New York Culinary Dictionary

To try the cuisine of New York, you might need a few words that are common to use when ordering in New York restaurants and diners.

Knowing a few New York words

A la mode – with ice cream
Appetizer – titbit
Bagel – the best-known New York snack. A toasted ring shaped bread roll
BBQ spare ribs – grilled spare ribs
Beer on tap – draft beer
BLT – sandwich with bacon, lettuce, tomato
Broiled – grilled
Brownie – chocolate cake
Ceaser salad – New York’s most eaten salad, with anchovies, olives, lemon, garlic and croutons
Clam chowder – cream soup containing clams
Club sandwich – 3 sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomato and chicken
Corn-on-the-cob – corncob
Cream of Chicken soup – chicken soup with cream
Diet coke – coca light
Egg cream – drink with milk, chocolate, vanilla syrup and mineral water
Eggs over easy – eggs fried on both sides
Eggs sunny side up – eggs fried on one side
Entree – starter
Hash browns – potato pancakes
Hero – sandwich
Home fries – potatoes in the oven
Lox – salmon
MSG – sodium glutamate
Produce – vegetables
Pop – soft drinks
Root beer – carbonated, sweetened beverage
Scrambled eggs – stirred eggs
Soda – drinks like coke, fanta, sprite
Sub – sandwich
Taste booster – flavor enhancer
Wine by the glass – one glass of wine