NYC Food (a humble inquiry)

Texas is far behind, I'm home for the holidays in the hills of Virginia, with Electric Masada on New Years on the horizon. I've been considering what to do with myself the day of the 31st and have decided that my goal is to eat something that I never have before. Culinary adventure, food stories for drunken party regaling, this is what I seek. I like to consider myself reasonably well-traveled and well-fed and will eat pretty much anything, but of course I've only touched the tip of the iceberg. Any private replies of the interesting, exotic, or eyebrow-raising would be heartily appreciated. cheers, Tom