The Crumbs Bake Shop on the Upper West side of Manhattan was a pleasant discovery. I was walking along Broadway near 109th St and suddenly had an urge to eat something sweet. Voila, I hit a jackpot in Crumbs Bake Shop. I tried a Cheese Danish with Almonds toppings ($2.75) and a Dark Chocolate Cup […]
Mithaas located in Pakistani enclave of Ave H and Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn offers delicious Pakistani and Indian sweets and cookies. All for a mere $6 per pound. Pakistani and Indian Sweets for $6 per pound I tried a pound of assorted sweets sporting names like Kalakhand, Green Peda, Chum Chum, Shahi Burfi and […]
Just the other day I was walking down 42nd St, near Grand Central Station, when suddenly the tornado of a sweet craving hit me. As I walked on, my eyes were alert to sweet possibilities. Ice cream, pastries, croissants, muffins, anything with sugar would do. Soon I hit pay dirt in the form of Baked […]
There’s one reason and one reason only to travel to the crowded, dirty Indian market in Jackson Heights (Queens). And that is to gorge on the variety of Indian sweets at Maharaja Sweets on 37th Ave. An Indian vegetarian restaurant plus sweet store, Maharaja Sweets has been one of my favorite sweets destinations for years now. […]
I don’t know about you guys but if I have an Achilles heel in life, it’s for sweets. As far back as I can remember, I’ve had a sweet tooth. Be they Almond Croissants, Cheesecakes, Black Forest Pastry or those yummy Pakistani/Indian sweets, I love ’em all. Age has not diminished my love for sweets. […]
