Roadtrip: 22-hour NYC Feeding Frenzy

To get in, see The Gates instilation, buy comic books, and get out of NYC in 22 hours is a feat unto itself. To do it all in a snowstorm is admirable. To do it all while gracefully dodging carbs is an art form. With 8 days still to go on South Beach I’m experiencing extreme Cadbury Cream Egg withdrawal- but thankfully we still found stuff to stick in us.

Lemongrass Grill (80 University Place) - With Bamboo décor and an open kitchen, this chain comes from Brooklyn (!?) and serves good cheap curries, noodles, and old favorites. The summer rolls were some of the best looking I’d ever seen- can’t vouch for the taste. Eaten: The green curry. Plate was dutifully licked.

Sunlite Diner (3914 Queens Blvd) – 50’s style (‘cause it’s been around since the 50’s) diner that ranks up there in my personal top six. Best Diner Burgers Ever.

Incidentally, that top 6 also includes Tambers in Baltimore, the Broadway Diner in Rockville, Monroe Diner in Monroe NY, Waverly Diner in the village, and a tie between Golden Eagle Diner and Twin Oaks Diner in, NJ.

Great NY Noodletown (28 Bowery) – A Chinatown hole in the wall open, as far as I know- 24 hours a day and always full. You will smell it from blocks away and go back every meal until large men pull you, kicking and screaming, from your table. Unfortunately this time we couldn’t munch the famous Pan Fried Noodles but the ‘Three Jewels” (pork, chicken, and duck) and fried shrimp are freakishly tasty.