food which is apparently guaranteed better in Vancouver from people who have lived in both places!
How convenient…I’m going in a few weeks. Looking forward to it allllllllll….
@May – PERFECT! I’ll deliver!!
omg!!! i wish i had a real foodie friend like u! lol..
@jane – lol oh I’m sure you do!! YOU’RE probably the “foodie” in your group if you’re on here
lol you’re so cute!
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