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On the way to the airport
Here are my tips for how to survive a trip to or from NYC's LaGuardia airport, always a daunting experience. You will notice the piece is on Mark Bittman's new New York Times food blog, which you should be reading anyway. Don't forget these words of mine:
Just think how much you are saving: what’s really scarce in life is your time and the mere willingness to get up and go. Just do it.
Elsewhere in the world of food blogging, there is a new blog on the economics of food and wine.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on March 19, 2008 at 12:57 PM in Travels | Permalink
Comments
Can you expand on this for me:
...and the juicy steamed pork buns, which are actually the famous Shanghai dumplings with liquid inside;...
Perhaps I'm mis-reading what you wrote, but are you saying that the steamed pork buns _are_ Shanghai soup dumplings? These seem to be very different dishes.
Posted by: josh at Mar 19, 2008 1:56:01 PM
Last Friday I went to the Delta/Northwest terminal at LaGuardia to pick up my stepdaughter and her friend. When I arrived about 10pm the last departing flights of the day were just leaving, but there were still several arrivals on the way and the terminal was by no means deserted, if not quite crowded. I had to wait for about 90 minutes because their flight was delayed. The "amenities" in the terminal consisted of a newsstand, which was closed; a Starbucks, which was in the process of closing; and several vending machines, all of which were broken. Because the Starbucks was in the process of closing the only thing they had left was ordinary ("cafe Americano") coffee. I made the mistake of getting some. It would have made a dandy substitute for varnish remover.
It probably would have been more pleasant to spend the time waiting in Port Moresby International Airport in Papua New Guinea.
Posted by: Peter at Mar 19, 2008 2:02:39 PM
josh:
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Posted by: q at Mar 19, 2008 2:40:51 PM
Eating spicy exotic foods just before boarding an airplane? Get up and go, indeed.
Posted by: WLM at Mar 19, 2008 5:06:11 PM
Between the Queens neighborhoods of Flushing, Jackson Heights, Woodside, and Astoria, you've got some of the best food in the world a short cab ride from LaGuardia.
My own personal favorite is Astoria's Kabab Cafe (somewhat misnamed, as it is neither a cafe nor a kabab place).
A Chowhound.com favorite, Kabab Cafe also has the benefit of being right off the Mighty M-60 bus that runs between LGA, Harlem, and Columbia University. Get off at Steinway Street and walk 1/2 block south.
Chef Ali cooks some great Egyptian related food. It's small and personal and sometimes cramped (no reservations, either). With drinks, dinner runs about $40/person. 25-12 Steinway St. Astoria, Queens. Closed Mondays.
Posted by: Peter Moskos at Mar 19, 2008 6:10:54 PM
Sripraphai, in the Woodside area of Queens, is generally considered to have the best Thai food in NYC. NY Times Review of Sripraphai
Posted by: No One at Mar 19, 2008 7:31:18 PM
Sripraphai may have the best Thai food in America! I love that place. They keep getting bigger, but the food stays great. 64-13 39th Ave. Closed Wednesday.
And, to keep things on subject, just a 10-15 min walk under the 7 tracks to or from 75th St and the Q33 to LGA (and Q47 to the Marine Terminal).
Posted by: Peter Moskos at Mar 20, 2008 2:51:21 AM
