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Board Gaming in New York
Whenever we go travelling, we always make sure that we eat our way through the town. Food is definitely main factor we consider when planning our any trip. As you’ve already read, we definitely worked hard to cover all bases while in New York! However, no trip is complete without a little visit to the area’s (friendly) local game store. New York is definitely a fantastic place to explore as a gamer — with tonnes of locations to geek out in – and we managed to squeeze a visit to two stores during our limited time there. The Compleat Strategist The first store was “The Compleat Strategist“. The store is less than a…
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FREE (Non-Food) related things to do in New York
I wanna be like you… So when we went to New York, I had a huge list (I mean HUGE list) of things to eat. We managed every single one of them except the Ramen Burger – partly because we ran out of time, ate far too many burgers (4 in two weeks is a lot apparently) and friends who had tried it said it was just an over-rated mess. I’m still gutted we didn’t go, but it means we have to go again! And in case you were wondering, we did actually get a few things done that weren’t food-related. Check this stuff out: Walk The Brooklyn Bridge It…
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What to Drink in America
We did the whole ‘Top Ten Things You Must Eat in New York‘ post and now you need to know what to drink on the other side of the pond. 1) Starbucks – Matcha Frappachino Most of you already know I’m obsessed with Green Tea Frappachino – it’s literally the first thing I do in Japan and sadly Europe doesn’t sell this delicious morsel. America’s Starbucks do however, so we had lots of the ‘healthy’ green tea drink. 2) Max Brenner – Hot Chocolate The hot chocolate was recommended by my friend and the chocolate literally makes its way through the restaurant via poles! They have special ‘hug mugs’ so you…
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Top Ten things to eat in New York!
Gimme more!! I could literally write a post about each and every delicious thing we ate in New York and I would have enough to cover the entire year. However, we are off on holiday again in a couple of weeks and have lots of other fun things to tell you about, so here is a list of all the amazing food places in just one blog post – you absolutely HAVE to visit these places: 1) Clinton Street Bakery – Pancakes This was recommended to us by our Airbnb host, as it was a five minute walk from our apartment. When we ordered our food the waitress was horrified we hadn’t…
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Burgers in America
Dayum, dayum, dayum… Jason’s has two favourite foods: burgers and pizza. I’m not the keenist on pizza (must have eaten too much of it as a child) but I am growing an obsession with burgers. We have found the best burger in Berlin and were in search of the real deal in New York. If I’m honest, I was pretty disappointed. In the two weeks we were in America, we had four burgers in total – that’s a lot, but… yeah, we were on holiday! 1) Ellen’s Stardust Diner Jason got the burger – and enjoyed it-ish. It wasn’t amazing he says, just an ordinary burger, no real meaty-taste to…
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Ellen's Stardust Diner
Sing a song… This magical place deserves its own post. If you haven’t been here, then save this link! It’s one of the most fun and random ways to have a meal I have ever known. Ellen’s Stardust Diner is a 50s themed eatery with a difference – the waiters and waitresses will sing to you while they serve food! It was such a giggle – one minute our waiter was taking our order, the next minute he was up on the benches singing Bruno Mars to the diners. The place is loud – we met some friends inside and could barely talk to them – you have been warned!…
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Tipping in America
To tip or not to tip… OMG, this is the biggest stress whenever I visit America. I try my hardest never to eat without a local, so they can just tell me how much to pay on top of the bill. It’s complicated. In the UK, if the service was good, you normally add around 10% if it’s not already included in the bill (I love it when it is – no thinking, just paying!). If you try to tip in Japan, the staff would probably chase you down the road to give it back to you – they hardly ever accept a tip. In Germany, each server has a…
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The Twin Towers
Remember, Remember… There are certain events that happen and everyone remembers where they were at that moment – when the first man landed on the moon, when Princess Diana died, when the planes hit the Twin Towers in New York… I remember that day well. I was 18 years old and living in Japan for the first time. I had only been there a couple of weeks and my host-mother came to wake me up. She showed me the images on the TV – the planes hitting the towers, fire, people panicking… I didn’t understand what was going on. My host-mother spoke not a word of English and I could…
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America Baby!
USA! USA! USA! Yup – we just got back from an epic trip to New York and New Orleans. It’s hard to decide on my favourite moments – every second was awesome!!! From literally growing a belly (OMG – it’s gross!) to seeing my lovely friend get married to Mardi Gras in New Orleans… seriously – amazing! So our next blog posts are going to be full of delicious and exciting things for you to put on your bucket list! And to start it all off, here is the cronut: I had cronut (half croissant – half doughnut) images all over my Facebook feed a while back and it was probably…