Last week I went to NYC for the first time... and only had 2.5 days there. This meant cramming in the best of what the city had to offer including, of course, the famous pizza, bagels and cronuts in between all of the city sights. 🗽
This is by no means a "best places to eat in NYC" guide, as I was only there for 2.5 days. That being said, we went to some pretty cool places including some of the most famous ones, so here's my $0.02 (so American - I've always wanted to say that haha).
Dominique Ansel Bakery
The birthplace of the cronut! A doughnut x croissant hybrid, resulting in a beautiful flaky doughnut-shaped pastry filled with ganache. If you want to try one of these babies, you need to get there when the store opens. Luckily for us, we were super jet-lagged and ended up waking up at 5am anyway. Once you get there, there's a list of rules to follow (lol): they're $6, no cutting the line (read: queue) and only two cronuts per person.
There's only one cronut flavour which changes monthly. September's was plum and toasted almond ganache and it was absolutely incredible - buttery, flaky, rich and sweet. We also tried their pain au chocolat which were out of this world ($5.50). If you want to try one but don't want to hop across the pond to get one, the famous New York bakery opened a location in London a couple of years ago. They're very, very sweet so we would only recommend one max per person.
189 Spring St (Soho)
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