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is said to have origin ated to
serve musicians leaving jazz
clubs in the wee hours.
Asian Food
Chinese restaurants and
dim sum parlors have long
been found throughout the
city, but lately they have been
challenged by the arrival
of many excellent Thai and
Vietnamese restaurants. All
Fast food cart on a Manhattan street corner, selling hot dogs and sodas these, however, take second
place to the multiplying sushi
markets where farmers from Soul Food bars and high-profile, highly
upstate New York sell freshly praised Japanese eateries.
picked fruits and vegetables, as Harlem is America’s most
well as meat, poultry, and dairy famous African-American DELICATESSEN
products. Dozens of chefs community, and restaurants CLASSICS
patronize the greenmarkets, so here are the place to sample
you’ll find ultra-fresh local specialties from the Deep Babkas Slightly sweet, yeasted
produce on many menus in South, such as fried chicken, coffee cakes.
the city. As many as 70 vendors ribs, collard greens, yams, and Blintzes Crêpes filled with
attend the biggest of the cornbread. A popular Har lem sweetened soft white cheese
markets in Union Square on dish, fried chicken and waffles, and/or fruit and sautéd.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Chopped liver Chicken livers
and Saturday (see p125).
mashed with minced onion,
hard-cooked eggs and schmaltz
Street Food (chicken fat).
Pickled Street food is a favorite choice Gefilte fish Minced white fish
herrings in a fast-moving city. Hot dogs dumplings poached in fish broth.
and over sized soft pretzels A holiday dish.
are classic New York choices, Knishes Soft dough shells filled
along with some surprisingly with oniony mashed potatoes.
good food-cart specialties, Latkes Grated potato, onion,
from falafel to soup to and matzo-meal pancakes.
barbecue to Texas chili, all Rugelach Rich, cream-cheese-
ready to eat on the run. In dough pastries filled with jam,
winter, vendors all over town An Asian produce store in chopped nuts, and raisins.
offer hot roasted chestnuts. New York’s Chinatown

New York-style pizza Thin- New York strip steak Typically New York cheesecake This
crusted, a true New York served with creamed spinach, is a dense, rich, baked cake
pizza must be baked in a fries, or hash-browns, this with a crust of pastry or
coal-fired oven. tender steak is hard to beat. graham crackers.

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