Eating and shopping constitute a generous slice of the big apple. The destination is crawling with hundreds of eateries, both swanky top of the line restaurants as well as easily affordable food joints. Almost every type of cuisine is available in New York, with Greek, Italian, Indian, Mexican, and Chinese just to name a few. Similarly, the shopping scene is no less vibrant. Quite a few of the shopping hotspots are at Bloomingdale's, Lord and Taylor, and Saks Fifth Avenue. While the lower East Side is a bargain hunter's paradise, Madison Avenue strokes the ego of a vanity shopper.