New York, New York

After the Easter parade yesterday, we headed to Union Square Cafe for a nice, relaxing lunch.  I ordered the tuna salad sandwich.  It was so filling that I only finished 1/2 (and none of the chips).  

We spent the afternoon wandering around downtown, and then in the late afternoon (around 5:30) we made our way uptown to The Oak Room in The Plaza Hotel. 

You might remember this hotel from the movie Home Alone (one of my faves!)

It is absolutely gorgeous inside, and The Oak Room is very high end.  

The drinks started at $19 dollars a piece (and weren't necessarily worth it).

 

I had a martini, and the hubby and I shared the surf and turf dumplings.  I really liked the turf ones that were filled with lobster.  This held us over until after our off-Broadway show, Freud's Last Session, which ended around 8:30.

After the show we wanted Korean food for a late dinner.  We took the subway to Korea-town and chose a random restaurant.  We ended up at Kun Jip, and the service was again, impeccable.  It had been raining a bit, and when I walked in a young lady took my umbrella and quickly bagged it in a special plastic umbrella to-go bag.  She then dabbed the water off my coat, and ushered us to our table.  The extra side dishes kept coming, and coming, leaving us with so much food that we barely put a dent in it.  In addition to what is pictured, there was also a hot pot of eggs, miso soup, and a sweet dessert tea.  The green tea that we had at this restaurant was the best we have ever tried.

This morning we woke up late and the hubby ran down to a deli to grab breakfast.  

We had black coffee, and then shared these:

 

We did some site-seeing in the morning, and did some more wandering downtown (Mostly the Lower East Side and the Financial District). 

 

We ate lunch at the famous Lombardi's pizza.  We had some veggie pizza, and it was good, but not the best pizza we have ever had.  We have yet to eat an amazing piece of pizza in NY.  People say that NY is known for its pizza, but so far, I don't get it.  In my opinion, NY pizza is overrated.

We shopped at Century 21, and had a late afternoon snack at Pommes Frites.  We shared an order of fries, and chose 4 dips: Sweet Mango Chutney Mayo, Cheddar Cheese, Irish Curry, and Organic Black Truffle Mayo.  I would recommend this place.  The fries were super good, and the line up was out the door.

After returning to our hotel room to rest our feet for a bit, I felt the need for some veggies in my life. I tried some vegan "cheese" dried kale that I bought at Whole Foods, and it had a strange after taste, but a good crunch.  

The hubby is currently napping, but I am going to wake him up so we can go get our New York on.

What food do you think is overrated?  Is there any restaurant/city that you know of that is famous for a certain food, yet you think the fame is undeserved?

From my experience, NY should be famous for its cheesecake and bagels, but not pizza or hot dogs.