Would I be a proper food blogger if I went to NYC and didn’t make an entire post dedicated to just the eats? The answer is no.
Breakfasts
Breakfast each morning was a fresh local bagel and Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. While Queens bagels aren’t quite as good as Manhattan bagels (and while getting a surprise rye bagel is not quite as good as the expected whole grain), they are still miles better than anything I can get around here. And while you Northerners may take your Dunkin’ Donuts for granted, that’s another thing you can’t commonly find in the South. Still having woah-that-was-a-weekend-of-too-much-caffeine headaches. Totally worth it.
Lunches
Avocado and caramelized onion filled whole wheat crepes? Enjoyed with a fruit smoothie? Why, yes please.
Sriracha-topped veggie dumplings from Prosperity Dumpling in Chinatown? For a whopping $2.50? Even more yes please.
Dinner
I have no pictures of my dinners. This says something about my hunger levels after long days of walking around the city. The best dinner was sweet potato and sauerkraut and mushroom pierogies from Veselka, a veggie-friendly polish restaurant in East Village (and makers of some of the best applesauce I’ve ever had).
Snacks
Vegan cherry scone from the organic farmer’s market in Union Square Park. This scone was almost perfect. It had great flavor, was perfectly not sweet like a scone is actually supposed to be, but could have used a little more in terms of real scone texture.
Dark chocolate frozen treat covered in melted peanut butter from the Soft Serve Fruit Co. Again, perfectly not sweet. And if anyone can say anything bad about melted pb as a dessert topping, well, I’m not sure we can be friends.
And while everything was delicious, I’ve gotta admit I was also pretty excited to come home to a garden full of zucchinis, cucumbers and turnips and to take a break from the restaurant scene (for a day or so at least–until the local Thai curry place starts calling my name).
Everything looks so good, Allie! You were so lucky you found so many veggie friendly places! Oh and DD…;-)
Ahhhh, I’m drooling! The Chinatown dumplings look awesome, and that crepe looks like something I could only dream about (seriously – carmelized onions and avocado? Does life GET any better than that????) .
Let me tell you: No, it does not. Well, it COULD have used a smidge more avocado, but who am I to complain?
Aww I always forget people in the south don’t come by Dunkin Donuts very often. They’re a dime a dozen in NY and some areas of PA. Great eats
I know, right? My friends couldn’t grasp why I was so excited about a store they have at least one of on every single block, haha.
Soft Serve Fruit…. LOVE that place!
Eating out at restaurants totally gets old. When we got back from Italy, we were craving veggies like whoa. They just don’t eat them like we do here.
You totally had some great food, though!
I’ve had giant bowls of raw veggies and dip for every lunch since coming home, mmm, nothing like vacation to make you appreciate green things. And yeah, Italy does food well, but it’s hard to find JUST veggies there, that aren’t incorporated into the carb-y goodness that is every meal.
Dunkin Doughnuts coffee is the best!!! We actually have one at work (even though I’m in Virginia!) which is awesome
Oh my gosh, if there was one near my work…or heck, even near my city…I’d be in caffeinated heaven. DD coffee is WAY underrated, I’d take it over Starbucks any day (although Starbucks has them beat in the latte/frappuccino departments).
Peanut butter as a topping? Ingenious! It looks like it kinda got hard kinda like magic shell! mmmm! Everything looks so good!
It did! It wasn’t crunchy or anything, but it definitely solidified and hardened–it was perfect.
I have to try the pb topping!
Everything looks delicious but I wouldn’t expect anything less! The wrap wtih avocado & caramelised onions and the frozen treat are especially calling out to me
That frozen chocolate-fruit thing was probably the highlight of my trip! Okay, after the dumplings–but who can argue with cheap and delicious? Plus good Chinese food doesn’t exist near where I live.
In that case, you better come to Mumbai soon for some DELICIOUS Chinese dim sum
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Those dumplings look delicious!
Your trip sounds and looks like it was amazing.
I’ve never been to New York. It looks amazing though.
I have 1 Dunkin Donuts in my area (and by area I mean the other side of town…30 min away).
I would totally drive that far for DD coffee
The closest one here is 1.5 hours away…but it IS on the way to my parents’, so you can bet I hit it up whenever I go visit the fam.
What great food, carmelized onions and avocado sound heavenly. Last year the avocado crop here wasn’t too good, this year is great and I am enjoying tons of avocado on and in everything. I make the cut of being your friend because I love PB on anything!
I can’t believe you live where avocados can be local and fresh–how envious am I allowed to be?? Decent ones make their way here, but they are usually ridiculously expensive.
Gosh do I love DD coffee, so not having one near me would be an epic issue… epic I tell you!
But great food, the caramelized onions and avocado sound pretty dang fantastic!
Haha, I forgot how EPIC of a problem it is, until I had a weekend full of it and had to come back to…none.
Great food adventures! All of the foods do look appetizing! Thanks for sharing! Have fun in your garden & relax from your trip!
One thing I LOVE about coming home from college is dunkin donuts coffee & good bagels. Sorry southern America, but you just don’t make bagels as well
I even worked at a bagel place here in the South that was run by native New Yorkers, and it STILL wasn’t even close to the same as getting a bagel in NYC. I don’t know what the secret is!
Ooh, those dumplings – and ooh, that chocolate/peanut butter stuff *drool* – and proper NY bagels! I love the scone-and-background picture too
First of all, scones are my absolute FAVE. And I’m probably the only Northener that feels like this, but I think DD’s is grooooosss.
Oh wow all of this looks so delicious! I wish I could take a trip to NY with you!
That avocado and caramelized onion filled whole wheat crepe just looks amazing, it sounds exactly like my sort of food
As does the vegan cherry scone, I do love my scones!
I read these on my phone but couldn’t comment. Where did you get the avocado crepe??? That looks amazing, and I want to try it at home now. I’ve already sent the link for the soft serve place to my friend. The melted peanut butter had me sold.
I wish I remembered! All I know is that it was in Queens, near the Museum of the Moving Image and did NOT have crepe in the name. Haha, helpful, right? And you would love that soft serve! They had all sorts of fancy toppings, but it got sort of pricey if you added more, and really, once PB is involved, every other topping becomes irrelevant anyway.
Well, I’m totally going to that place! My friend is all about it as well because she also doesn’t like dairy. I can’t wait!
Also, I LOVE Dunkin Donuts and was super excited when I went to Berlin and found them everywhere. In Berlin … but not London!
that crepe looks sooooo good!