Missing Central Park in every season already, since I left for the summer this week.
Viewing entries in
New York
My best friend Emma recently moved into her new apartment and is now an expert in all things East Village, so she took us to one of her favorite brunch places: The Smith. (Don't worry they have locations in midtown and the Upper West Side too!) The atmosphere is relaxed and it's lovely to enjoy the fresh air from the big windows as you eat.
For our first room mate brunch of the year, Carolyn and I went to Bubby's, conveniently located not too far from our new apartment. Their iced coffee was one of my favorites I've had so far in New York and I almost finished it before we could place our actual order for food!
Carolyn had granola, yoghurt and fruit.
And I had the biggest and fluffiest pancakes I have ever seen. I'm really not sure how it's humanly possible to finish much more than one of these bad boys!
And a bit of fruit salad for me, to make me feel ever so slightly healthy.
Find them right by the highline and make sure you go for a walk right after, to burn off those pancake calories!
Everytime I try to catch sunset with my friend Kevin, it ends up being a very non-descript, cloudy day with few visible colors resulting on our photos, but this time we got some beautiful purple colors nonetheless that somehow just worked with this Grecian outfit. I love looking out at New York City, there's always so much to see.
Dress J Crew (old) Rings Anna Shoes Zara Headband Zara
Photos by Kevin Wong
As our freshman year draws to an end, Sophie and I have decided to create a compilation of images from my Instagram. We chose images that we thought was the best reflection our time spent here in New York City. From the grueling winter storms to the beautiful 40 minute summer sunsets, I felt that the time I spent in New York City has made me an all rounded photographer.
Some restaurants are simply brilliant in their simplicity, and while I wouldn't go to Entrecote for dinner every day, it always perfectly hits the spot. While I love burgers, I'm a meat lover at the end of the day, so steak and fries will always be my ultimate favorite meal. They don't have a menu, they just ask how you would like your steak filet to be prepared, write it on the table and serve you your salad starter with bread. Two servings of delicious steak filet and perfectly crisp fries are soon to follow, along with their delicious secret green sauce. I'd be lying if I said I don't dream of this place at night sometimes.
Try them out here in NYC, or in Paris, London or Hong Kong!
Bar Pitti is right around the corner from my old dorm. They make incredible Italian food, and while it was still a bit colder, we decided to brave it and sit outside, warming ourselves with pasta and mozarella, while we watched the sun go down.
They write down all the specials in chalk on a huge black board, which you're given to read, as you munch on bread and olive oil.
We started off with a classic: mozarella and tomatoes.
Then followed prosciutto and mozarella sandwiches. (We clearly have a thing for mozarella)
Tagliatelle with cream tomato sauce.
Rigatoni with peas and sausage.
Pasta Vongole.
And of course, tiramisu to finish:
Drop by whenever you're ready, they don't take reservations:
Momofuku is already a pretty cool place to eat, but if you book ahead you can get their fried chicken lunch or dinner, which takes everything to a whole new level, as my room mate Diya can confirm.
We started out with shrimp buns.
And sausage buns.
Then came the chicken with these four sauces: spicy chili, duck sauce, scallion sauce and
With fresh veggies.
And the masterpiece: one southern style buttermilk fried chicken and one spicy Korean fried chicken.
My favorite was the Korean fried chicken, with duck sauce wrapped in a pancake.
And the not so tasty aftermath of our meal:
And for desert salted pretzel truffles, "The Ritz" cookies and soft serve from Momofuku milk bar.
Make sure you reserve in advance, it's pretty popular and now I definitely know why! Find them in East Village:
A few weeks ago Shreya, Helena, Chelsea and I decided to take a break from the city and head up to Dia Beacon in upstate New York. My parents recently went, so I was really excited to see what the fuss was about.
As soon as we got there we were greeted by the incredible blossoms and the nature and art was incredibly peaceful.
My favorites were the Richard Serra pieces that you could walk around in, I was always suprised by the way he shaped his massive sculptures on the inside.
The perfect peaceful day away from New York City!
I've always loved a good bagel and I have one almost every day for breakfast. Usually a cinnamon raisin one, toasted and with melted butter. When my friend Diya told me about Black Seeds I knew this bagel place in Nolita would take it to a whole new level. They make their own bagels in a wood fired oven in the back of their tiny restaurant, and I can safely say I've never had such a good bagel. You choose your type of bagel and one of their fillings. I was feeling adventurous so I got the red beet infused salmon with radices, red beet cream cheese and dill on a poppy seed bagel. Completely sold.
