Have Travel, Will Eat, CB's guide to eating good Options

[Comptine]

Have you traveled to another place and didn't really know what to eat? Ever wondered what places were the best to eat at? The cheapest? Well, since CB has so many people from many different places, I thought people could post up their location and their favorite places to eat.

Guidelines:

• Please state your Location
• Don't just name to place. That isn't very informative. Give a little title that describes why it's so great.
• Write a short summary of your experience there or describe the food or the atmosphere
• Recommend something from the menu you like
• Provide a price guideline. Even if the food is to die for, how many Cbers can afford a $100 burger?
• If you can, provide a website for people to check out.
• If you discover a new yummy place, don't hesitate to edit your post. Just PM and I'll note the changes. I plan to place all the recommendations in the first post.

Location: New York City

Best Winter Comfort Food All Year Round: Say Cheese!
649 9th Ave, Between 45th and 46th Streets
I love this place. It's a little off the way from Times Square but it's prices are a lot cheaper than the food there - although it is not Mickey D's cheap. It is so good. There's one waiter and he is the nicest, happiest server I ever had. What could be better than a warm sandwich with gooey cheese? They also have a yummy tomato cheddar soup but not everyone would like it. My friend and boyfriend described it as "pizza soup" even though they liked it. You can get the soup and a sandwich for less than $10. It's an okay sized restaurant. It's very colorful and artsy.

Little Nook of Frozen Delight: Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
65 Bayard St., Between Elizabeth and Mott Streets
I cannot count how many times I walked past this little shop in Chinatown before discovering it. Even now, when I know where it is, I can still miss it. It has a huge menu of flavors. They range from good ole' vanilla to bizarre wasabi. It's cute that they classify "asian" flavors as regular and regular flavors as exotic. It's not exactly cheap cheap but it's well worth it. I think it's like $3 for a scoop but it's a big, heaping scoop. There's no place to sit so you can take your cone on the road and lick at pure frozen goodness. I had cherry pistachio and almond cookie. The cherry pistachio was so good. I finished the cone in like three minutes. The almond cookie was sweet but not as good. My friend had pumpkin pie which tasted like a cold, creamy ginger cookie with a nice fruity sweetness to it. And the green ice cream is highly recommended.

Great Place to Have a Fun Meal With Friends: Salon de Tapas
190 Sullivan St, Bleecker St
My boyfriend took me here and I've only been there once but it was a good experience. I recommend tapas because you can sample many different dishes at low prices. It would be a great dinner option for a large group of people. The portions are pretty big. My boy and I were surprised how big they were. We had the escargot (which served like twenty, huge shells. it's was really delicious without that sandy, bitterness a lot of snails have - $6), the quail (my boyfriend went crazy for this lemony dish. the only thing he complained about was bones- $8), the lamb chops (so tender and moist. lick your fingers good- $9), and the calamari (this i do not recommend. it was floury and had little taste. the sauce it came with tasted bottled- $6). The bill was $44 for four entree sized dishes. It's very small and cozy with dim candle lighting. It's very Spain village feeling. It also has a gorgeous garden in the back but I didn't have an opportunity to see it since it was winter.

Names of the restaurants are clickable.

[Comptine]

BUMP.

come on guys. nyc and jersey cannot be the only places with good food. even if you're from a small town, recommend places. you never know who might end up there.

btw, does anyone have recommendations for boston?

oh, yeah, mznikki. when you listed minado, i was sooo jealous. i hear rave reviews about it but every location in the tristate area is like two hours away. but i'm going to bu for college next year and they have a minado that's easy to get to in less than an hour. =)))

[mizzcrazy]

BUMP.

come on guys. nyc and jersey cannot be the only places with good food. even if you're from a small town, recommend places. you never know who might end up there.

btw, does anyone have recommendations for boston?

oh, yeah, mznikki. when you listed minado, i was sooo jealous. i hear rave reviews about it but every location in the tristate area is like two hours away. but i'm going to bu for college next year and they have a minado that's easy to get to in less than an hour. =)))

Minado in Natick, Ma is soooo expensive and the sushi isn't even that fresh.

Boston, Massachusetts

Fun Food Snackery
http://funfoodsnackery.com/menu.htm
141 Brighton Ave, Allston, Ma (Right up the street from BU)
This place is really colorful and fun! They have icecream, shaved ice, and smoothies. The price won't exceed 5 dollars for one order and the fruits are fresh. The idea of the shop is really creative and if you come from 4-6pm, you get to spin this big colorful wheel and if you're lucky, you get free slushes and smoothies.

Super 88 Market Food court
1095 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215-1022 (Also near BU)
I think this is where most of the Bu students go to. It's just a huge food court that has different shops with Korean, Vietnamese, Dimsum, Chinese, and Indian food. They have a lollicup too. The food there is good, especially the kimbap and dimsum and it is not expensive at all. the kimbap was like 8 dollars and you get two huge rolls. It is pretty crowded most of the time so I recommend you to go around 6ish or even early.

Penang Boston
http://www.penangusa.com/location_boston.html
685 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111 (Downtown&Chinatown)
This restaurant has good Malaysian food. It can be really crowded sometimes and the waiting sucks but it is worth it. I recommend the pineapple fried rice which is fried rice served in half of a pineapple (they took the insides out) and it has seafood in it. The Indian pancake with curry is good too as an appetizer, that's the main reason why I go. The food can be expensive depending on what you buy, the pineapple fried rice is aout 10 or 15 dollars and the indian pancake is 5 dollars.

I eat out alot but right now I ran out of ideas.