Where the Kao roams in NYC: This socalfoodie in NYC

What's a blog by me without some discussion of food?
Especially since, officially, as of today, my former food blog, socalfoodies dot com was officially shut down. :(

After experiencing some rather exorbitant grocery store prices (who pays over 5 bucks for a box of cereal!?!), I've come to realize that it may actually be more economical to eat out, depending on where you go and what early bird specials you hit up.

Maoz Vegetarian - for about 8 bucks you get a falafel sandwich, fries, and a drink, and all you can stuff salad toppings! Sure, the falafel is just average and a bit dry, but the salad "toppings" are pretty good, and we snuck some extra salad toppings in the little sauce containers (beets, chick peas, and olives shown here).

Also managed to find an early bird prix fixe meal that included salad, pasta, and ice cream for only $11.95 at a diner, and aside from the ice cream, it was pretty good! Better than I expected.

I somehow expected all restaurants to be priced outrageously, but so far, at least in Morningside Heights, I've been able to have $3 pints of beer, $10 specialty cocktails, and pasta dishes for under $20. Not too shabby. Seems to be more efficient to eat out anyway... whether to get food "to go" OR "to stay" (as they say).