New York 1st December 2015

Today we went through to Harlem we were going to Sylvia's Soul food restaurant. We caught the tube and to be fair we didn't stray from the main thoroughfare we went to Martin Luther King Avenue it's fair to say Harlem is the poorer part of town. The restaurant was lovely inside adorned with pictures of celebrities over the years, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Sylvester Stallone and many more, it had a lovely cosy feel to it. The waiter was lovely and couldn't do enough for us. They bring you a plate of hot biscuits to us scones, they were delicious. I had grilled breast chicken in herbs with sides of garlic mash and candied yams, they were so tasty. Arthur had fried chicken and waffles, absolutely beautiful. This is by far the best food we've had since we've been here. Well worth a visit. Prices were good too. After that we went to the Natural History Museum where they filmed Night at the Museum. Very disappointing and so disjointed. We had a bag of clothes shopping, we asked if we could leave them in the cloakroom, after faffing about and waiting in a queue they then told us we couldn't leave the bag. There is no guidelines as to follow for the exhibits and lots of the bulbs had gone so on occasions it was impossible to read the information about the exhibits. Considering you pay 22 dollars entry it was very poor. Then if you want to see the butterflies and the fish you then have to purchase additional tickets. I found it a real poor show and would not recommend it to anyone. At least we can say we've been.