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Post by goz on May 25, 2019 21:23:27 GMT
Best Bagels - Ess-a-bagel, 3rd Ave between 50th and 51st. Get them hot! I usually don't like bagels and find them 'chewy' though they are such a NYC thing I simply have to try them....thanks!
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on May 31, 2019 20:22:51 GMT
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jun 13, 2019 19:10:51 GMT
I will spend a week in Denver Co and a week in New York. Suggestions please for food experiences I shouldn't miss out on in either place, or more generally in the US. (No to Denver/Rocky Mountain Oysters please ) Bearing in mind that we have a lot of your fast food joints here. how's the trip?
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Post by goz on Jun 13, 2019 20:44:23 GMT
I will spend a week in Denver Co and a week in New York. Suggestions please for food experiences I shouldn't miss out on in either place, or more generally in the US. (No to Denver/Rocky Mountain Oysters please ) Bearing in mind that we have a lot of your fast food joints here. how's the trip? Hi there, I am returned and getting over jet lag after a 30 hour door to door journey. I have written a report that I posted on Politics Board and RFS. It was a wonderful eye opening trip as I was not just a tourist butt working in Denver to aid charitable foundations and being an auntie at a wedding in New York, I saw the very worst of homelessness and ironically stayed at a posh hotel and ate at many and varied restaurants delies diners, had room service and mostly the cute café in the hotel downstairs that had its own mushroom farm behind the bar. Being there in early June the produce was wonderful and fresh and I mostly ate vegetarian to take advantage of this, as I am not a big meat eater. We ate Asian a couple of times and the hotel in Denver was new and uber modern with cuisine to match. V interesting. I had a Big Mac in Denver just to compare with the Australian version. Otherwise I ate healthily except for a room service order of a burger with fires, which was fun and experimental washed down with some passable local beer. My only criticism is of your cheese. Anything with 'cheese' in it seem to have this bright yellow plastic non-flavoursome goop in it or on it. Even on the plane between Yew York and LA there was a cheese platter with fruit and crackers which was excellent apart from the three shades of triangular plastic yellow cheeses, all allegedly different. I guess I am used to boutique Australian and French cheese types. I am happy to answer any questions butt I had a blast, love that Americans are so polite and mainly interested and articulate, once you broke the ice, which I did in New York by going up to some and asking may I pat their dog I had some great conversations that way and many people wanting to come and stay with me in Sydney. It seems many have Australia on a bucket list.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jun 14, 2019 0:01:13 GMT
Hi there, I am returned and getting over jet lag after a 30 hour door to door journey. I have written a report that I posted on Politics Board and RFS. It was a wonderful eye opening trip as I was not just a tourist butt working in Denver to aid charitable foundations and being an auntie at a wedding in New York, I saw the very worst of homelessness and ironically stayed at a posh hotel and ate at many and varied restaurants delies diners, had room service and mostly the cute café in the hotel downstairs that had its own mushroom farm behind the bar. Being there in early June the produce was wonderful and fresh and I mostly ate vegetarian to take advantage of this, as I am not a big meat eater. We ate Asian a couple of times and the hotel in Denver was new and uber modern with cuisine to match. V interesting. I had a Big Mac in Denver just to compare with the Australian version. Otherwise I ate healthily except for a room service order of a burger with fires, which was fun and experimental washed down with some passable local beer. My only criticism is of your cheese. Anything with 'cheese' in it seem to have this bright yellow plastic non-flavoursome goop in it or on it. Even on the plane between Yew York and LA there was a cheese platter with fruit and crackers which was excellent apart from the three shades of triangular plastic yellow cheeses, all allegedly different. I guess I am used to boutique Australian and French cheese types. I am happy to answer any questions butt I had a blast, love that Americans are so polite and mainly interested and articulate, once you broke the ice, which I did in New York by going up to some and asking may I pat their dog I had some great conversations that way and many people wanting to come and stay with me in Sydney. It seems many have Australia on a bucket list. very nice! sound fun, glad you had a great time.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 14, 2019 15:49:11 GMT
Hi there, I am returned and getting over jet lag after a 30 hour door to door journey. I have written a report that I posted on Politics Board and RFS. It was a wonderful eye opening trip as I was not just a tourist butt working in Denver to aid charitable foundations and being an auntie at a wedding in New York, I saw the very worst of homelessness and ironically stayed at a posh hotel and ate at many and varied restaurants delies diners, had room service and mostly the cute café in the hotel downstairs that had its own mushroom farm behind the bar. Being there in early June the produce was wonderful and fresh and I mostly ate vegetarian to take advantage of this, as I am not a big meat eater. We ate Asian a couple of times and the hotel in Denver was new and uber modern with cuisine to match. V interesting. I had a Big Mac in Denver just to compare with the Australian version. Otherwise I ate healthily except for a room service order of a burger with fires, which was fun and experimental washed down with some passable local beer. My only criticism is of your cheese. Anything with 'cheese' in it seem to have this bright yellow plastic non-flavoursome goop in it or on it. Even on the plane between Yew York and LA there was a cheese platter with fruit and crackers which was excellent apart from the three shades of triangular plastic yellow cheeses, all allegedly different. I guess I am used to boutique Australian and French cheese types. I am happy to answer any questions butt I had a blast, love that Americans are so polite and mainly interested and articulate, once you broke the ice, which I did in New York by going up to some and asking may I pat their dog I had some great conversations that way and many people wanting to come and stay with me in Sydney. It seems many have Australia on a bucket list. That's great, glad you enjoyed it. Denver definitely has a big homeless problem, especially in the area where you were staying. NY does too, but it feels vastly less pronounced than it does in Denver. Yeah, American "cheese" is garbage. Australia is 100% on my bucket list. Probably the only way I can pull it off is when I switch firms again in a few years and take a month off, but I definitely need to hit that up. If I can do 10 days in Australia and a week or so in New Zealand that would be ideal.
