(This is just a manually categorized grouping of thing I want to do at places I want to visit, so I can't vouch for these things. Follow some of my other lists instead!)
91 1st Ave (btwn 5th and 6th St.), Nova Iorque, NY
Mercearia · East Village · 32 dicas e avaliações
Tim Vetter: Ask at the counter for Sweet Paan, a betel leaf wrapped around spices & candies, which you wad in your cheek like a tobacco plug. Get the guy to show you how to insert it.
113 Mott St (btwn Hester & Canal St.), Nova Iorque, NY
Sanduicheria · Chinatown · 38 dicas e avaliações
Tim Vetter: If you are one of the weirdo elite lovers of the durian fruit, don't miss your chance to order a freaking DURIAN SMOOTHIE here. If you don't know durian, DON'T GET THIS; you have been warned.
185 Avenue C (btw 11th & 12th St), Nova Iorque, NY
Restaurante Cubano · Alphabet City · 65 dicas e avaliações
Jorge Ortiz: Named after the three milks it's soaked in (evaporated milk, condensed milk, cream), the "tres leches" sponge cake here is better than any I've had in NYC and as good as most I've had in Latin America