The trip to New York was a work trip for both Hubby and I. Hubby went into the office, while I worked from our room at the Hilton Garden Inn, Chelsea. The hotel was in a great location; it was really close to lots of restaurants, shops, and the Red (1,2,3) and Yellow (N,R,W) subway lines. Since it was a business trip, we did not do much sight seeing. But, we ate…and ate…and ate!
Day 2, Hubby had a team dinner/social. So, I tried the sushi place on the same block as the hotel. I ordered a California Roll from Izumi for $4.25.
When Hubby got home, I was dying for some Junior’s Cheesecake. We headed to Times Square, picked up our whole cheesecake with strawberry topping, and enjoyed a quarter of it in our room. 6″ round for $19.95. Their cheesecake is so incredibly delicious with the cake instead of crust bottom and yummy strawberry topping. Just thinking about it right now is making my mouth water!
Day 3, we grabbed dinner with some of Hubby’s co-workers at Joe’s Shanghai. We were late, so I was not able to take pictures. The soup dumplings (xiao long bao) were really good – flavorful and filled with lots of soup. The wrapping was not too thick, but I prefer thinner wrapping. We also tried the crab meat and pork meat dumplings, but they were kind of fishy tasting. $4.65 for 8 pork dumplings and $6.65 for crab meat with pork meat dumplings.
Day 4, dinner was with more of Hubby’s co-workers at Minca. We both ordered the Basic, which is pork broth with salt and roast garlic flavor, with thin noodles. The noodles were cooked to a great texture…not too soft, not too hard. The soup base was tasty and not overwhelmingly salty. $9.50 and satisfying!
So far, we have had pizza, sushi, cheesecake, soup dumplings, and ramen. More to come!
Izumi Sushi – 139 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001
Junior’s Cheesecake – 1515 Broadway (45th St between Broadway & 8th Ave), New York, NY 10036
Joe’s Shanghai- 9 Pell St, New York, NY 10013
Minca – 536 E Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10009
Previous posts in the Big Apple series:
Getting There
the bed looks like it has ur autograph on it