For those with an adventurous palate, New York is the ultimate edible playground. Between the city’s creative top chefs and our vibrant ethnic enclaves, there’s plenty of unusual fare to challenge and delight your tastebuds. Here’s a look at ten places—some restaurants, others markets or grocers—where you can satisfy your urge for exotic eats.
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NYC's Ten Best Places To Buy, Eat Exotic Foods
PETA Protests Restaurants Serving Live Octopus
Tonight PETA plans to protest some of the restaurants they've called out for serving live animals (HuffPo has a pretty intense video slideshow).
Earlier this month they wrote letters to various District Attorneys concerning the restaurants in their jurisdictions which were plating animals with pulses—some of which were well documented by the Gastronauts club (maybe next time the creatures will steal their cameras!).
PETA Pissed At Restaurants Serving Live Octopus
PETA is now focusing their gaze on the city's octopus community... which some find quite delicious! The organization's David Perle tells us they're addressing disturbing practices they've found in Manhattan and Queens restaurants, and aim to stop the "chopping up or slowly steaming live octopuses and serving them while they're still conscious."
Seoul Food and Drink at Flushing's Sik-gaek
Initial reports of Sik-gaek, a Korean restaurant in Flushing's Murray Hill, implied that it’s a buffet-style barbecue spot. After walking from the 7 train to the corner of 149 Pl. and Roosevelt Ave., an entirely different kind of restaurant was encountered.
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