New York New York

jegga

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Apparently he always said he hated Billy Joel and would never have any ( music of his ) in his restaurant, the piano man then apparently took a photo and emailed it to him saying "Look, you've got some Billy Joel in your restaurant" ( those blokes are clearly too old for Twitter )
 
So anyone who doesn't love BJ is a tool, yes.
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Billy Joel? Ffs, a restaurant can only have so much cheese in it.

SammyC

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Cheers will make an effort to watch it, has he ever made it down our way?</blockquote>
 
Nope, his episode in Sydney is the closest he's been

canefan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="578563" data-time="1462862379">
Cheers will make an effort to watch it, has he ever made it down our way?</blockquote>look up no reservations New Zealand on you tube to see his near death experience and his kiwi Bach bbq with Al Brown. The Sydney episode with Matt Moran is also excellent

MN5

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Nope, his episode in Sydney is the closest he's been
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My ex and I used to enjoy the cooking channel and in terms of "celebrity" chefs good old Ramsey always had it over all the others. I haven't seen much of Bourdain but that Billy Joel stuff did irk me and made him seem like a bit of a cock but I certainly wouldn't tell him to fuck off if he turned up at my doorstep with heaps of ingredients and some nice bottles of red.

Tim

Man I fucking hate Billy Joel's music.

SammyC

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look up no reservations New Zealand on you tube to see his near death experience and his kiwi Bach bbq with Al Brown. The Sydney episode with Matt Moran is also excellent</blockquote>
 
I stand corrected

SammyC

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My ex and I used to enjoy the cooking channel and in terms of "celebrity" chefs good old Ramsey always had it over all the others. I haven't seen much of Bourdain but that Billy Joel stuff did irk me and made him seem like a bit of a cock but I certainly wouldn't tell him to fuck off if he turned up at my doorstep with heaps of ingredients and some nice bottles of red.</blockquote>
 
Yeah the Mrs. is a huge foodie, so we often have the food channel on by default. 
Bourdain isn't the most versitile chef around. I'd say his shows are more travel shows than cooking shows.

canefan

Also look up bourdain French laundry. He goes out to napa for a 50 course extravaganza including an individualised dessert featuring coffee and cigarettes. But the El Bulli one with Ferran Adria might be my all time favourite

canefan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="SammyC" data-cid="578570" data-time="1462863107">Yeah the Mrs. is a huge foodie, so we often have the food channel on by default. 
Bourdain isn't the most versitile chef around. I'd say his shows are more travel shows than cooking shows.</blockquote>You are right. He admits he was a line cook who wrote a book that turned out to be his lucky ticket out. It's more about eating than cooking and his later shows are definitely more sophisticated and more about travel than food

MN5

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Man I fucking hate Billy Joel's music.
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Is that even possible ?
 
Actually, I hate Elton John.
 
As you were, each to their own.

Virgil

Awesome place, loved every minute we were there.
 
Things you MUST do.
 
Head up the Empire State Building (obvious to do)
 
Take a carriage ride around Central Park (do they still do that?) We had your typical Italian/New Yorker telling us who lived where. Fucken loved it.
 
Visit Macy's.
 
Jump into a NY Cab and tell him your in hurry to where ever you need to go, ours was fucken nuts. Im not sure how he didnt run over a dozen people.
 
Take a Helicopter ride over Manhattan.
 
Catch a show on Broadway on a Saturday night, then walk out via Times Square, close your eyes and you will think you have walked into CSI NY or any other Cop show set in NY.
 
Just soak it in, realize your in the Greatest city on Earth.

taniwharugby

if its a surprise trip to NY with your wife, will she let you out of the bedroom 
 
Get your nerd on
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.popspotsnyc.com/iconic_new_york_city_film_locations/'>http://www.popspotsnyc.com/iconic_new_york_city_film_locations/</a>

hydro11

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Awesome place, loved every minute we were there.
 
Things you MUST do.
 
Head up the Empire State Building (obvious to do)
 
Take a carriage ride around Central Park (do they still do that?) We had your typical Italian/New Yorker telling us who lived where. Fucken loved it.
 
Visit Macy's.
 
Jump into a NY Cab and tell him your in hurry to where ever you need to go, ours was fucken nuts. Im not sure how he didnt run over a dozen people.
 
Take a Helicopter ride over Manhattan.
 
Catch a show on Broadway on a Saturday night, then walk out via Times Square, close your eyes and you will think you have walked into CSI NY or any other Cop show set in NY.
 
Just soak it in, realize your in the Greatest city on Earth.
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Only thing I would change is to skip The Empire State Building. Hit up the <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g60763-d587661-Reviews-Top_of_the_Rock_Observation_Deck-New_York_City_New_York.html'>Top of the Rock </a>instead. If you go up the ESB obviously you don't get a view of the ESB which is impressive to see from that height.

hydro11

The ferry to the Statue of Liberty is also considered overrated. Seeing the statue close up apparently isn't any more impressive than seeing it from the water.

Virgil

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="578594" data-time="1462866984">Only thing I would change is to skip The Empire State Building. Hit up the <a class="bbc_url" href="https://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Attraction_Review-g60763-d587661-Reviews-Top_of_the_Rock_Observation_Deck-New_York_City_New_York.html">Top of the Rock </a>instead. If you go up the ESB obviously you don't get a view of the ESB which is impressive to see from that height.</blockquote>
 
For sure, plenty of other great views to be had of the ESB tho <img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160510/04e874563f4c415666350c9618bd5caf.jpg" alt="04e874563f4c415666350c9618bd5caf.jpg"> <img src="http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160510/234f575bb26b4678be72e698e43ca036.jpg" alt="234f575bb26b4678be72e698e43ca036.jpg">

canefan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="hydro11" data-cid="578597" data-time="1462867214">The ferry to the Statue of Liberty is also considered overrated. Seeing the statue close up apparently isn't any more impressive than seeing it from the water.</blockquote>We heard that and took a circle cruise that went down the river around the statue and back. The Staten Island ferry is even cheaper

MajorRage

Whatever you do, don't do the staten island ferry (free). A guy I worked with told me it was a great free way to get a close up view of the statue. Which is true, but it's also a long time wasted spent on a really shitty ferry with a bunch of trashy people and absolute trash.
 
I hit him up when I returned, and he laughed, saying he couldn't believe I did that.

Tim

If you want a day trip, Dia:Beacon is a nice, short journey alongside the Hudson river.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/beacon'>http://www.diaart.org/sites/main/beacon</a>

Bones

Don't get sucked into doing the shitty virtual sky tour thing, think it's in the empire state building.

TeWaio

As others have said, deffo do Top of the Rock vs Empire State for view/crowd purposes. 
Good shoes are a must as you'll walk miles, which is part of the fun. Avoid the subway, terrible compared to other cities.
 
Hit up Corner Bistro, best burger I have ever tasted.
 
Do the absurdly overpriced horse and carriage around Central Park. So cliche but so awesome. 
Do a big loop boatride down the hudson, up the east river to central park, then back down and out to the state of liberty. 
There is a cool place you can rent kayaks on the Hudson basically across from where you're staying, where you can paddle out into the river and get greats views back to Manhatten. Also a cool driving range on a dock with a huge netting cage which is fun.

The Silver Fern

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