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Manhattan Street and To-Go Eats

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ThrouIMG_1467ghout the semester, I’ve been traveling to the different boroughs of New York City and trying many different foods on the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn. My first trip I went to a street fair near Grand Central Station and tried various ethnic foods such as German sausage, Greek Grape leaf wraps, a chicken kebab, and French crepe. It was very interesting to try many different foods from all over the world in such a small setting,

On my second trip into the city I went to Central Park and decided to go to a very well know street food cart just outside of the park
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IMG_1463When I was in California I ate a lot of Acai bowls. When coming to the New York I didn’t expect to find any because I figured it was more a West Coast thing. However, through a friend I ended up finding one. On my trip into the city I went to Juice Generation, a healthy to-go juice bar and smoothie bowl joint and had a peanut butter Acai Bowl. Acai is a superfood and smoothie bowls are extremely healthy and a very fulfilling meal.

 

 

PierSide Peel & Eat

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During my fall break I took a trip to the sunshine state of Florida. While in florida my vacation consisted of relaxing on the beach and eating. On my third day of vacation I left Miami and went to visit some of my family who lived in Fort Meyers on the gulf side of florida. When i met up with my family we went to Fort Meyers beach and ate lunch at the PierSide grill & Blowfish Bar which was right on the sand of the beach.

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Since I was in the Gulf Coast I felt that I had to have a meal that is soured locally and something that is a part of the culture in that area. I decided to go with peel and eat shrimp. I chose the peel and eat because I really love shrimp and some of the best shrimp in the world is from the gulf. The Shrimp that I got was fresh gulf shrimp sourced locally, lightly seasoned and you could either get it served hot or iced, I decided to go with iced. Locally sourced simply means that the food is from that are or region. It is important to eat locally sourced food because it supports the regions industry an businesses.

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When the shrimp came out it was perfect and the view made it that much better. I really only enjoy fresh seafood and you could tell that the shrimp was very fresh. I had a great time enjoying the amazing food, being outside in the warm weather, and hanging out with family on the beach. Florida is an amazing place with great food and I know that next time I go back I will get some more peel and eat as well as other foods unique to that area.