kr00t0n vs New York

krooton · 13 Apr 2012 at 08:51

6 days in New York, and I decided to chronicle my eats

Five Guys (West Village) - Burger place, best burgers I have ever had:

Ruthys Bakery (Chelsea Market) - Deli with a delicious variety of goodies. Steak sandwich and cajun chicken panini pictured.

Shake Shack (Just off Central Park) - Very good burgers, but not worth the 30+ minute queue imo.

Lombardis Pizza (East Village) - NOM NOM NOM!

Magnolia Bakery (West Village) - Luckily it was around the corner, so we could avoid queues. World class cakes, Red Velvet cake and Cinnamon muffin pictured.

Philip Marie (West Village) - Great place for brunch, good value portions. Lumberjack breakfast pictured, 3 eggs, 2 sausages, 2 buttermilk pancakes, streaky bacon, bread and griddle potatoes.

White Horse (New Jersey) - Really nice place with really nice food. Calamari starter and Ribeye pictured.

Such a great holiday, and in spite of doing a massive amount of walking, I still put on 5lbs.

krooton · 18 Apr 2012 at 10:19

oli collett said:
To be fair, London isn't far behind. Pretty much parallel price wise.

Please tell me where I can find a burger as good as Five Guys for £3 in London.

krooton · 18 Apr 2012 at 10:20

Freefaller said:
To be fair you'd get bored of it after a while. London is pretty good, from fine cuisine to **** fast food. It's got the lot.

Doesn't have as many independent or small chains as New York though.

Just Pret, Eat, Cafe Rouge, etc, ad nauseam.

krooton · 18 Apr 2012 at 21:11

oli collett said:
It's £3? Including sales tax? That's pretty nuts. I figured it'd be more like £5-6.

The single burger (171g, 480cal) is $5.54 (£3.45), the double bacon cheeseburger (317g, 920cal) I had is $9.35 (£5.83).

krooton · 19 Apr 2012 at 09:42

D.P. said:
Those prices are Excluding fries and drink I think?

I live 2 miles away from a 5 guys

I care not for such things when the burger itself is so good. Would rather just have 2 burgers

krooton · 19 Apr 2012 at 11:28

ColdAsIce said:
Pizza looks good maybe needed a little more cheese though?

My half had extra mozzarella, though there were 2 other cheeses I also could have added.

krooton · 19 Oct 2012 at 16:06

I really want a Five Guys Burger

krooton · 19 Oct 2012 at 16:47

My old manager told me about Lombardis, the rest were all recommendations by my gf's brother-in-law who was living over there.

krooton · 20 Oct 2012 at 08:54

fixed the pics