Indian Food, Bollywood ndi People-Kuwonera pa Agenda
Bwalo lalikulu la Queens limadziwika chifukwa cha mafuko ake amitundu. Kawirikawiri zimawoneka kuti gulu lirilonse lochokera ku Queens lili ndi nthumwi imodzi pamodzi. Koma gawo laling'ono la India kugawo la Queens la Jackson Heights ndi losiyana.
Msewu wa makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu anai pakati pa Roosevelt Avenue ndi 37th Avenue ndi malo omwe ali pafupi ndi mtima wa South Asia.
Amwenye, Bangladeshi, ndi Pakistani amatcha malo awa ndikubwera kukagula ndi kudya. Ndi malo a zakudya zabwino kwambiri za Indian ku New York City; Zodzikongoletsera zaku South Asia, zovala ndi nyimbo; Mafilimu a Bollywood; ndi kuwonerera kokalamba anthu. Uwu ndi malo oyandikana nawo oyendayenda ndikuzitengera.
Momwe Mungapezere Kumeneko
Malo oyandikana nawo amapezeka mosavuta ndi sitima yapansi panthaka (V, R, G, E, F, 7) kudzera pa siteshoni ya Roosevelt Avenue. E ndi F ndi ma sitima - maimidwe atatu okha kuchokera ku Midtown Manhattan - koma mzere wa 7 uli ndi nthawi yochuluka kwambiri.
Galimoto si njira yabwino yophwanya misewu yambiri ya Jackson Heights. Ngati mumakakamiza kuyendetsa galimoto, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ndi Northern Boulevard ndi njira zakufupi. Pewani kuyendayenda (aka "kukakamira") pa Roosevelt Avenue ponseponse, ndipo yesetsani 37th Avenue kuti mupange magalimoto.
The Jackson Diner
The Jackson Diner wakhala New Institution Institute.
Koma musalole dzina lanu kutipuseni. Malo ogulitsira anapeza dzina lake lopanda ulemu kuchokera kumalo ake omwe kale anali ndi supuni ya greasy yoyandikana nayo. Mwachidziwikire kuti pakalipano paliponse madziwa sanawononge zakudya.
Malo odyerawa amatumikira zakudya zakumpoto za kumpoto - ma curries ndi tandooris - omwe akudzaza koma osawala, osasunthika m'nyanja ya ghee, batala wonyezimira womwe uli pansi pa chakudya chachikulu cha Indian.
Sakanizani menyu mosamala. Pali zokondweretsa zochepa zomwe zimawoneka bwino - monga mpiru wobiriwira.
The Jackson Diner amangolandira ndalama, choncho bwerani.
Bollywood
Jackson Heights ndi malo oyandikana ndi mafilimu ndi nyimbo. Bollywood ndi dzina la mafakitale a mafilimu a Indian ndi maina ambiri omwe amapanga chaka chilichonse. Ndiyo mafakitale achiwiri ojambula zithunzi padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo mafilimu ake a masala amakhala ndi nyimbo zambiri ndi kuvina.
Yambani bwino mwawona filimuyo ku Palace Theatre pa msewu wa 37. Kale malo a buluu, kunja kwa nyumbayi kumabisa malo okongola omwe amaonera mafilimu a Bollywood . Chophimba chachikulu ndi malo abwino kwambiri owonera kuyimba, kuyimba, kupambana-pamwamba-sewero la masalas a ku Hindi.
Ngati mawonetsero sakuyenda pakapita kanthawi, pitani pafupi ndi malo ogulitsira malonda a Melody Stop, kumene kugunda kumapitirira pavidiyo, DVD, ndi CD. Musalole kuti malo ogulitsidwa, ogulitsa kwambiri amakulepheretseni kuti muchezere. Nyimboyi ndi zokoma ndipo mitengo ndi yokoma.
Kuti mupeze maulendo osangalatsa kwambiri, kuzungulira ngodya ku 74th Street ndikukwera pamtanda kupita ku Supermarket ya Raaga ndi kusankha kwake kwakukulu ndi mipata yambiri.
Kuwonjezera pa maudindo a mafilimu, yang'anani kusankha kwake "Bhangra," nyimbo ya pop-Indian yomwe imayimba nyimbo ya hip-hop mu nyimbo za Chipunjabi. Paulendo wanu kupita ku sitolo, mutamva kale nyimbo zaposachedwa zikudutsa konkire kuchokera ku magalimoto oyendetsa msewu wa 74th Street.
Zogula
Kubwereranso masitolo ochepa ku Butala Emporium, malo abwino kuti mupeze mphatso ya ku India. Inde, Ganesha, Durga, Shiva ndi milungu ina ilipo mawonekedwe osindikizidwa ndi mafano, pamodzi ndi zonunkhira, zovala, timapepala ndi zopereka zachipembedzo pa mitengo yabwino. Pa ngodya, pali malo abwino omwe amapezeka ndi South Africa mlungu uliwonse komanso mwezi ndi zina zomwe zasindikizidwa - ngakhale zolemba zamatsenga zamatsenga a Hindu pamodzi ndi masewera a sopha. Pambuyo pake, makomawa ali ndi malemba a Chingerezi pa kufufuza kwa dziko la South Asia.
Pansi, pezani zinyumba zamatabwa zojambulidwa pamtengo wabwino. Palinso zipangizo zamwenye zapamwamba, monga tabla drum, dholak, sitar, ndi harmonium. Butala ndi malo omwe mungathe kutenga kotala kapena madola chikwi ndikuchoka ndi chuma.
Pendekani pansi pa 74th Street ndi masitolo ena, ndikuyang'anitsitsa. Pafupi ndi malo ena onse am'mbuyo ndi malo ogulitsira zodzikongoletsera komwe golide wa karate 22 umakhalapo. Mosiyana ndi 14k, golide wolemera kwambiri ndi wolemera, pafupifupi mtundu wofiira womwe umakhala chifukwa cha kusowa kwake kwa kuwala kwake, kokongola kwake, kosalala, komwe kumathandiza kuti zikhale zosavuta kwambiri, zozizwitsa. Zodzikongoletsera za Sona za ku London ndi Sona Chandi ndizofanana ndi masitolo ang'onoang'ono.
Ngati mutenga zodzikongoletsera, muyenera kutulutsa zonse. Pali salons ambiri okongola, monga Gulzar Beauty Salon, omwe amajambula zojambulajambula za henna, otchedwa mehndi, ndi kuchotsa tsitsi ndi (ndikuganiza kuti palibe zopweteka), osati sera yoopsa ndi mzere. Kodi mungaleke kuvala sari kuti mupite ndi golide ndi henna? Zimatengera kukhala osasunthika. Santi yosungirako zenera pazitolo zapamwamba monga Neena Sari Palace kapena ISP (Indian Sari Palace).