Macaulay Honors College Seminar 2, IDC 3001H

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Indian Food near Baruch College

Dilpreet Singh

After our discussion about cultural food in class, Raian and I were pretty hungry and decided to get some Indian buffet food. We choose to eat at a buffet because we were basically starving until that moment and wanted to fill ourselves up.  After walking around a few places examining the price, menu and other various factors, we decided to go with Dhaba, a Punjabi Cuisine place that offers both dining, takeout, and delivery. Dhaba is a sort of higher class Indian restaurant that has been recognized for its outstanding Indian cuisine, excellent service, and friendly staff. Additionally, with waiters and chefs from South Asia, it was easy to see that Dhaba tried to portray a more authentic look. In contrast, Raian and I have also gone to places like Haandi, which provide Indian food for a lower price and the waiters and chefs are from a Mexican descent. Additionally, the environment at Dhaba was very different from Haandi. Dhaba was a lot cleaner, customer-friendly, and the food was, in general, more fresh and tasty. On the other hand, Handi was a lot more dirty, noisy and less aesthetically-pleasing. At Haandi, the food was not as authentic in comparison to the food in Dhaba as well. I think the fact that Haandi does not have chefs from India ultimately does hinder it from reaching its full potential. When people typically go to an Indian restaurant, they want a cultural feel in which they eat food that was cooked by someone typically of Indian descent. However, I think at Haandi this criterion is not met and causes it to lose potential customers.

 

Himalayan Heights

Derek Lee and Belinda Wong

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Jackson Heights

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United Sherpa Association Inc.: 40.745176, -73.889880
Himalayan Yak: 40.746558, -73.892723
Spicy Tibet: 40.746842, -73.890170
Diversity Plaza: 40.747192, -73.891897
Travers Park: 40.753393, -73.889215
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United Sherpa Association Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We first visited the United Sherpa Association, a large cultural and religious center in Jackson Heights.

 

41-01 75th St, Queens, NY 11373
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Himalayan Yak
This is a restaurant owned by Kunchok's family. We spent the majority of our visit here. The food was very authentic as well as the ambience.
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Spicy Tibet
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Diversity Plaza
This is where many different ethnic groups and their store fronts converge. A Free Tibet event was also held here.
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Travers Park
The park was largely Tibetan too, as many played basketball at this very popular Jackson Heights Park

Filipinos in Woodside

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Woodside

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Jollibee: 40.745989, -73.901175
St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church: 40.744908, -73.906483
Macro International Cargo: 40.746521, -73.895754
Red Ribbon Bake Shop: 40.745922, -73.898852
Ihawan Restaurant: 40.746168, -73.895486
St. Sebastian Catholic School: 40.745859, -73.906590
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Jollibee

A popular Filipino chain fast food restaurant that opened in 2009 and has an average of over 500 customers per day. Famous for their chickenjoy and fiesta noodles

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St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church

The church of worship for most Filipinos in Woodside. The church also hosts Simbang Gabi, a novena of nine masses at dawn every Christmas, which is an important tradition for Filipino Catholics.

Jollibee, Queens, New York, NY, USA
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Macro International Cargo

We visited Macro International Cargo and interviewed the owner Robert about the Filipino community in Woodside. Robert's store was opened in 1993 and he helped Filipinos transfer money and packages back to the Philippines. He also help Filipinos book plane tickets so that they can travel back to their home country and visit their family

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St. Sebastian Catholic School

Right across from the St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church is the St. Sebastian Roman Catholic School, which is religiously affiliated with the Church. Since most of the Filipino immigrants are Catholic, they would send their children to this school in the neighborhood; the children attend school here from kindergarten through 8th grade. 

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Red Ribbon Bake Shop

A chain Filipino bakery and a favorite local dessert spot famous for its ultimate chocolate cake

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Ihawan Restaurant

A local Filipino restaurant that specializes in Filipino barbecue pork and chicken.

 

In The Heights- Elina and Evan

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Washington Heights

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Gregorio Luperon High School: 40.838284, -73.938553
Lucky 7: 40.844446, -73.938757
La Casa Del Mofongo: 40.850433, -73.933149
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Gregorio Luperon High School

The High School that we visited where we interviewed parent coordinator Ms. Rosa, and she told us all about the Dominican life in Washington Heights.

501 West 165th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
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Lucky 7

Lucky 7 Bar was one of the hot spots that Ms. Rosa told us that Dominicans go for fun.

1447-1455 St Nicholas Ave, New York, NY 10033
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La Casa Del Mofongo

La Casa Del Mofongo was the restaurant referred to us by Ms. Rosa.  Mofongo is a dish with deep-fried plantains and pork or seafood.  

1447 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
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This is the park we visited which was mostly baseball fields showing us how much Dominicans enjoy playing baseball.  

640 West 170th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

Our Adventures in Jamaican Flatbush

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Flatbush

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King\'s Church of Christ: 40.636346, -73.950241
Brooklyn College: 40.632177, -73.949575
YMCA Flatbush: 40.636818, -73.952086
Emmanuel Church of God: 40.638243, -73.953223
Our Lady of Refuge Church: 40.636134, -73.957686
Footprints Cafe: 40.637410, -73.952243
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King's Church of Christ
1371 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA
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Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA
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YMCA Flatbush
1401 flatbush ave
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Emmanuel Church of God
1365 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA
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Our Lady of Refuge Church
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Footprints Cafe
1377 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA

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Richmond Hill

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Maha Lakshmi Mandir: 40.690466, -73.823876
Little Guyana Bake Shop: 40.685732, -73.826584
Spice World INC. : 40.687806, -73.820483
Anita\'s Fashion: 40.687553, -73.820915
Richmond Hill High School : 40.695130, -73.833400
Smokey Park: 40.694859, -73.821473
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Maha Lakshmi Mandir

We visited the Maha Lakshmi Mandir on 121st and 101 avenue. Unfortunately, the mandir was closed and we could not go inside it. The mandir represents the how the Guyanese culture expresses Hinduism in Richmond Hill. 

