A's NY Cheap(ish) Eats

Off the top of my head...

TAPAS

• Tia Pol (205 10th Ave | Btwn 22nd & 23rd St): Have the Navajas Y Almejas, Chorizo Con Chocolate, Pan Con Tomate. It is a tiny place so you may have to wait a bit.
• El Quinto Pino (401 W 24th St | At 9th Ave): Have the uni panini. Super tiny place with no tables, just stools and a counter.

ETHIOPIAN

• Meskerem (124 Macdougal St | Btwn W 3rd St & Minetta Ln): Timatim Salad, Meskerem Combo
• Queen of Sheba (650 10th Ave | Btwn 45th & 46th St): all good

THAI

• Wondee Siam (792 9th Ave | Btwn 52nd & 53rd St): I like the pad woon sen.
• Sripraphai (64-13 39th Ave., Queens, NY 11377): http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/sripraphai/. The. Best. Hands. Down. They specialize in soft shell crab.

VIETNAMESE

• Nha Trang Centre (148 Centre St | At Walker St): garlic crispy squid, bo luc lac
  

DESSERT

• Kyotofu (705 9th Ave | Btwn 48th & 49th St): you know what, their food is pretty darn good too!
  

BRUNCH

• Essex (120 Essex St | At Rivington St): lobster benedict
• Cafeteria (119 7th Ave | At 17th St): cinnamon chantilly cream, omg

KOREAN

• Don's Bogam BBQ & Wine Bar (17 E 32nd St | Btwn Madison & 5th Ave): delicious - ok, kinda pricey

CUPCAKES

• Crumbs (4 locations)

JAPANESE CAFETERIA

• Cafe Zaiya (1073 6th Ave | At 41st St): delish AND Beard Papa!!!

INDIAN

• Joy (148 E 46th St | Btwn Lex & 3rd Av.): crazy cheap, good and doesn't make me sick

ITALIAN

• Tre Dici (128 W 26th St | Btwn 6th & 7th Ave): ok, not totally cheap but not totally expensive but tastes unbelievably decadent
  

FRENCH

• Le Singe Vert (160 7th Ave | Btwn 19th & 20th St)

BBQ

• Hill Country (30 W 26th St | Btwn 5th & 6th Ave): amazing BBQ chicken, orgasmic hot german potatoes
  

CHINESE

• Ping's (22 Mott St | Btwn Mosco & Pell St)
• Congee Village (100 Allen St | At Delancey St)
• Jing Fong (20 Elizabeth St | At Canal St): dim sum!
• Nice Green Bo (fka New Green Bo) (66 Bayard St | Btwn Mott & Elizabeth St): steamed vegetable buns

MALAYSIAN

• Nyonya (194 Grand St | Btwn Mott & Mulberry St)

WINE BAR

• 8th Street Winecellar (28 W 8th St | Btwn 5th Ave & MacDougal St)

Stay tuned for the pricier list...

New York Homecoming

NY dressed in gold
Mosaic of glittering windows
Framed in brilliant clear blue above
Opaque with taxis and feet below

Instinctively
My pulse quickens
I rapid speed walk
Reminding myself to breathe

NY in 8 Hours

[in progress]

50th Street Station Mosaic

In my final days in NY, I've been snapping pictures of things in NY that I love. I am particularly enamored with the Alice in Wonderland mosaics in the 50th Street subway station.

It was so awesome to see N and give her this cute set of cards. I hope she and K like them.