Food around the world

In the last week, we've been eating out a lot, and it feels as though we are traveling the world with food. Can we really do this only in America? Maybe Jules Verne did around the world in 80 days, we do it in a week of restaurants without traveling far from home. Saturday was Barbuto in NYC which is northern Italian style (and highly unique in everything), Sunday night was Chinese New Year at Chengdu 1 in Cedar Grove (always authentic Sezchuan food, full of Chinese eating holiday special foods including dumplings), Tuesday was Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday at Hat City Kitchen in Orange for Cajun food and zydeco music, and tonight was Eagan's for Buffalo Wings. I'm exhausted just thinking about traveling to those places for real. This weekend will be New England sea food for a change of pace. But in New England for real. Looking forward to a change of scenery as we tour colleges and scout restaurants to visit should S. attend a school nearby.