12115 101st Ave, Jamaica, NY 11419
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Little Guyana Bake Shop

We visited the "Little Guyana Bake Shop" in Richmond Hill that is located on 116-04 Liberty Avenue. The bake shop has a wide variety of both sweets and meals. We tried Doubles, which is a sandwich made with 2 flat breads filled with curry channa. 

116-04 Liberty Avenue, Queens, New York, NY, USA
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Spice World INC.

We visited Spice World Inc., a small grocery store that provides Guyanese, West Indian, Indian and Pakistani food items The grocery store, although small in size, is packed with food items nonetheless. The workers were very nice and showed us around the place and telling us about common Guyanese food items and drinks. 

123-21 Liberty Avenue, Queens, New York, NY, USA
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Anita's Fashion

 

Anita's Fashion was a place filled with Indian suits! Anita herself was very nice and let us tour her store which also included traditional Hindu religious shrines and also jewelry items. The store layout, which can be seen below, was filled with items from the second someone enters the store. 

12317 Liberty Ave, Jamaica, NY 11419
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Richmond Hill High School

Richmond Hill High School is the high school where a majority of students from the Richmond Hill area attend due to it being there "zoned school." Thus, the school has a large population of both Guyanese, Indian and West-Indian students. Unfortunately, the high school was closed because we visited the area on a Saturday.  

Richmond Hill High School, Queens, New York, NY, USA
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Smokey Park

Phil Rizzuto Park, or better known as Smokey Park, is a park in the heart of Richmond Hill. Instead of common sports such as basketball and baseball, kids can be seen playing common West Indian games such as cricket. Additionally, the park serves as a cultural hub where locales can come and greet one another. 

95 Avenue 125th Street, South Richmond Hill, NY 11419

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Manhattan’s Chinatown

Katherine Dorovitsine and Brianna Gelsomini

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Manhattan's Chinatown

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Museum of Chinese in America: 40.719406, -73.998947
Columbus Park: 40.714946, -74.000087
Mahayana Buddhist Temple: 40.716219, -73.995339
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association: 40.716040, -73.998142
Soft Swerve : 40.718175, -73.991195
Chinese American Planning Council : 40.720200, -73.995200
East Broadway Mall: 40.714257, -73.994470
Audrey Bakery and Cafe : 40.714041, -73.997839
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Museum of Chinese in America

We visited the Museum of the Chinese American again after the class took the trip a few weeks ago. It was very interesting to see the way that Chinese immigrants were portrayed in different ways, in an effort to prove their "dangerous" nature. Such photos are seen in the attachments. 

Museum of Chinese in America, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
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Columbus Park

Columbus Park is a short walk from the Canal Street subway station and features many pleasant seating areas. When we visited, we saw a group playing soccer, a few men practicing karate, and many groups of people playing cards and checkers. It was very clear that these games of checkers are an integral part of daily life to those older residents that are retired or do not work during the day. 

Columbus Park, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
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Mahayana Buddhist Temple

The Mahayan Buddhist Temple was one of many religious facilities we saw in Manhattan's Chinatown and housed many sculptures of the religious figure - the Buddha. We noticed that Buddhism seemed to be the predominant religion practiced in the neighborhood, and it was here that we spoke with one of our interviewees about her experiences in Chinatown and her perspective of immigration to America. 

Canal Street New York City, United States of America
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Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association

We visited the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association during our first visit to Chinatown, without really knowing what to expect. When we walked in, we were greeted by a member of the staff there who encouraged us to take pictures of the facility when we explained that we were students learning about the area. As seen in this photograph, there were a variety of Chinese decorations and artwork on the walls, and there was a seating area for patrons waiting to be called in. 

62 Mott Street New York, United States of America
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Soft Swerve

This small soft serve ice cream shop has gained popularity recently, which showed through the long line to be served. They feature ice cream flavors that are different than what you see at a regular ice cream shop, such as Ube and Macha. We decided to visit this Facebook famous destination after seeing great reviews across various social media platforms, and realizing how close it was to the other places we visited. 

85 B Allen Street, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
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Chinese American Planning Council

The Chinese American Planning Council offers a variety of services to Chinese residents in the neighborhood, but unfortunately, we were unable to speak to anyone there because they were closed when we visited on a Saturday. The outside of the building featured many fliers about some of the services being offered such as a Young Adult Internship Program and HIV/STI testing. 

150 Elizabeth Street New York, United States of America
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East Broadway Mall

The East Broadway Mall featured many small businesses within one larger building which Brianna and I actually stumbled upon by accident. The mall is accessible through individual storefronts on the outside of the building, something which we did not expet after entering one of the buildings. 

88 East Broadway New York, United States of America
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Audrey Bakery and Cafe

We ate lunch at Audrey Bakery and Cafe on a Friday afternoon, and were surprised by the price of the food! We each paid less than $5 for a chicken sandwich and bakery treat - a deal you can't find in most bakeries in midtown! The style was self-serve, another characteristic that is uncommon among bakeries in much of Manhattan. 

12 Chatham Square, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

 

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