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Obviously part of the whole experience of going way is sampling the local 'cuisine'. Now my recent trip to the States to watch a couple of baseball games could hardly be called an epicurean's delight, but that was almost part of the appeal. Snobs out there might remark that I did eat 'a load of crap' on my trip, and I'd agree it wouldn't be my choice for a long term diet.

So this is what I ate:

Saturday

• Poppy seed bagel with lox and cream cheese from Ess-a-Bagel in NYC. This was bit of a disappointment as I forgot to ask for tomatoes and scallions. The bagel in it's own right was pretty good.


• 1/2 Pound 'The Works' Burger and fries from Fuddruckers. Fuddruckers bills itself as the 'World's Greatest Hamburgers', and to be fair the burger I had was mighty fine. 'The Works' bit means it come with bacon, cheese and mushrooms, what I particularly liked was the fact that they have a 'toppings bar' where you can add your own tomato, lettuce, pickle, onions, peppers etc. etc. The fries were of the chunky variety and were pretty good.


• Barbecue Pork sandwich from Boog's BBQ at Oriole Park. This was a bit on the cold side, but was still tasty.


• A 'Super Dog'. This really hit the spot after a couple of beers at the baseball. Probably not as good as the 'dogs at Dodger stadium, but better than those at Shea stadium.

Sunday

• Bacon, Egg and Cheese muffin type thing from Five Guys at Reagan National Airport. Five Guys do good burgers and I didn't fancy a monster sized pastry thing from Cinnebon, so I plumped for the Five Guys version of an Bacon and Egg McMuffin. It was O.K. but on reflection I should've probably gone for a burger.

• Strawberries and Blueberries -- I decided I needed some fruit. The strawberries tasted a bit weird almost as if they were fermenting. I put it down to the 'atmosphere' there packed in.

• A couple of Kosher Hotdogs at Yankee Stadium. Pretty damn tasty for a humble hotdog.

• A knish. This is a sort of Jewish/Eastern European potatoey dumpling/pie type thing. It was not as bad as my description suggests!

• A Chicken Burrito with a side order of Tortilla Chips and Guacamole from Chipotle. There's a bit of Mexican food snobbery when it comes to the virtues of Chipotle. People in the U.S. deride it as not being an authentic Taqueria or they complain that they use 'cilantro lime rice' in their burritos etc. etc. It may not be 'authentic', but I don't think that's what it sets out to be. Regardless, the food was good, plentiful and pretty cheap -- and a damn sight better than you can get in the U.K. I'm sure.

Monday

• All I had to eat before my flight was a banana and a monster sized Blueberry Muffin from Starbucks.

I can't be bothered to talk about the food I ate on the flights I took. Needless to say it was pretty generic stuff and just seemed very 'cheap'.