Not every taxi adventure leads to something delicious. But something delicious is always around the corner in New York.
We were speeding down Park Avenue when the cab driver's voice ripped through the speakers in a reggae lament. The pain in the music was real - and so was the regret in Demba Sacko Dit Dembson Bahama's eyes as he told me about the end of his marriage.
You probably won’t believe me when I tell you that on the night of my first cab ride with a driver from southern China, I just happened to have a Cantonese-speaking friend along for the adventure. But that’s exactly what happened.
If you've ever been in a long distance relationship, this story is for you. I heard it on Valentine's Day in the back seat of a yellow cab going from Tribeca to Union Square
A hassled mom points me to Mediterranean glorious at a neighborhood restaurant in Morningside Heights.
An ex-sushi chef from Bangladesh talks about driving a taxi after 9/11, shares a good Chinese supermarket tip and leads me to lunch at a dying restaurant.
