US East Coast trip - Tips welcome

[Caliga]

If you go to Google Maps and ask for directions from "Philadelphia, PA" to "New York, NY" without specifying an address for either it maps it as being a 95.6 mile route.  Without specifying an address, it starts you in front of Philadelphia City Hall and ends with you in Times Square.

[The Larch]

BTW, DC to New York can be done by train.  They're the two big destinations on the Northeast Corridor.

I might check that, the plane ticket between NY and Philly that I checked is around 300-400 $. 

Yeah it would probably be pretty stupid to fly that one. A quick check on amtrak reveals that there are $45 tickets for the NYC-Philly route.

To be fair to the airlines, it was not directly from NYC, but from Tomkins County airport. It was 400$ for the direct flight and 300$ if I went via NY La Guardia airport.

[Pedrito]

For an excellent dim-sum experience in NYC, try the Oriental Garden restaurant on Elizabeth Street: the waiters will endlessly go out of the kitchen carrying huge trays filled with dim-sum plates, and will bark the (completely impossible to understand) name of the plate to the crowd: if you want to try one, just raise your hand and they will plop the plate on your table. When I went there, I understood so little and raised the hands so many times that in the end they brought me a small plate of braised chicken legs 

If you want to die by a red meat overdose, try any Deli (Katz' or Carnegie are the most famous) and order a Reuben.

L.

[The Larch]

For an excellent dim-sum experience in NYC, try the Oriental Garden restaurant on Elizabeth Street: the waiters will endlessly go out of the kitchen carrying huge trays filled with dim-sum plates, and will bark the (completely impossible to understand) name of the plate to the crowd: if you want to try one, just raise your hand and they will plop the plate on your table. When I went there, I understood so little and raised the hands so many times that in the end they brought me a small plate of braised chicken legs 

If you want to die by a red meat overdose, try any Deli (Katz' or Carnegie are the most famous) and order a Reuben.

L.

Thanks for the advice, I already had a shortlist of delis to visit.  Great stomachs think alike, and all that.

[Pedrito]

Thanks for the advice, I already had a shortlist of delis to visit.  Great stomachs think alike, and all that.

you're welcome

L.

[Barrister]

There are so many awesome food destinations in New York, but I never would have suggested Dim Sum. 

The ginormous delis like Carnegie are tourist traps, but lots of fun.  I would also recommend some street food like a hot dog, and pizza by the slice.  For better dining there are thousands of world-class restaurants in New York serving every kind of cousine imaginable.

[The Larch]

There are so many awesome food destinations in New York, but I never would have suggested Dim Sum. 

The ginormous delis like Carnegie are tourist traps, but lots of fun.  I would also recommend some street food like a hot dog, and pizza by the slice.  For better dining there are thousands of world-class restaurants in New York serving every kind of cousine imaginable.

Well, my shortlist for delis has Carnegie, Katz's and 2nd avenue, but that can always be improved, and I guess that I can find nice ones near the place where I'll be staying (Upper West Side).

And I also intend to hit the street stands. My mother swore for the hot dogs and burgers she got when visiting the city in run of the mill places. I'll probably go easy on the "real" restaurants, as I don't want my budget for the trip to skyrocket that much.

[The Larch]

Thanks for the advice, I already had a shortlist of delis to visit.  Great stomachs think alike, and all that.

you're welcome

L.

So, how does NY pizza compare to real Italian pizza?

[DGuller]

So, how does NY pizza compare to real Italian pizza?

NY pizza is the real Italian pizza.

[Pedrito]

So, how does NY pizza compare to real Italian pizza?

I never did eat pizza in NYC, and you shouldn't, too, considering you're used to eat the real pizza

There's an excellent burger joint (named, how apt, "Burger Joint"  ) inside an hotel around 55th-56th street, it could be the Parker Meridien but I'll have to check.

L.

[garbon]

California pizza.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I just got back from Brooklyn.  Looked like many good little eateries. Sadly I couldn't go to any of them save a pizzeria which wasn't bad. 

I hate NYC.

[Ed Anger]

So, how does NY pizza compare to real Italian pizza?

NY pizza is the real Italian pizza.

All this thread needs now is a Chicagotard and the circle of life is complete.

[garbon]

I just got back from Brooklyn.  Looked like many good little eateries. Sadly I couldn't go to any of them save a pizzeria which wasn't bad. 

I hate NYC.

I was in Brooklyn recently and I think that you tell lies.

Oh and New York hates you.

[Barrister]

So, how does NY pizza compare to real Italian pizza?

I never did eat pizza in NYC, and you shouldn't, too, considering you're used to eat the real pizza

Both New York and Italian pizzas are wonderful in their own way.

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