From Colombian arepa to Tibetan soups, going around the world is possible in Queens, New York. This borough, the last stop for thousands of immigrants, offers a culinary journey without borders to travelers and residents of the Big apple. Queens, one of the five great neighborhoods of New York, “has the most diverse population in the country, with more than 100 different origins” and as many cuisines, says Robert Sietsema, food critic for the online magazine Eater.com .
Just take the metro line 7, which runs through this largest district of the city, to immerse yourself in a festival of flavors, aromas, textures and exotic products.
Here, in this ”World’s Borough” — one of the nicknames of Queens –, between the East River and Long Island, southeast Asian, Egyptian or Yemeni restaurants coexist with an unmissable Mexican cuisine and Colombian arepas. Not to mention the Spanish paella, the Greek moussaka or the ”entraña”, this tasty meat steak, typical in Uruguay and Argentina.
And despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the list is getting longer. In February, according to Eater.com , four new restaurants will open: one Turkish, one Hong Kong, one Singaporean and one Italian.
In Queens, the culinary landscape is shifting, as is its population of nearly 2.5 million out of nearly nine million in New York City.
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