It's been a busy month. The weather has been excellent, so tourists are flocking to New York. By tourists, I mean my friends and family :). My dad was here for over a week, my cousin for a few days, Sean came to town for a day, then Nikhil for a week, and finally Garry spent a few days in the city. There's a rumor Aki might be in town this weekend!

All these visitors meant many opportunities to go out and eat great food. I've realized that San Francisco also has great food, but I never took advantage of it (believe me, I will once I move back). It's just that there's more great food in New York, because it's a bigger city. And it's easier to get around in NY. In SF I was less willing to drive and park to leave my neighborhood. Now I can walk or subway anywhere

So I have updated my New York food page with all the new restaurants I have tried, and also added many new places on the to do list. I'm going to organize that page better soon.

Highlights this past month:

Jewel Bako. One of the best sushi restaurants in town, a block from my place. Tried lots of interesting pieces.
Peter Luger's steak. Awesome steak, great sides, and the best whiskey sour I've ever had
Baluchi's (East Village). Terrific Indian food, great service, pretty inexpensive, high quality
Delion Grocery. My favorite deli. Great staff will make you anything you want. Huge menu
Fifty Seven Fifty Seven. Very cool Martini bar in the Four Seasons. Lots of interesting martinis to try. Cool staff

Dessert:
Cafe Zaiya. I recently discovered this place which is about a block from my apartment. It's a little Japanese cafe that has great coffee and great pastries. I just found out it's part of the Beard Papa chain, but they serve much more than just cream puffs. I love this place.
Australian Homemade. Great ice cream and chocolates (eat the ice cream there, take some chocolates to go!)
Dean and Deluca. More great coffee, and good muffins, scones, etc

Luckily I've been hitting the gym a lot to make up for all this great food.