Lahleka e-NYC ngamanzi okugeza aseTurkey, izidlo zaseNdiya, nemizimba yomzimba yaseChina.
Ngesikhathi mina namanye amantombazane uLost Girls sasihamba emhlabeni eminyakeni engamashumi amabili singena lutho ngaphandle kwepakethe emhlane wethu, ngathandana nomgwaqo ovulekile futhi ngiphambene nokuphila impilo yokuphila ngokungapheli. Cishe eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva nabantwana ababili emanzini, iqiniso liwukuthi nginamathuba amaningi okunamathela ezindaweni zase-US noma ngikhetha ukuhlala. Ukuhlala eduze kwaseNew York City kungenza ngizizwe sengathi ngihambela amanye amazwe engiwathandayo (afaka phakathi iTurkey, i-India ne-China) ngaphandle kokuthi aphephe indiza.
Nazi ezintathu zamatshe eziyimfihlo ku-Big Apple ezisiza ukwanelisa i-wandander yami ngenkathi ngiseduze nekhaya.
Hlala
Ukwakhiwa kwe-chic-kodwa-ethokomele eMarmara Park Avenue esanda kuvuleka, ephakathi nendawo inamarabula amaningi ezimhlophe. Lesi sici sinikeza umuzwa ocacile waseTurkey kimi, nakuba ingilazi ekhandla ngesandla kanye nensimbi enezinsimbi emagcekeni kanye nezinye izinto ezibonakalayo zitholakala ngaphakathi kwamagceke amahlanu.
Kodwa ngabuyiselwa emuva eTurkey ngenkathi ngivakashele isikhungo sabo sezempilo esisekhaya nakwezinye ezimbalwa zezintambo zangempela edolobheni. Uchwepheshe we-Savas wakhulela waya kulezi zitshalo zokugeza zaseTurkey, futhi uchwepheza ngokucophelela futhi uhlanza isikhumba sakho ngenkathi ubeka ilitshe elishisayo lama-marble eTurkey ekamelweni le-steam ukusiza inqubo yokuxoshwa. Qinisekisa ukuthi ulethe suit yakho yokugeza ngoba ukwelashwa kuhilela ukuthulula amabhakede amanzi ashisayo kanye namasongo phezu kwakho kusukela enhlokweni kuya enzwaneni. I-Savas ithi esinye sezizathu ozizwa uzihle kakhulu emva kokwelashwa kwendabuko yendlala ukuthi ukushisa kusiza ukuhlanza umzimba wakho we-toxin.
Ukuhlangenwe nakho konke kwangenza ngathi ngizizwe ngikhathele, futhi sengathi ngangiphindiselwa emuva eTurkey.
Yidla
Lapho e-India ngithola ukunambitheka kwesidla somgwaqo esimnandi esibizwa ngokuthi i-bhel (ngokuvamile eyenziwa ngelayisi ekhukhumezekile, i-veggies, ne-tamarind sauce). I-New York City ayinakho ukutholakala kokudla kwamaNdiya, kodwa okungcono kakhulu engikudlile kuze kube manje kuthiwa u-Utsav, igama elithi Sanskrit elisho 'umkhosi,' ku-Theater District.
Nakuba ngabe sekudlule iminyaka eminingi, yakamuva ithole ukubukeka okubuyekeziwe, imenyu, nehlu lwewayini. Kungaba nzima ukuthola-itholakala esibhakabhakeni ehlangene nezakhiwo ezimbili zaseMidtown ku-1185 Sixth Avenue, kodwa ukungena empeleni ku-46th Street phakathi kwezingxenye eziyisithupha nesithupha-kodwa kufanelekile ukucinga ukudla kwayo okusha nokusha ( fresh akuyona izwi engingayisebenzisa ngokujwayelekile ukuchaza izindawo zokudlela zase-Indian eNew York!).
Umculi waseNdiya owaziwa kakhulu u-Hari Nayak unikeza izitsha ezijwayelekile zaseNdiya into ethakazelisayo, njengokungeza ummbila, imango, namanqamu ku-bhel yendabuko; i-edamame ku-samosa; noma i-quinoa ukuze i-aloo tikki. Uma uthanda kuyiphunga, zama i-Chilli Cornish Hen (ine-chipotle!) Noma i-Chettinaad yenkukhu. Geza phansi nge-cocktail yokudala njenge-Bengal Tiger (eyenziwe nge-brandy, i-rum emnyama, i-sec, i-ananas kanye ne-cardamom ukunciphisa nge-club soda). Imenyu ikhanya kakhulu ekudleni, kodwa kunezinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngeviki i-buffet yezinsuku eziyisikhombisa nge-$ 20.95, kanye nama-hora ajabule nge-$ 10 yokudla kwe-Indian bar (cabanga: I-Bollywood inkukhu tacos).
Nethezeka
Esinye sezizinto ezangimangaza lapho ngivakashele iChina kwakuwukuthi ukuzithokozisa okuvamile nokusebenza komzimba kubonakala sengathi kuyingxenye yesiko lokuhlala kahle (ngokuphambene nomkhuba waseMelika wokulinda uze ugule noma ulimale ukuvakashela ochwepheshe ukwelashwa).
Ngakho ngiye ngivakashela i-Organic Mama Spa iminyaka ngemuva kokubuya ohambweni lwami. Kuyinto encane yezempilo esincane ehlelwe ngemigomo ye-Feng Shui engqondweni (amakamelo ekwelashwa ngamunye anikezwe isici esinjengezinkuni, insimbi, amanzi, umhlaba, noma umlilo) futhi etholakala e-Allen Street e-Lower East Side. Kodwa kufana nokuphumula okuphumuzayo phakathi kwedolobha elizungezile, linikeza umzimba womzimba usebenzisa amasu omdabu waseMelika waseMedic kanye ne-skincare eyenziwe ngezithako eziphilayo nezomuthi. Izintengo zabo zithengeka kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa namanye ama-spas edolobheni (ungathola imizuzu engu-60 ukusikhipha ama-dollar angu-70 kodwa unikeza izaphulelo ezijulile uma uthenga amaphakheji).