New York Sights and Eats

The first time I was here was in 2012. Back then I was a student without a lot of disposable income, but I was interning in Waterloo and I figured it was a good chance to visit the so called Big Apple. I recall that trip to New York made me realize a couple of things:

1. New York is a true metropolitan city
2. Vancouver is small
3. Traveling really does give you new perspectives of the world
4. This place is dirty, like piles of garbage bags on every street dirty

Peter Luger Steak House

The best steak I ever had. And had again. The place was exactly as I remembered it. Pretty sure the doorman was also the same person; the same guy that I tipped. This time around, we actually had reservations and didn’t need to catch a flight right after. Also we prepared cash as this place only accepted Peter Luger credit cards.

Sushi on Jones

Sushi restaurant that only has 6 seats, and they were all outside. Luckily it wasn’t raining. Unluckily, it was blazing hot that day. Sushi was definitely above average and the experience was unique. Kind of overpriced.

Joe’s Pizza

Never really craved pizza. Also never understood cheese pizza. However I do get Joe’s Pizza, not sure why. I always saw pizza as a cheap way to feed a bunch of people in some sort of gathering. Probably something to do with my experience in university.

One World Trade Center

I didn’t actually go in. Just saw it from the base of whether the other two buildings use to stand.

Occulus

Some fancy architecture for a train station that includes some fancy shops. And it’s close to One World Trade Center. That was all I gathered as I walked through it to check out the 9/11 Memorial area.

Gramercy Tavern

Came here for lunch. Seriously don’t remember what I ate; I just remember it was pretty good and we were in the “dining room” part of the restaurant. But yeah, it had all the attributes I would expect out of a fine dining restaurant: flawless service, great food, intimate atmosphere, and elegant interior design. The only thing not expected was that they are a non-tipping restaurant. Didn’t take picture of food since I always feel awkward doing it at these kind of places.