It's a fact of life: if you live in Manhattan, chances are you either have no kitchen, have a very small kitchen or quite possibly you have a bathtub IN your kitchen. But the city more than makes up for its lack of residential cooking square footage by giving you everything you could ever hope to cook just outside of your front door.
One of the best ways to approach dining out in Manhattan is to think of something that you could never dream of preparing for yourself; something that would surely leave your kitchen in too big of a mess or take too much time to prepare. Chances are there is a restaurant specializing in that. A sorted look by cuisine type on any of the popular restaurant sites is a great way to get a feel for some new or unusual exotic tastes: from A (Afghan) to V (Vietnamese).
Perhaps one of the most satisfying ways to cure your hunger in the Big Apple is to follow your nose. It is common to find restaurants in clusters and near public transportation stops. Close your eyes and you can hitch a ride on the aroma of street vendors selling roasted nuts, the garlic bouquet of a nearby Italian hideaway, or maybe the essence of fresh baked bread lulls you down the to a quaint neighborhood bakery.
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