7/8-7/12, 2019 | NYC World Tour

In this week of camp:

We roamed all over New York City, sampling cuisines from around the world: Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the USA. We tried totally new foods, and also stopped for familiar goodies like ice cream, pastries and other treats. We met people from around the world, walked a LOT, and had lots of fun.

Want to check out this year’s schedule? Go here.

DAY 1: USA

We visited the Union Square Greenmarket, Chelsea Market and Gansevoort Market. We tasted farmers market goodies and ate burgers, roasted nuts and other American and NYC classics.

We Visited the Union Square Greenmarket!

Red snap peas

Romanesco - an example of fractals!

Turnips

Green Gooseberries

Red Gooseberries

Chowing Down on Cherry Tomatoes

Sugar Snap Peas

Munching on Sugar Snap Peas

Hangin' at the Market

Making Friends over Kimchi

Roasted Nuts - an NYC Classic!

Penn Station, NYC

Heading to Chelsea Market

Tasting Oysters at Chelsea Market

All-American Burger Lunch

My Burger Lunch

A Women's Soccer Fan!

Heading Home!

DAY 2: Asia

We visited Chinatown, then we tracked down Vietnamese bahn mi sandwiches, Sri Lankan snacks and a Filipino dessert!

We Started Asia Day in Chinatown

…where we tasted lots of new things!

Hello Chinatown, Hello Fruit Stand!

This fruit stand was the first thing to greet us when we got off the subway in Chinatown. And we found some great stuff to taste!

Jackfruit, Lychee and Rambutan

We found some treasures to taste from the fruit stand.

Rambutan on the Inside

This is the juicy-sweet inside of this this strange-looking fruit.

Time for a Fruit Tasting

We found a place in a park where we could all sit together on benches to taste the jackfruit, lychee and rambutan.

Biting the Rambutan

First you bite the skin off..

Biting the Skin Off the Rambutan

Then You Get to the Fruit

The sweet prize on the inside

Getting to the Fruit

Sprinkler Park!

We ran through the sprinkler park to wash off the sticky fruit and cool down. Fun!

Nom Wah Tea Parlor

Opened in 1920 (100 years ago!), Nom Wah is the oldest dim sum restaurant in NYC. But alas, on this particular day they were not up for having a group of summer campers as guests, so this is as far as we got…

Chicken Feet!!

…But we got some chicken feet and pork buns to go!

Time to Taste the Chicken Feet!

This has become something of an Adventure Kitchen camp tradition! We’ve had chicken feet every year so far.

Tasting Chicken Feet

Everyone tasted them, and we all agreed they’re sweet, tangy and tasty! But the zillions of tiny bones make them very challenging to eat.

Friends on the Platform

Sri Lankan Food at Sigiri

We headed to the East Village for Sri Lankan snacks at Sigiri

Sri Lankan Snack

Subway Fun

Grill 21 for Filipino Dessert

Ready for Dessert!

You Betcha

Halo Halo

Layered frozen dessert

So Tasty!

DAY 3: Europe

We ate a Georgian lunch and a French dessert made by a Bangladeshi crepe vendor! We also did some sightseeing and ended the day at Eataly, the midtown Italian megashop.

A Puppy to See Us Off!

Walking in Midtown

See the Empire State Building up ahead!

Lunch at Old Tblisi Garden

Georgian restaurant near Washington Square Park

Taking a Break After Crepes

Flatiron Building!

Near Eataly, where we ended the day

A Little Sidewalk Math

We stumbled onto this mathematical puzzle on the sidewalk. Can you solve it? We did!

DAY 4: THE (Non-USA) AMERICAS

Since we started the week with the USA, we spent this day in the rest of the Americas, sampling Caribbean and Latin foods. (And we stumbled onto some other surprises as well.)

We Started with Mexican Paletas

On the High Line

Our Feet on the High Line

Another Adventure Kitchen tradition - our feet on the streets! (or train platform, or park, or dock, or what have you)

Mexican Paletas

African Art on the High Line

Symbolizes powerful womanhood

Walking on the High Line

Taking a Break

Hanging Out Above the Streets

Mural on the High Line

A diverse group of Lady Liberties say, “I lift my lamp above the golden door…”

"Time to Organize"

More art on the High Line

Walking on the High Line

Jamaican Lunch

at Miss Lily’s on West Houston St.

Super Tasty Food

But First, a Picture!

We Stumbled Onto this Place...

Fun French Fries with Goopey Toppings

Happy (Sticky) Campers

A Statue Honoring Soldiers in the First World War

A Friendly Policeman on Horseback

DAY 5: AFRICA

We met Chef Pierre Thiam at his restaurant Teranga in Harlem! And on our way, we took the ferry across the Hudson, visited the Irish Hunger Memorial, and checked out the African art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We Met Chef Pierre Thiam!

The highlight of our day was Teranga, the pan-African restaurant of Senegalese chef Pierre Thiam in Harlem. Here is Chef Thiam is posing with us in front of one of the murals in the restaurant.

But We Started the Day in Lower Manhattan

We took the ferry across the Hudson River

The Irish Hunger Memorial

We stumbled onto this memorial downtown, so made an unplanned stop. Our immigrant heritage was front and center during our week of eating around the world in NYC! We talked about a time when the Irish were the newest group to arrive. Just like the immigrants of today, they fled here because of terrible circumstances in their home country.

Walking the Memorial

The Oculus at the World Trade Center

Heading Uptown...

...to the Metropolitan Museum of Art!

African Art at the Met

This was another spur-of-the-moment decision. We had a bit of time before we needed to be at the restaurant, so we stopped at the Met to check out their African art on our way uptown.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Throwing Coins in the Fountain

At the Met

Sculpture Courtyard at the Met

Outside the Met

... and finally, Teranga!

Teranga

Chef Thiam’s restaurant is in the new African Center in Harlem, right at the north-east corner of Central Park. It’s got a very comfortable vibe, designed to feel like a part of the neighborhood (even though it’s in a future museum!).