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TC Tiki Chris Member London Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1542	TC Tiki Chris Posted posted on Wed, Jan 15, 2003 12:57 PM HERE'S MY STOCK "THINGS TO DO IN NYC" LIST: Most of the stuff that I can recommend is downtown but not exclusively. The best advice I have for you is to just take a long walk (especially around Greenwich Village – try Bedford St, the East Village and Chinatown) and discover your own favourite New York sites (but don’t be afraid to use the subway or a cab and save yourself from foot torture)! Let me start off w/ a list of some yummy eateries in Chinatown: Possibly my favourite restaurant in New York is Thai Son which is a Vietnamese restaurant (on Baxter below Canal and before the Chinese Park). Start w/ the summer rolls, order the entrée of your choice and do yourself a big favour by finishing w/ the rainbow ice for dessert! Four adults w/ healthy appetites can devour a lot of food there for under $30.00! Saint’s Alp Teahouse (Mott Street) is a fun place for snacks and funky drinks: http://www.saints-alp.com.hk And while you’re downtown: I highly recommend a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. The view coming back from Brooklyn to Manhattan is impressive to say the least! A free (or is it now $.50?) ride on the Staten Island ferry offers some incredible views of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. I can’t really recommend any other reason for going to Staten Island though. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is fantastic - my wife and I recommend it to everyone, whether they’re long time residents of New York or just visitors. It’s really a must see and a gem of a museum: http://www.tenement.org Paisley is a cool place to hang out. It’s close to the Tiki Room: http://www.paisleyantiques.com And if you like Paisley and the Tiki Room, try Sushi Samba (it’s kinda price though): http://www.sushisamba.com Café Asean has excellent South East Asian cuisine (again, not cheap though): http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/7104834/ Movin’ on up: There’s a great Peruvian restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen (9th Ave. at 53d St or so, maybe 52nd, but I don't think higher than 54). Try the chicha – a drink made from the juice (?) of purple Andean corn! And try the hot sauce that they serve w/ the bread, but be careful and order a picture of water! My experience has been that most Broadway shows suck. That being said, Cabaret is fantastic and the Producers is supposed to be great too! I suggest booking online well in advance if you want to see a big show. Hoboken: Hoboken, affectionately know as “the other borough,” is a Jersey town just a short PATH train ride beneath the Hudson, or a beautiful ferry ride across! It’s the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra. There’s an incredible Cuban restaurant over there called La Isla (Washington Ave. near the PATH station) that I still have dreams about! Maxwell’s is a great club in Hoboken that books good music consistently: http://www.nj.com/maxwells/ Don’t be afraid to ask New Yorkers for directions. In general, they’re some of the nicest folks in the world, w/ real empathy for newcomers and visitors (most of them moved there from somewhere else anyway). They’re not rude - they’re just direct and sometimes really strapped for time. Make sure to have some local pizza too (stay away from the franchise looking places though)! Please feel free to email me w/ any questions. Also, if you let me know what kind of food you like, maybe I can come up w/ some other options for you: Cambodian? Ethiopian? Soul Food? Have fun! Tiki Chris

HERE'S MY STOCK "THINGS TO DO IN NYC" LIST:

Most of the stuff that I can recommend is downtown but not exclusively.
The best advice I have for you is to just take a long walk (especially around Greenwich Village – try Bedford St, the East Village and Chinatown) and discover your own favourite New York sites (but don’t be afraid to use the subway or a cab and save yourself from foot torture)!

Let me start off w/ a list of some yummy eateries in Chinatown:

Possibly my favourite restaurant in New York is Thai Son which is a Vietnamese restaurant (on Baxter below Canal and before the Chinese Park). Start w/ the summer rolls, order the entrée of your choice and do yourself a big favour by finishing w/ the rainbow ice for dessert! Four adults w/ healthy appetites can devour a lot of food there for under $30.00!

Saint’s Alp Teahouse (Mott Street) is a fun place for snacks and funky drinks:

http://www.saints-alp.com.hk

And while you’re downtown:

I highly recommend a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. The view coming back from Brooklyn to Manhattan is impressive to say the least!

A free (or is it now $.50?) ride on the Staten Island ferry offers some incredible views of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. I can’t really recommend any other reason for going to Staten Island though.

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is fantastic - my wife and I recommend it to everyone, whether they’re long time residents of New York or just visitors. It’s really a must see and a gem of a museum:

http://www.tenement.org

Paisley is a cool place to hang out. It’s close to the Tiki Room:

http://www.paisleyantiques.com

And if you like Paisley and the Tiki Room, try Sushi Samba (it’s

kinda price though):

http://www.sushisamba.com

Café Asean has excellent South East Asian cuisine (again, not cheap though):

http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/7104834/

Movin’ on up:

There’s a great Peruvian restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen (9th Ave. at 53d St or so, maybe 52nd, but I don't think higher than 54). Try the chicha – a drink made from the juice (?) of purple Andean corn! And try the hot sauce that they serve w/ the bread, but be careful and order a picture of water!

My experience has been that most Broadway shows suck. That being said, Cabaret is fantastic and the Producers is supposed to be great too! I suggest booking online well in advance if you want to see a big show.

Hoboken:

Hoboken, affectionately know as “the other borough,” is a Jersey town just a short PATH train ride beneath the Hudson, or a beautiful ferry ride across! It’s the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra.

There’s an incredible Cuban restaurant over there called La Isla (Washington Ave. near the PATH station) that I still have dreams about!

Maxwell’s is a great club in Hoboken that books good music consistently:

http://www.nj.com/maxwells/

Don’t be afraid to ask New Yorkers for directions. In general, they’re some of the nicest folks in the world, w/ real empathy for newcomers and visitors (most of them moved there from somewhere else anyway). They’re not rude - they’re just direct and sometimes really strapped for time.

Make sure to have some local pizza too (stay away from the franchise looking places though)!

Please feel free to email me w/ any questions. Also, if you let me know what kind of food you like, maybe I can come up w/ some other options for you: Cambodian? Ethiopian? Soul Food?

Have fun!
Tiki Chris

Post #19744 by Tiki Chris on Wed, Jan 15, 2003 12:57 PM