Our Hotel in New York City was The Hilton in the Fashion District. I was trying to be closer to the port than times square because little did we realize when Victoria picked this cruise. Sunday, November 6th our boarding day was also the NYC marathon.
So you are probably wondering what exactly that means. One it meant the hotel rooms were almost double in price and less to choose from. Second on Sunday itself a lot of road closures. This actually worked in our favour. Many people went underground to the subway so our Uber had no traffic really to deal with.
So Friday night we did not go out. Instead, we ordered a late meal. We checked out Sticky's finger joint. The food was not bad. We now travel with reusable bamboo utensils as with Uber eats it is a hit or a miss. We needed them.
Saturday morning we started our day off running. Well rather walking. We did the underground donut tour. 4 stops, 6 different donuts, 2 full, and 4 halves. Started in Manhattan and finished in Chelsea. About 2.5 km in total and a good pace for us. Also, it was a small group. Victoria and I are with another couple. Our tour guide Missy was amazing.
Our first donut stop was Eataly. The Second was Dough Handmade Artisanal Donuts. The third stop was Mah Ze Dah. The last stop was the donut project.
The first stop was a full donut. I can not remember the name but a custard cream in the. middle and very yummy.
Second stop two donuts. Same dough two different icings. Half donuts. One was dark chocolate. The second was passion fruit. The third was another donut with a cream filling and a donut hole. The last stop was once again two donut halves. These represented NYC. The first was a cream cheese drizzle with everything bagel seasoning. The second was a Bronx donut with an olive oil-based drizzle with peppercorn.
I liked all of them but the last. Victoria didn't enjoy the Dough donuts or the peppercorn.
This underground donut tour is available in many cities. We would definitely do it again in another city. We also learned the history of many of the areas/streets/buildings we passed which was also a nice touch. It also slows the walking pace speed down. On another note, we did not eat everything it is too much but they do provide take-out containers.
We did uber back to the hotel to not have to carry everything around all day. Also so we would not get lost on our way back to the hotel.
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