- Oh wow, that's just heavy!
You can feel all that cheese on there.
This was worth every single minute of the trek to get here.
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Good morning everyone, it's Mark Wiens
with Migrationology.com in New York City.
I'm loving the view of the city this morning.
Today, we're gonna head over to Brooklyn
and on our way first to eat at a famous pizza place.
Today, you could say I'm on a bit of a pizza pilgrimage.
We're on our way to the subway and should be
about a 40 minute ride or so, maybe it will take us
about an hour to get to Brooklyn to the pizza place.
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We're going all the way from 34th street...
Where is that?
Where is 34th street?
Here, Harold Square, all the way over to Brooklyn.
And we're gonna get off on Avenue J.
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That took exactly 40 minutes and according to Google Maps,
it says Di Fara is a one minute walk from here.
I'm getting excited.
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Right now it's right at 11:30 a.m.,
so it's about 30 minutes til they open at noon.
Looks like I'm the first one here today, oh yeah!
I'm in a little bit of a dilemma right now.
I'm not sure whether I should order
the regular pie, which is a circular pizza.
Or the square pie.
People both say that they are amazing.
Some people like the square pie,
some people like the circle, regular pie.
I think I might have to keep it classic with the circle pie.
That's my thought before they open.
Can I get one regular pie?
- [Man] Okay.
- [Mark] With half pepperoni?
- [Man] Of course, what's the name?
- [Mark] Mark.
- [Man] Okay Mark, about 10 minutes.
- [Mark] Thank you very much.
- [Man] Al, half pepperoni, Al!
And she's making us do more work.
Hey Mark!
- [Mark] Thank you.
- [Man] There you go.
- [Mark] Thank you, can we get it in a box?
- [Man] Yeah, if you want.
- [Mark] Yes please.
- [Man] It's 31.
- I think Ying and I will take it to go.
So I put it in a box.
This is fresh out of the oven and I don't wanna...
I do love my chili but I think I'll
put it on the side for now.
Just put a bunch of chili on the side for later.
And they do have a couple of tables and seats inside,
but with a box of pizza this big
there was just no space to sit down.
So I decided to get it to go, but I cannot
walk far to taste it while it's hot and fresh right now.
I have to taste my first piece immediately!
And I would just like to really quickly mention
that Dom DeMarco, who is the pizza legend at Di Fara.
And he is a literally, a pizza hero.
And I saw him on a TV program from Vice TV
at this place making the pizza.
And he looked like he had so much passion
and just an amazing, an amazing man.
He was not making the pizza today when I came.
So I was a little bit disappointed, but that's okay.
I am still very happy it's still within his family.
Okay, let me just open this up.
Oh, that aroma!
And what I loved is that after it came out of the oven
he immediately, whoa that is a heavy box.
He immediately, as it came out of the oven, he took
a handful of basil and he chopped it up using scissors.
So you can smell that aroma of the fresh basil all over it.
I'm gonna start with this piece right here.
Just the regular cheese with lots of basil on it.
And you can see that oil and that oh, it's hot and fresh!
Oh and there's a little corner of pepperoni on here as well.
Oh wow, that's just heavy!
You can feel all that cheese on there.
That is amazing!
That is outstanding!
Okay, this was worth every single minute
of the trek to get here.
Oh, that crust paired with that cheese.
The ratio is beautiful and it just gushes
with that olive oil and you can taste
that fresh basil chopped on there.
And the cheese it's salty but not
too salty, it's perfectly salty.
The tomato sauce is not very tart
it has more of like a sweet tomato-y flavor.
Oh, you can just see that cheese and sauce
oozing out of the crust when I take a bite,
when it condenses in there.
So that cheese is just a perfect
melted-ness mixed with that sauce.
This is a beautiful thing.
Next up, I have to go for the pepperoni.
This place is legendary for a reason.
It's so good!
The combination, the simple combination of ingredients
but just made perfectly and cooked perfectly.
I know one of the things that they really stress
is how it's cooked and the done-ness.
So it is crispy on the bottom but not burnt.
It is just a beautiful golden, lightly blackened,
crispy-ness on the bottom, gooey on the inside
where that sauce meets the cheese.
It's just incredibly good.
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After eating two pieces of pizza, then we ended up walking
over to the nearest park to sit down
and to enjoy the rest of the pizza.
And so we made it to the park and immediately as you open
the cover of that box you can smell that basil.
That basil makes all the difference.
Okay, I'm gonna go for this piece over here.
This is mostly a cheese piece just
with a few cut-outs of pepperoni.
Okay, and it's not so hot anymore
but I think it's still gonna be amazing.
