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(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!)
Grocery Store · East Village · 32 tips and reviews
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.), New York, NY
Sandwich Spot · Chinatown · 38 tips and reviews
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.
Cuban Restaurant · Alphabet City · 65 tips and reviews
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