Coffee, Bagels, Doughnuts .. an American Breakfast in NYC

While in search of a great cuppa coffee, some fresh bagels and sweet breakfast treats, there's one place that won't leave you the least bit disappointed - New York City!

Pop's Coffee Shop
4429A Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11355
Neighborhoods: Flushing, NY
A great-tasting coffee shop that's really a diner - a true, surviving American icon in the neighborhood


Letys Bakery
7707 37th Ave
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Neighborhood: Jackson Heights, NY
A local bakery that offers universal confectionery treats paired with a great cup of coffee


Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Shop
35-05 Broadway
Astoria, NY 11106
Neighborhood: Astoria, NY
Perfectly crafted, super-sized bagels with a wide selection of cream cheese to go along --- there's no stale, cardboard taste here but only the real New York Bagel experience.


Baruir's
4007 Queens Blvd
Sunnyside, NY 11104
Neighborhood: Sunnyside, NY
Solid yet inexpensive coffee. Additionally, the ice-cubes made from coffee floating in your cold coffee are a streak of pure genius - no need to drink diluted coffee again!


Alpha Donuts
45-1 Queens Blvd
Sunnyside, NY 11104
Neighborhood: Sunnyside, NY
A search for the best French crullers in the city will certainly get you here! Besides serving other Boston cream, Chocolate glazed doughnut varieties, this retro diner setup also offers a terrific home style breakfast.

Flavorful Indian cuisine in New York

A narrowed down assortment of what I feel may be just some of the best NYC places to load up on the authentic flavors of Indian cooking. Easy on the wallet too!

Mumbai Xpress
25605 Hillside Ave
Floral Park, NY 11004
Neighborhood: Bellerose, NY
This place doesn't shy away from trying to recreate Bombay street food and manages to whip up 'almost-alike' versions of the original Franki, Pav bhaji, Spring Rolls and Wada Pav :)

Tandoori Hut
119-04 94th Ave
Richmond Hill, NY 11418
Neighborhood: Richmond Hill, NY
There is nothing even remotely 'mild spicy' about this no-nonsense Punjabi eatery!

Southern Spice
143-06 45th Ave
Flushing, NY 11355
Neighborhood: Flushing, NY
For the lovers of fish curries and tangy tamarind/tomato based rasams from the South Indian states.

Sagar Sweet Restaurant
16825A Hillside Ave
Jamaica, NY 11432
Neighborhood: Jamaica, NY
Head to this Bengali cuisine house if your taste buds are craving an ultimate chicken biryani and kebabs

Ganesha Temple Canteen
45-57 Bowne St
Flushing, NY 11355
Neighborhoods: Flushing, Murray Hill
The food is a delight to a fan of the coconutty, rice-based, vegetarian South-Indian cuisine. The seating is public high school cafeteria like and the prices are extremely affordable.

Thakali Kitchen

74-14 37th Ave
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Neighborhood: Jackson Heights, NY
For the delicate but delectable flavors of Himalayan/Nepalese momos, aloo chilly and pork thukpa. Don't forget to sip on some salty butter tea!

Enjoy the flavor eruption :)

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I have heard about almost all of these, could be affordable too esp in low season :

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This one is in the Maldives and is super expensive I think, Kalpi/Sid went here:

Alila Villa Hadahaa:

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Again Maldives, Dee went here:

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The world's best Chocolate Chip cookies

Can you really beat the plain chocolate chip cookie? Or perhaps, the same cookie loaded with a double dose of chocolate chunks and nuts. Or maybe dunked in a glass of cold milk.

Probably not :))

Nestle Toll House cookies has been handing out the recipe for the 'best tasting chocolate chip cookies' for over half a century now. And we do know that thousands of moms across America have been baking this recipe in their kitchens and feeding their kids, what to each of them tastes like the 'world's best chocolate chip cookies ever'.

And really, this famous classic American cookie is a treat no matter what the age or occasion!

I haven't tried the Nestle Toll House recipe yet, but not so long ago I tried making a couple of batches of chocolate chips/walnut cookies for Christmas. Did I, in my maiden attempt, succeed in turning a bowl of uncooked batter into a sweet goodness of chunks that just melted in the mouth?

Honestly, I didn't even get close.

They were sweet but overcooked, crunchy but insanely tough, and I think one batch just tasted (and even looked) like sweetened mud cakes! I remember trying to serve them in a pretty looking glass bowl to everyone who visited my home during the holiday season and it wasn't long before their polite "No thank you" turned into a glaring "What will you take to keep those mud sliders away from us?" I am sincerely sorry to have subjected my poor friends and loyal tasters to such ruthless, stomach-wrenching rounds of tasting.

Oh well, someday I still aspire to be the mom who makes the world's best chocolate chip cookies :))

But until then I have decided to explore the territories of other, better-experienced and well-known bakers. In short, I will just be visiting some popular bakeries around to sample some delicious molten goodness of chocolate and flour :))

Levain Bakery Manhattan, NY

"a monster-sized disk of gooey chocolate with a cake-like chewy texture"

Almondine Brooklyn, NY

"Fabulously chewy, moderately gooey, and absolutely delicious"

Jacques Torres Chocolate Manhattan, NY

"chocolatey, with plenty of chips"

And some more

Try these out, and remember to have your glass of creamy, ice cold milk ready!