Eats in The East

This spring break became a week of firsts. From my first Philly cheesesteak to my first Indian chicken over rice, my foodie heart traveled through the northeast eating everything along the way. 

Thursday 3/16 (DC)

Philly Cheesesteak 

Starting the trip I ate at a food-truck in the Smithsonian district. If you’ve been to the Smithsonian, then you would know there are food trucks everywhere with a lot of food options, but decided to settle with a Philly cheesesteak, and it was pretty good. I will say though I didn’t like the cheese wiz on top but it’s part of the experience. One thing I also didn’t like about the truck is they purposely covered the prices of the food items so I kind of went in ordering blind. I bought a Philly cheesesteak sandwich and two drinks which was $17. My boyfriend who bought a Philly cheese Steak and bacon cheese fries had the same total of $17. Now, maybe I’m crazy but it’s just a little weird that both of our prices were exactly $17. But other than the weird price thing it was a good first meal!

Friday 3/17 (Alexandria, Virginia)

La Madeleine

For dinner on Friday, we stopped by La Madeleine in Alexandria, Virginia which is one of the oldest cities in America. I got a simple Caesar salad. The reason they were my favorite for the day was actually not the food but the atmosphere. La Madeleine was a cute corner store shop, and all of the workers were amazing despite my group being so large.

*I traveled from DC to NYC Saturday, so it was mostly gas station food*

Sunday 3/19 (NYC)

Margaritaville

I’d never heard of Margaritaville but I’m glad that I now have. It’s a nice restaurant with a beach theme that actually isn’t too tacky. Because we were such a large group, we could only order from 5 options, so I had to get a cheeseburger and fries. But they still made this classic meal taste really good. I do hope to go back one day and try something new on the mean though. 

Monday 3/20 (NYC)

King Tut Halal Food Truck

This place actually caught me by surprise but I’m glad I came across it. This nontraditional food truck has the doors of it open to where you can see everything the chef is doing. There was one man working and he was phenomenal. He got four orders at one point and didn’t write them down or anything, just continued to cook and remembered them all to a tee. I got chicken over regular rice with no salad and added white sauce for $10 and it was amazing! I would for sure recommend this if you are ever in New York looking for a good food truck.

From Washington D.C. (DC) to New York City (NYC), I tried a lot of food. Some of it was a hit and some of it was a miss but all of it was worth writing about.