After visiting Jackson Heights, I was able to visit many places that I ended up liking. The first item I ate was the Carrot Halwa. This dessert is an unusual Indian dessert. Its made with grated carrots, whole mike, dried fruit, and nuts, and it has delicious light fudgey texture.

The next item i was able to eat was the boondi laddu. Laddus are ball- shipped sweets popular in the Indian Svon. These are made of Flour, minced dough and sugar with other ingredients. They are often served at festive or religious occasions.

Finally, I was able to try the gulab jamun. It is a milk-solids- based sweet mithai, popular in countries of South Asia and found in such as Indian cuisine.

I was able to try this type of food for the first time after visiting Jackson Heights. It is made up of ground maize dough or cooked flour prominent into cuisine of Colombia and Venezuela. It is eaten daily and is served with various condiments such as avocado, and cheese. They are usually split and make them into sandwiches. The one I had, I didn’t expect to like it. They were sweet but also salty. And this wasn’t a taste I’ve ever tasted before. It reminded me of a Salvadorian dish names pupusas. It kind of has the same consistently because they are both a form of tortillas.

I was able to visit a small shop named Douhgology, which is Located in Lynbrook, LI. When you think of this place it’s nothing like Dunkin Donuts. You are able to create your own doughnut right in front of you. Doughology opened in early January of 2016, by couple Chris and Jackie Stiansen. I was able to speak with Jackie herself, of how her and her husband came up with the idea of this store. Jackie told me that her reasoning behind her wanting to open up a store was because she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. This was an eye opener for her, which made her want to change her life around. Her husband Chris, who is a retired New York City police officer supported his wife’s idea.

Each of the doughnuts are made from a Belshaw Dount Robot, which is  contraction that plops out rounds of vanilla and chocolate dough into hot oil, lifts them onto a conveyor belt. flips them to finish cooking and then deposits them on a rack to cool. They are then able to be dipped in a glaze and moved down the doughnut bar, where the customer can choose from 21 toppings.

I was able to try two doughnuts. One being the S’mores and the other vanilla frosting with rainbow sprinkles. Both of the doughnuts were vanilla. The S’mores doughnut had a marshmallow topping and a chocolate fudge drizzle. It was topped off with graham cracker crumbs and more marshmallows to follow. The texture of this doughnut was freshly made because of the warmth it left in your mouth after you took a bite. It was very fulfilling, and reminded you of being around a camp fire. The vanilla frosting with rainbow sprinkles reminded me of a traditional ice cream cone. The vanilla icing was smoothly drizzled on top of the doughnut. And there is never enough rainbow sprinkles to top something. Both of these doughnuts were out of the ordinary for me to try. But it left my appetite satisfied.

Just recently I made a year of becoming a pescetarian, which means I only eat fish. It was not the best transition because I loved to eat chicken, but I chose another form of life and what I ate. I was able to try Pad Thai for the first time just a couple of days ago. I went to a little Chinese & Japanese restaurant, named Niji. Its located in Mineola, LI. Learning about the different options you have to eat have been very tricky. But being able to actually try them has out weighed that. Pad Thai wasn’t a usual meal I would eat when I ate meat and recently became a pescetarian. But my friend open my taste buds to this meal. The taste at first was different because the ingredients used were normal in my diet. But after having two more bites, I couldn’t put my chop sticks down.