New York is the most famous city in the USA. It is known of its moniments and also of its diversity. There are about 8 million inhabitants who came to live there from all over the world. This is the city which never sleepes. This is also a place of fashion, entertainment and food. Americans and only them like going out. They also love eating in restaurants. New York is city of their dream as there is over 25 thousands restaurants. This unimaginable number holds restaurants which serves all types of food. You will find there cousine from every place in a world. Moreover, even if you go out for dinner every day for fifty years, I can assure you that you will never come back to the same restaurant.
You can try a great pasta and lasagne in Little Italy which is the Italian part of the city. If you prefer something with rice you should visit Chinatown where you will find the best Chinese and Japanese cousine. If you prefer traditional polish cousine you should go to the Greenpoint.
Of course if you are hungry you don't need to go to the restaurant. There are many fast - food restaurants like Wendy's, McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, etc., where you can buy cheap food. It is prepared very quckly but unfortunately it is not very healthy. You can buy there sandwiches, burgers, donuts, bagels, hot dogs, coffee, sodas, shakes, etc.
If you decide to go to the restaurant you can be sure that after one meal you will be full. Usually, as soon as you sit down at your table you will be given a menu, later the waiter will bring you some water and he will take an order. Very often coffee and tea are for free, too. You will be given an appetizer, which is usually a salad. Then you will be given the main course and dessert. There are always special courses for children which are smaller and cheaper.
Don't worry about the prices, they vary in accordance to the restaurant. There are restaurants were you the dinner will cost you from 5$ to 10$. This are cheap but good restaurants, much better than fast foods and the prices are very similar. Of course you may choose better restaurant where you will have to pay from 20$ to 60$. These restaurants are on a high level and they have got good chefs, mostly.
After the meal it comes to the recit and the tip. In USA the culture of tipping is very high. It is customary to tip waiters. The most average tip is about 15% of the total cost of your meal but you can always give as much money as you think the service was. Just don't forget that waiters are very bad paid and the most of money they earn are the tips.
If you are planning to eat something remember that the time of eating differs a little bit from europenian. Americans have their breakfast between 7 and 11 o'clock. This is a time when restaurants serve just light food like egs, sandwiches and coffee or tea. The lunch time is between 11:30 am and 2:30 pm. Lunches are something like very small dinners. The main dinners are served from 5:30 pm till 11:00 pm. then you can have everything you want from the dinner menu.
It is very hard to say what is the worth trying. American cousine is not very good. They like fried food which is greasy. They like all kind of dressings with mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup. I bet you have tried hot dogs, burgers, Coleslav salad. If you want to try something really good you should visit restaurants from different countries. The best way is to eat in different place each time. Then, when you come and visit New York one more time you will visit your favourite restaurant.
