Katz deli was on my list. As were so many other things. In fact, we only got to Little Italy once and we were consumed with eating good Asian food - and other stuff like Turkish - cos my wife is Malaysian and it just wasn't something we could get easily when I was in Colombia. We're not that bovvered by patsrami cos I could get it no problem, so I would say that your choices would be different to mine. Each to their own though and it is food, after all!
Of course, we regretted not eating this and that when we were at the airport, but you'd need a month there at least to do everything you want. It's just like London. Probably the two greatest cities on earth in my opinion where you can get pretty much any food you want at any time of day.
Little Italy and a picture of the cured salami (and my legs) I took back home. We didn't eat there, which, of course, I regret, but I did have a (half) pint. It was just after they had beaten England in the European Championships final, so I imagine it was the place to be back then.
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^ I didn't say you can't get a great sarnie in the UK. I make them all the time, but fook paying for one, i reserve that for something that takes effort and skill to produce the makings for and i'm not talking about subway
^ Because they don’t use frozen beef for their 1/4 lb burgers?
Otherwise, same all over the world!
Coney Island would be a good chance to catch up on some Russian cuisine. But hotdogs & corndogs, m'ehhh.
Some people make it a point to eat at McD all over the world (and sample the dish unique to that country).
If/ when covid is over and I start travelling again, I'll do it for Jollibee branches. (they have J-bee in Vietnam, SG, Brunei, USA, UK, UAE). So far, I've only posed beside the J-bee mascot in VN & Brunei.
Thanks for the thread, hal. Looking back, I should've made a detour to NYC when I did my USA trip some years ago. I have old schoolmates who I can look up. But at that time, I had other priorities. Maybe in the future - my visa is still valid. Davis gave me some tips then on how to pass the visa interview - thanks for that!
Fvcking hell Hal, you'll be giving Rick Stein a run for his money in the international odyssey food stakes.
What a great thread.
I feel like a reuben sandwich or a philly cheese steak for some reason
I wouldn't kick her out of bed if that was a jug of heinz beanz
On my first day at work in NYC back in the very early 80s, my boss informed me that he was sorry he couldn't take me for lunch but there was a sandwich bar over the road which was fine.
So off i popped over the road.
Now having previously worked in London I was used to standing in line clutching my LVs for 15 minutes or so before placing my order.
I would then receive 2 thin slices of brown/white bread with a thin slice of smoked salmon or roast beef in between.
This NYC sandwich bar certainly had no lines and everybody was simply screaming out orders including type of bread and filling.
I watched for a minute and joined in, asking for 2 roast beef sandwiches on rye, whatever the hell rye was.
In no time at all I was thrown my order and I quickly paid and returned to the office.
Upon opening the bag I saw as much meat as I would normally eat in a week or more.
I wasn't able to even eat half a sandwich.
For future quick lunches I turned to a slice of pizza or a calzone.
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Yep, the early 80s. Now it must be vis versa with the rye and beef.
I remember getting a roast beef hero in the delis.
Roastbeef Hero, with mayo, salt & peeper, and muenster cheese. Deeeelicious!
I remember a few years back going on a work trip back to UK with a large group of Thais. Every lunch our hosts served was sandwiches, and sandwiches were served at evening mixers. The Thais were down right testy by the end of the week......
Why do you not try contributing, and letting us all know what you would be looking for to eat in New York.
As for roast beef in UK - fuck yes. But also welsh lamb, dover sole, dressed crab, halibut and a few other things (probably including a curry to be honest).
In France I will try to go for Duck confit, oysters, snails and moules mariniere and frites.
Louisiana was po'boy, red beans and rice and jambalaya.
China was Chinese food (regional), Japan was Japanese food and so on.
I honestly cannot imagine going somewhere and not trying what they are renown for.
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