Foodies in the City

I don't really consider myself a full-fledged "Foodie" but I do find people's likes and dislikes of food interesting.  I hope you do too.  On our trip we had no plans for where we would eat.  We were simply there to see the sights and eat "wherever" when it was mealtime.  This is some of our "Favorites" and "not-so-favorites".

We ate lunch here. 

It was a scheduled lunch stop on our

day tour.  We loved this place.

We each ordered different entrees and

we all agreed that mine was the very best,

though they were all good.

I had the Penne ala Vodka.

It was WONDERFUL!!

I'd never had it before but have just

recently heard about it several times,

once on the Rachel Ray show and then

again on The Housewives of New Jersey.

If you have a recipe for it please send it my way.

Otherwise I will find one online to try.

I've gotta figure out how to make this,

it was THAT good!

I had been told to be sure to eat some

"Frozen Hot Chocolate" while we were visiting.

I found it just "so-so".

It seemed like semi-melted chocolate ice cream

with whipped cream on top.

Not bad, but nothing special.

You could order this treat in several different

restaurants so perhaps it would have been

better at a different location.

Still, it was fun to try something new.

Granddoll and Princess had Root Beer Floats.

I don't think there is such thing as a bad

Root Beer Float.  They loved them.

Street Vendors were scattered among the city.

We wanted to be sure to eat from a vendor

at least once while we were there.

I looked for a Nathan's hotdog vendor,

but never saw one.  Sabrett vendors

were the only hotdog vendors I saw while there.

The day we went to the Met there was a vendor

who was doing a BIG business.  People got

their order then sat on the front steps and

ate as street performers entertained.

I got this hotdog. . .

The girls ordered pretzels.

The hotdog was the worst I've EVER had.

It was not just a little bad, but a LOT bad,

yet the line was long with people

ordering them.

?

The girls were disappointed with their

pretzels too - doughy and blah,

not nearly as good as the

"Annie's Pretzel's" we are

used to here.

We tried to eat them but ended up

trashing them and buying some

ice cream from the only other vendor

around.  Yes, it was ice cream for lunch.

Delicious!

We had some YUMMY NYC cheesecake

while we were there - the best I've ever had!

Unfortunately we snarffed if down

before I thought about taking a photo.

Princess also ordered some type of

Mexican buritto from a vendor

on another day and she LOVED it!

As with most things,

we felt the foods we tried

were a mixture of both

the good and the bad,

but always fun!