It’s practically a requirement to eat a Dunkin’ Donut when you’re on the East Coast! This was the day we hopped on the subway near our hotel in Chelsea, got off near Central Park, and walked from Stawberry Fields over to the Met.
We stumbled on the Dumpling Truck!! SO excited!!! If you didn’t already know, the latest restaurant trend (especially in New York and LA) isn’t restaurants at all – it’s gourmet food served out of roving kitchens in brightly painted trucks. They all have Twitter accounts, and they tweet when and where they’ll be parked around the city. It was nothing but good luck that we found this one. Remember Anito Lo, from Top Chef Masters? This truck is hers, and the Pork & Chinese Scallion Dumplings I ordered were nothing short of amazing.
Several hours later, we’d wound our way through Central Park, where everything was covered in a lovely blanket of snow, and seen about a gajillion pieces of amazing art at the Met. This is Yo running from the monster in Cloverfield.
And because let’s face it - I’m about ten years old deep down, and this is what I took the most pictures of at the Met:
There’s just something hilarious about butts! Just me? I refuse to believe that - I dare you to get through this series with nary a giggle.
Told you so. By this time it was heading towards late afternoon, so we decided to fortify ourselves with a little something sweet and set out for Katz’s Deli.
Finding Katz’s was an ordeal in and of itself, partly because we detoured in Chinatown for a little touristy shopping. We eventually made it there, and were totally confused by series of lines and tables all over the place. We eventually just vultured a seat on the waiter service only side, and immediately tucked into the huge plate of pickles that comes requisite with every order. My personal favorite were the milder, lighter green garlic pickles.
I tried to eat the “quintessential” food whenever I could, which at a landmark New York deli means a Reuben to eat, and a chocolate egg cream to drink.
Katz’s pastrami and corned beef takes something like 30 days to make, and it’s amazing. This was easily one of the best sandwiches I’ve even eaten in my entire life. Holy cow. Literally. Yolanda was pretty excited about her matza ball soup, too.
We were total old ladies by the end of this day, I think we were back to the hotel and out cold by 8:30!
