Accomodation Info :
South Street, New York via Airbnb : https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5930557
South Street, New York via Airbnb : https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/5930557
26th October 2015 | Monday
We
woke up around 6.30am and had to rush everything especially packing our
luggage, eager to start our day in Manhattan! Suzanne was already awake
and was using the washroom, so we packed our stuffs and prepared our
outfits for the day.
We
called a car via Lyft and started our journey to our next homestay near
Manhattan Bridge at South Street. While on our way, we were caught in
traffic. Just outside my side window, the Barclays Center really caught
my attention, it's a beautiful structure. The driver was very friendly
too, he's an African and has settled down in NY for about 7 years. Being
a Lyft driver for several months, he said that he was earning a living
just by being a full time for Lyft. I got astonished as this is not
possible in Malaysia, NY seems to be the 'life'.
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As we arrived our destination, we met our host, Lisamariel for the very first time, she is very welcoming as she greeted us into the building. According to her, the place we were currently staying was an old apartment that's recently renovated. Place was neat and as shown in Airbnb. After dropping our luggage, off we go to explore New York!
This is a basketball court alley located just behind the apartment as we walk our way towards the East Broadway [F] subway.
Katz's Corned Beef Hot Sandwich
Price : $18.95
Taste : 9/10
One of the well known eateries, Katz's Delicatessen
is a must go for breakfast/brunch! We ordered the Corned Beef Hot
Sandwich and was blown away, it tasted so good! I'm quite sure it wasn't
because of our hunger that it tasted good, the corned beef was so fresh
and hot! Pickles and cucumbers were fresh too, you can hear the crunchy
sounds we make as we munch them. I actually thought of ordering another
since we shared for this sandwich, but the portion was big enough for
the both of us.
I
also find this place interesting where we got served a slice of the
corned beef for tasting after making the order at the counter. As for
the drink, Iris was so into Dr Pepper's but we had Dr Brown's cream soda
instead, it tasted similar. When we first arrived, the queue wasn't
that long, but it got longer as we were almost finishing our meal. We
were fortunate that we got ahead of time before the place had a long
queue.
Katz's Delicatessen
Address : 205 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002, United States
Phone : +1 212-254-2246
Hours : 8:00 AM- 12:00 AM
Website : http://katzsdelicatessen.com/
Next stop, Flatiron Building!
The Flatiron Building in Flatiron District. So iconic, the district is bustling with people.
Moving forward, the High Line!
The
High Line is really an eye opener, it's a great project! The place is
an aerial green way, filled with greens and pretty flowers. It was about
2km long but it didn't feel like one, the place is so scenic that you
never feel the tiredness kicking in. We were just busy walking around,
taking pictures and enjoying view around us. With the breeze and cold
weather, it's a very nice place to walk. There are ongoing events too. I
participated in a Microsoft event that was promoting the opening of a
Microsoft Store in 5th Avenue. All I had to do was just tweet and I got a
free T-shirt but it was too big for me. If only I was just ahead of the
line by 1 person, I would have won a 1TB XBox 360, vending machine no
like me. Tough luck for me, but it was a bonus to get a free T-shirt,
yahoo!
We
came across this nice yellow ice cream truck nearby Gansevoort St and
decided to try an ice cream. Little did I know that this was a popular
ice cream truck until I Googled it. Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream
practises traditional ice cream making, no wonder the ice cream feels
sort of 'old school', you know it when you taste its texture. We ordered
Earl Grey ice cream, very authentic taste. Certain ice cream nowadays
tend to be milky or creamy, this is not. I never savored any Earl
Grey ice cream before in Malaysia too, so this is rather special to me. Come to
think of it, we actually skipped lunch and only had this as we had a
busy day of exploring the city. We were looking for Melt Bakery or Standard Biergarten right after finishing our walk in High Line but they were nowhere to be seen.
Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream
Phone : +1 718-715-0758
Hours : 8:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Website : http://www.vanleeuwenicecream.com
Earl Grey ice cream cone
Price : $5.25
Taste : 8/10
Trivia
: Found out that they have a sister branch called Restaurant Selamat
Pagi, haha. To think that they would be serving Malaysian dishes, I was
wrong, they serve Indonesian dishes instead.
Next post : Manhattan Day 1 : Part 2
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