New York: many meals and several days

[oyceter]

I got into New York on Friday and promptly went karaoke-ing until 3 in the morning. I feel like I have been sleep deprived ever since!

Have had incredibly tasty food so far, although I still tend to prefer vegetarian restaurants that feature more vegetables or tofu and less vegetarian meat, which is probably why I liked Red Bamboo's desserts and appetizers more than the entrees. Except littlebutfierce's cod cakes, which were deep fried and didn't seem to be emulating something else.

I went to a few vegetarian places in Taiwan over the summer, and the trend seems to be moving away from the fake meat, so the contrast was particularly interesting.

On the other hand, I am still very fond of vegan desserts for some reason! I suspect it is because they don't trigger my occasional lactose intolerance.

The weather is extremely odd: the California-like blue skies and fluffy white clouds today gave way to heavy rain later, the past two days have been nippy while today and Saturday were hot, and a thunderstorm woke me up on Monday. It's like New York is trying to decide between being like Taiwan or California and giving me severe climate confusion.

Today, I walked through Central Park and saw the superhero costume exhibit at the Met with astolat. The exhibit was more on the influence of superhero costumes on the runway and less on the evolution of superhero costumes, which the geek in me would have been more interested in, and the focus was more on superheroes who have had TV or movie incarnations. But still, very neat, and there's an amazing dress of brightly colored feather and several other spider-webby ones that I really wanted.

Also, Central Park is very large! My feet are complaining.

So, New York people, I am actually going to be slightly touristy this time and try to see museums, to break a little with my usual activities of book shopping, eating, more book shopping, and more eating. I am thinking about seeing the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology, the planetarium, the Museum of Jewish Heritage, and the Museum of Sex. Any advice?

Comments

[hysteriachan.livejournal.com]

^_^ But you're the best-traveled foodie I know! (I read some other relevant LJs, so I'll probably also poke through, say, coffeeandink's tags, but I've never really talked to her other than via occasional comments.)

I'll look those places up and see if they're anywhere near where we'll be. (Is Chinatown in Manhattan? NYAF is, I think.) So far I have no sense of NY geography/transportation at all, which isn't helpful.

[oyceter]

OK! If you email me where you're going to be staying, I can ask my sister for recs too.