It’s all about the food!

When in New York….you’ve got to try out all the different foods on offer! With so much to choose from we tried to make sure we savoured all the ‘top’ American eats across our trip.

Shake Shack

Our first night we decided we had to have a Shake Shack Burger from the original shack in Madison Square Park. A great tasting burger with a view of the Empire State, who could ask for more!

HUGE wraps 

After a morning visit to the Metropolitan Museum we were ready to re-fuel with some lunch. Having struggling to find somewhere to pick up a picnic for Central Park we stumbled upon a little Deli (Neofytos Deli Inc) selling the hugest sandwiches, paninis and wraps you could imagine.

Cheetos
Basically giant Wotsits! We couldn’t resist a Cheetos Challenge…

Muffins
With a huge city to explore most days we grabbed breakfast on the go. Our nearest supermarket was Wholefoods (a heavenly supermarket!) which had the most amazing array of pastries and muffins to select from…my lemon and blueberry was a perfect kick-starter before taking on the Metropolitan Museum of Art!

Bagel and Schmere

These you could buy everywhere! But Chris surprised me one morning in our apartment as he’d popped to Wholefoods and brought back a bag of bagels, cream cheese and a type of smoked salmon that was to die for! Thickly cut and a deep rich pink (almost red in colour) this was the best Bagel and Schmere I’ve ever had.

American Pizza  

As big Italian pizza lovers we had to try the American version, and for this we headed to a well rated place in Williamsburg (Motorino’s). Sitting down we discovered their lunchtime offer – Pizza and Salad for $12! But the most interesting bit of all was the toppings on the menu – I went for a Brussel Sprout, Smoked Pancetta and Pecorino pizza – it was surprisingly delicious!

Pretzels

On every street corner you’ll see a hot ‘daug’ and pretzel stand and I finally got my pretzel on our penultimate day in New York from the sidewalk of Fifth Avenue having just popped into Tiffney’s (I’m a cheap date!). It definitely filled a hole whilst window-shopping down the greatest shopping street in NYC.

Waffles and Fried Chicken

Having not tried Waffles yet, we spotted them on the ‘light bites’ menu at Bar Sixty Five (top of the Rockefeller Centre) only they were served with fried chicken bites and drizzled in a honey and mustard dressing – a very tasty combination and perfect accompaniment to watching the come down over Manhattan.