NEW YORK FOOD..... YUMMMMMMMYYYY

Now let’s come to very important and popular aspect of any city.... its Food :D.. Yes, food is only topic, on which any person... of any gender, any country, any religion, any educational background can talk with complete confidence. And hence Food is everyone’s favorite..:D

Let me tell you in beginning I am total Foodie.. That doesn’t mean I eat a lot.. But I eat most of the things that are cooked :D.. If it is edible.. It’s mostly mine....
After coming to New York I could have variety of food.. From every part of world... You can have Mexican burritos.. Falafel from Mid-east.... Italian Pizzas and Pastas... Afghan Rice.. Bangla fish.. Japanese Sushi... Or Spanish Fondue... You can have Indian cuisines.. Or Chinese diet.. On same road you can have American Berger and African salad.. You can very well order Egyptian morayana as starter.. Chicken Kebabs with Mongolian rice as main course and Swiss Cake as Desert
When I started going to office new food items came in my way and I started liking food life of New York more and more.. First new thing I had is Bagels... It’s basically a bread and some kinds are really tasty.. wow.. I liked the cheese beagle with coffee on first day itself.. if you see you will see brown paper bags in hands of most of the people going to office.. generally coffee and some bread is the breakfast of Americans..
Cereals.. the very inseparable part of American diet... in morning it is the best breakfast one can have in however fast lifestyle.. in USA you get so much variety of cereals.. actually I too started eating cereals daily after coming to usa... the fastest and rather simplest breakfast ...

other than this.. Coffee occupies vital part of American diet.. Even though we feel that coffee is our (Indian)domain.. after experiencing the variety here I will say that these ppl have also got the taste.. I had coffee of variety of flavors.. coffee with cocoa.. coffee with ice-cream.. ice coffee.. cappuccino.. mocha.. coffee with cow milk.. goat milk.. even yak milk.. Yes in Chinatown I even had coffee with yak milk.. it was also not that bad...

"Chai".. I read this word in champs (a coffee shop chain).. I was curious and asked for this "Chai".. I was expecting something strange will come in my hand.. but no.. it was pure Indian tea.. with milk and sugar (even she asked me if I want Ginger chai)... I was little pleased to see this word in day to day English.

I can easily say Lunch is not restricted here with dabba or some common kind of food.. I had so many different kind of food and flavors as part of lunch if I think it makes even me amazed... Truly New York is Mecca of food... I will discuss the three dishes as if I start with all variety, a separate blog I have to create..
The first one is Falafel.. its mediterian dish.. Invented by Egyptian / Jews... they are kind special spicy balls... Falafel is usually served as a sandwich wrapped in pita bread, and the term "falafel" commonly refers to this sandwich by synecdoche; falafel in a pita is typical street food or fast food. Along with the falafel balls, which may be crushed onto the bread or added whole, various toppings are usually included. Falafel balls may also be eaten alone as a snack or served as part of a mezze. During Ramadan they are sometimes eaten as part of an iftar, the meal which breaks the daily fast after sunset. The food is so popular in Israel, it is often referred to as the national dish of Israel. But let me tell you this is really Amazing dish ...
Second is Afghan Rice.. Wow.... Brown Rice with some strange sauces.. and chicken pieces in between which are well roasted and spicy... similar taste also has in "Qabili Palau", which is baked in the oven and topped with fried sliced-carrots and raisins. Chopped nuts like pistachios or almonds may be added as well. The meat is covered by the rice or buried in the middle of the dish.
And last but not the not the least is Fondue.. Swiss/Spanish cuisine .. it is long term dish and amazing when you are having food with very close friends.. with fondue the duration of food can be as long as several hours.. it’s an earthenware pot over a small burner called as "rechaud". the liquid (which can be melted chocolate / Cheese) keeps boiling.. you get variety of things in one platter which includes potato chips.. biscuits.. some chicken starts etc.. you have to deep it in the melted sauce and have it.. your whole afternoon can be spent with fondue and the mate you have with you...

Talking about Deserts.. Just can’t stop praising cakes.. especially variety of Chocolate cakes.. real Yummy.. and chocolates are as you know you can get variety here... But frankly speaking icecreames disappointed me.. either I did not go to good shops or there are very less flavors available... other than baskin robbins (max 32 flavors) no other store had even tht many flavors.. While in India you get every flavor somewhere ....

On bad side..Fruits are artificially ripped and hence no nutritious value as well as not good for health.. Banana you bring all rips on same day.. Water is not very drinkable. filter is must.. (yes I am not talking about India.. its USA)... Also water does not have all necessary minerals like Fluoride etc..

Thts why people are not that healthy here.. I mean they look strong and all.. but they have various problems like low intake of vitamins.. minerals.. iron etc.. ppl need to take daily piles for these things.. vegetables are also artificially grown under controlled conditions which make them innutritious

actually however tasty may be food but I miss the ice ka gola.. ya fir vada pav.. or the yummy very unhygienic pani puri.. or bhelpuri.. but above all no food on earth I have tasted as gr8 as the one cooked by my dearest mom :D