i heart cake

When you mention New York City, a few things automatically pop up in your head:

1. Yellow taxi’s
2. Central Park
3. Hot dogs

When we initially planned our holiday to NYC, i imagined myself eating hot dogs every day. As bad as they are (and sometimes gross, but you don’t really want to think about whats actually in them), i do love a good hot dog, especially if the bun is super soft. Thankfully for us, our first food stop in NYC was Gray’s Papaya Hotdogs. Opened in 1972, Gray’s Papaya is well renowned for their inexpensive, high quality hot dogs and is open 24 hours a day. If only we had them here in Sydney it would be the perfect stop after a late night out (not that i really have those anymore)

Once you step into America, it is clear by the signs you see that the GFC has really affected businesses everywhere. Everywhere we went we noticed ‘GFC Specials’ and Gray’s Papaya were obviously one of those businesses who were feeling the pinch. For $4.45 USD, you got yourself 2 hotdogs and a drink. The hot dogs are on the small side, so polishing off both of them wasn’t a problem and for my drink, i opted for the Papaya shake, seeing that that’s what it’s famous for. The papaya drink was very freshing on the hot and humid day we were experiencing.

So it may not have been the greatest hot dog you have ever eaten, but for the price you pay it was definitely was value for money.

Gray’s Papaya

The Midtown branch at the corner of Eighth Ave. and 37th St.

Tags: NYC

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