Fino and I, along with our kids and my cousins' two daughters, ate our way through New York City one afternoon last weekend.

It started with Deli Manjoo, dubbed "Chinese Twinkees" by the kids, in Chinatown. We bought a box of 24 treats and had to buy a second box because the kids devoured the first. The cakes were warm, sweet and creamy in the middle and were ooh so delicious.

We watched the labor-intensive process of making the deli manjoo, a corn-shaped cake that tastes nothing like corn.

We then walked around Chinatown to work off the 'Twinkees' before finding a place to have dim sum, one of our favorite meals in the city. The kids enjoy dim sum because they like watching the carts of food rolling around the dining room and making their own choices. Zongzi (a rice dumpling wrapped in banana leaves) is a favorite and one we can't seem to replicate at home.

We were more than full after lunch but that didn't stop us from walking over to Little Italy for some gelati.

While at Ferrara's Cafe for the frozen treat, I had to get a block of soft Torrone (an Italian nougat candy made with almonds and honey) to take home. I simply couldn't resist my childhood favorite.

We wanted to make some other stops in the city but the kids were tired so we headed back my cousin's house just outside the city.

On our way through Grand Central Station, G. had to check out the ceiling again to see her favorite Pegasus constellation.

And after today's story about childhood obesity, I feel it necessary to say that the kids spent the rest of the weekend being their typically active selves. They jumped on a trampoline for hours, went hiking and just generally ran around everywhere with their cousins. I think they easily exercised their way through all the food they ate in NYC.

I on the other hand need to spend some extra time at the gym this weekend...

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