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Post by divtal on Jun 14, 2019 20:46:13 GMT
I'm happy that you had a good time, Goz. As I said, it's been such a long time since I've visited Denver. Many (maybe most) of the larger cities, here, have serious problems with homelessness. It's huge in SF. New York City is spectacular! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it, and found the folks to be friendly. Somehow, New Yorkers have amassed a reputation for being rude, but I have never understood that. I love that city. As for American cheeses, it's not our finest industry, although there are a few lovely Cheddar and "Bleu" offerings. They have a long way to go, to catch up with wine. I attend a monthly wine seminar, and the next session is for wine/cheese pairing. I'll ask the gentleman who presents the sessions about that. Also, cutting a flat slice of cheese into a triangle, doesn't really whet the appetite, in presentation. Yes,the number of Americans with Australia on their bucket list, is legion. It's on mine ... maybe 2020. PS: Very happy that you weren't shot ... but, I didn't think you would be.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 20, 2019 15:03:28 GMT
I'm happy that you had a good time, Goz. As I said, it's been such a long time since I've visited Denver. Many (maybe most) of the larger cities, here, have serious problems with homelessness. It's huge in SF. New York City is spectacular! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it, and found the folks to be friendly. Somehow, New Yorkers have amassed a reputation for being rude, but I have never understood that. I love that city. As for American cheeses, it's not our finest industry, although there are a few lovely Cheddar and "Bleu" offerings. They have a long way to go, to catch up with wine. I attend a monthly wine seminar, and the next session is for wine/cheese pairing. I'll ask the gentleman who presents the sessions about that. Also, cutting a flat slice of cheese into a triangle, doesn't really whet the appetite, in presentation. Yes,the number of Americans with Australia on their bucket list, is legion. It's on mine ... maybe 2020. PS: Very happy that you weren't shot ... but, I didn't think you would be. I think the perception of people being rude comes from tourists who venture into midtown during the work day and will stop on the corner to take a picture of Times Square or any of the myriad spectacles NY has to offer. In so doing, an entire stream of people trying to cross the street have to go around you and it causes a bit of a clusterfuck. When that happens, you'll definitely catch a few snipes from passersby but whatever. Beyond that, I don't find us to be particularly rude or anything of that nature. I've had bigger issues in places like Santa Barbara quite frankly. There's also a perception that people in Paris, and France in general, are rude. Nothing could have been further from the truth in the few times I've been. Everyone was warm, engaging and eager to share the wonders of their absolutely beautiful country with those willing to embrace it. I think with this is that Americans tend be a bit louder and, at times, less willing to venture outside their comfort zone and it can be off-putting to those in Europe. I can understand that.
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Post by sunshine on Jun 23, 2019 16:18:00 GMT
Happy you had a good time and a safe trip.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Sept 1, 2019 22:49:39 GMT
Happy you had a good time and a safe trip. goz put another shrimp on the barbie!
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Post by goz on Sept 1, 2019 22:51:53 GMT
Happy you had a good time and a safe trip. goz put another shrimp on the barbie! Don't come the raw prawn with me...that was three months ago!
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Sept 1, 2019 22:55:01 GMT
goz put another shrimp on the barbie! Don't come the raw prawn with me...that was three months ago! i will put the prawn on the barbie then! are you cooking up anything you tried in the usa?
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Post by goz on Sept 1, 2019 23:08:16 GMT
Don't come the raw prawn with me...that was three months ago! i will put the prawn on the barbie then! are you cooking up anything you tried in the usa? I am going to try and cook 'cornbread'. I have tried before and we don't seem to have the right grade of 'cornmeal' here. I am going to try with a thing called 'polenta'...either that or buy some very expensive stuff from the 'American shop' here.
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