Midtown Global Market

I went to the Midtown Global Market today for the first time in my life with three others and a camera, working on a video to be featured on an upcoming Advisory show. The camera was a pass for free food from restaurants that were more than happy to have publicity. Grass Roots Gourmet gave us samples of Gouda Cheese and some kind of beefy goodness that you would expect to eat in Spain. Grand Italian Ice gave us Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla custard along with Margarita, Orange and Lemon Italian Ice. I'm no foodie, but it was freaking delicious! Then we went to Safari Express, an East African restaurant that specializes in camel burgers. Although originally I was a little timid to try a camel burger, the first bite led me to realize that this lean meat was actually better than regular beefy burgers. Last and in this case least, we went to Salty Tart. Yes, Salty Tart is a bakery run by an award winning pastry chef and the chocolate chip cookie, and key lime and fig milk bread tarts made us salivate like dogs, but the rudeness of the employees totally turned me off. When we first arrived to the bakery, the man who appeared to be something like a shift-supervisor grumbled, "This better not take a long time, I have a lot of things to do. Anyway, weren't you supposed to be here earlier?". Umm... no, I had called and talked to the owner Michelle Gayer earlier in the week and sent her an email in which she complied to the 3 p.m. meeting time. It was not until I threatened that we could find another restaurant to feature that he finally gave us our sweets (although he yelled at us to sample them away from the restaurant). However, in all, the Midtown Global Market is a great place to go and have good time. You can experience new cultures, choose from a market of food options and find a new quirky outfit that most likely none of your friends will have. I went there to inform people about its greatness, and came back more convinced myself.