Yeah, that is just a brilliant combination of flavors.
A brilliant pizza.
It was definitely better when I had that very first piece.
Right out of the oven when the cheese was sloppy.
I'm gonna go ahead and dip in that chili.
Or maybe I'll unfold and just sort of go down.
Oh, yeah.
Alright.
I think I would have to say that I enjoyed
the regular pizza, no pepperoni, just the pizza
with cheese and the basil on it the most.
That was the best.
Just that basil, just increased the flavor.
And that olive oil, it was fantastic.
And although I didn't have a chance
to see Mr. Dom, the legend, making the pizza
I still could feel the passion
and the love of pizza at Di Fara.
Walking through the neighborhood,
it's a really nice neighborhood here in Brooklyn.
And I just looked up the directions, we are on our way
over to a different subway station
called Flatbush, next to Brooklyn college.
And we're gonna take that a little bit north
and head next to eat some Caribbean food.
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So we're heading just a couple stations
from Flatbush to President Station.
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This restaurant is called Gloria's.
And they serve Caribbean food.
And I think, this is Brooklyn,
but I think this area is called Crown Heights.
And as soon as I entered the door you could just
smell the aroma of the spices in here.
And they do have a few tables within this little restaurant,
it's a small restaurant but it has some nice high tables.
And so we sat in the corner here.
And I got the large portion and it's huge!
That is heavy!
And I got the chicken curry.
Oh, that steam!
That steam was ridiculous, it smells so good!
It came with rice and peas, and this is a side of pumpkin.
And I'm not sure, I think she gave me
some kind of a vegetable which was called like
cam-boo-la or something like that,
I can't even remember the name but that's what I tried.
And then Ying got the fish curry.
Oh Ying, that looks awesome.
A whole fish steak and that curry smells incredible.
And then some kind of, maybe collard greens
and mixed vegetables.
Grab my fork, ah I cannot wait it smells so good!
Okay I gotta begin with this chicken curry.
Oh and let me mix it with some of that.
That chicken curry...
It's so hot and fresh.
And the spice blend is superb.
You can taste, I think, some cumin in there.
And maybe some garlic and ginger.
And then that vegetable that's like a...
It's some kind of puréed vegetable.
I don't know what that vegetable is but it's awesome!
It sort of has a little bit of a spinach-y...
That sort of slimy, spinach-y texture to it.
But at the same time it's puréed.
It has a little bit of a sour taste to it.
And that is amazing, that vegetable is awesome.
And then with that red rice on the bottom.
And then mixed in with the spices
from the chicken curry, wow!
That is absolutely a sensational mixture of food.
Okay now let me try for some of that pumpkin.
Whoa, mmm-hmm.
It's so nice and sweet and then balanced by being salty.
It's a creamy purée as well and you can taste a little bit
of those pumpkin fibers in there as well, it's wonderful.
And then it's lightly spiced, maybe I can taste a little bit
of the pepper in there or maybe that's
coming from the curry that's mixed in.
I'm very happy with this meal in front of me.
This chicken curry is just absolutely awesome.
And I love how it's all mixed together
within this tray as well, you get little bites of...
Well you get rice, then you get bites of that curry
with all those spices, then you get that creamy vegetable,
and then the sweetness from the pumpkin.
It all just works together.
I'm gonna get everything in one bite.
Yeah.
Let me taste the fish curry.
Oh, that's very firm.
Look at all that spice!
Maybe it's king fish?
And then that beautiful blend of spices again.
You can taste the tomato, it's a little bit spicy.
And that blend of dry spices in there
just is fantastically delicious, so much flavor.
I'm so full right now that was so hardy and so flavorful.
And the combination, actually I really liked it.
'Cause the chicken curry is full of spice and turmeric.
And I loved it with that pumpkin because you get that sweet
touch mixed in by that naturally sweetness.
You've got that creamy vegetable
and then all on a bed of rice.
Awesome place, the owners are very friendly.
And she told me that the restaurant
serves mainly Trinidad style food.
It's worth making the trip out here
to Crown Heights Brooklyn for some delicious Caribbean food.
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Just 30 minutes ago we were in
what felt like almost the Caribbean.
Eating delicious Trinidad food.
And now back into the middle of Manhattan.
Actually I'm still kind of full from lunch,
so I think I'm gonna end the vlog
for today right here, and call it a day.
But again, I just wanna emphasize the reason why
I love New York City so much and why it's such
an amazing city is because of the diversity,
it's such an incredible melting pot.
Alright, that's it for today's vlog
see you on the next video, thank you again for watching.