Yet another NYC trip part 1: a pleasant surprise in Queens

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Yet another NYC trip. Part 2

Sunday we put ourselves in the hands of a foodie friend , @DaveCook. Every time we get together with Dave, we wind up stuffed to the gills. Coincidence? Gluttony? Correlation? Causation? I leave it for you to decide. We went to a royal robing ceremony at a gorgeous Thai temple. We got won ton noodle soup, rice dough peanut and pork dumplings, chicken larb, 2 kinds of som tum, one the spiciest I have had in decades and the other said “hold my beer!”. Obviously I survived. Next up, Philippine S…

Yet another NYC trip part 3

We were moving slow this morning, so we only had time for a plate of steamed rice rolls on our way to lunch. Joe’s Steamed Rice Noodles in Landmark Quest Mall was our choice and the food came in 5 minutes. I needed a plum drink as my blood sugar was a little low. Since I almost never drink sweetened beverages, the lightly sweetened drink was a treat! The rice rolls were superb. Shrimp, dried shrimp, bean sprout, cilantro and corriander was our choice. The portion was huge and we ate it before sn…