Hmm... I've decided that rather than start a new blog to document the food places i've been while i was in New York, i will do it here! After all, what's Kopitiam without food right?
I've been lucky that many of my colleagues are also foodies and we spent most of our time exploring interesting places to dine during (ie lunch) and after work. For this maiden post, i'll start with classic american must-have for breakfast... BAGELS!
There's this very good bagel shop near our office called Ess-a-Bagel (along 3rd Avenue, between E.50th St and E.51st St). My favourite order is their "Everything Buttered Toasted Bagel" which only cost US$1! Their Everything Bagel has literally everything savoury - salt, sesame seed, garlic, poppy seed, etc. The best part is that the guys there are really generous with butter. Hmm... imagine a warm bagel with melted butter - it's heavenly! It's even better if you go there at about 9.30am, when the bagels are fresh out of the oven! But it's also the time when queues start to form and people take-away bagels by the bags!! When that happens, hokkien expletives are most useful!
They also have a good spread of cream cheeses, salads, meats and fish... Their sundried tomato cream cheese and tuna salad is commendable, but nothing beats their buttered bagels. Check out their website @ http://www.ess-a-bagel.com
Watch out for my next instalment of other interesting breakfast/brunch places!
2 comments:
Hiyah, I should have called you up because I was in New York just last month....then you could bring me to the good makan places in New York.
My favourite place in New York has got to be Peter Lugers. Period.
Yeah... Peter Luger is awesome!!! Imagine - 4 gals, steak for 3, lamb chops, creamed spinach, bacon, fries, Schlag, Pecan Pie, Wine.... and it was all cleaned out. And we skipped dinner, breakfast and lunch the next day!
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