A Food Journey through NYC

Jackson C.

A Food Journey through the Big Apple

            Over February break, my family and I went to New York City for my birthday. Not for the sights, but for the food. Our first food destination was Eataly (This is around lunchtime). We did some looking around but then, of course, went for the food. We looked through the whole building looking for a place to get a quick sandwich. We found a place deep in Eataly that had an assortment of gourmet Italian deli sandwiches (hot and cold). We got a roast beef sandwich and a pork panini with Italian cheese (can’t remember) and a spicy red tomato sauce. It was good, but not my thing.

            After some sight-seeing, we went to Max Brenner’s chocolate restaurant, but to no avail. There was a 2 hour wait. Instead, we went to Stumptown Coffee, which my dad says, “has the best coffee in the world”. I didn’t get anything, but my mom and dad got espressos.

            For dinner, we went to Joe’s Shanghai, a little restaurant deep in Chinatown. (About a half hour cab ride from Times Square). Imagine standing in a cramped elevator. That’s what waiting for a table was like. When we sat down, my dad ordered us the pork dumplings, which apparently they are famous for. Since this is an authentic place, you had to eat them a certain way. You had to poke a hole in it. And then drain the soup out (there was soup inside). Then you drank the soup and then ate the dumpling. They were amazing. We ordered 3 entrees; General Tsao’s chicken, spicy fried shrimp, and Kung Pao chicken (fried rice included). They were all amazing.

            The last stop (dessert) we went to the new Georgetown Cupcake location in the city. You can’t go wrong with cupcakes, so of course, they were amazing as well (Our Oreo cupcakes are better though).