is one of the city's most iconic desserts.

是這個城市最具代表性的甜品之一。

Herrine Ro: We visited three famous spots:

赫林羅。我們參觀了三個著名的景點。

Veniero's, Eileen's Special Cheesecake,

維尼埃羅，艾琳的特製奶酪蛋糕。

and Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery.

和Mah-Ze-Dahr麵包店。

Erin: This is "Best in Town."

艾琳：這是 "全城最佳"。

We are on the journey today

我們今天在旅途中

to find the best cheesecake in New York City.

來尋找紐約市最好的芝士蛋糕。

Herrine: Erin, do we like cheesecake?

Herrine艾琳，我們喜歡芝士蛋糕嗎？

Erin: I don't like anything that's white and creamy,

艾琳：我不喜歡白色和奶油味的東西。

and especially thick and white and creamy, like...

特別是厚厚的、白白的、奶油的，就像... ...

[tinnitus ringing]

[耳鳴鈴聲]

Herrine: Anyway, a simple cheesecake recipe calls

赫林總之，一個簡單的芝士蛋糕配方需要... ...

for cream cheese, sugar, and eggs.

奶油奶酪、糖和雞蛋。

At each spot, we'll be judging based off of three qualities.

在每個現場，我們會根據三個素質進行評判。

One, the filling.

一，餡料。

It should be smooth, creamy, and light.

它應該是光滑的、奶油的、輕盈的。

Two, the topping.

二是上品。

It should add a refreshing brightness to a rich cheesecake.

它應該為濃郁的芝士蛋糕增添一份清爽的亮度。

And three, the crust.

三是地殼。

If there is a crust, it should add texture and flavor

如果有面皮的話，應該可以增加口感和味道。

to the overall cheesecake.

到整體的芝士蛋糕。

Erin: OK, so we are going to Veniero's.

艾琳：好的，所以我們要去Veniero家。

It is an icon in the city.

它是城市的標誌。

It's been around for over 125 years.

它已經有125年的歷史了。

Herrine: So, this place is supposed to have

赫林所以，這個地方應該有

such a thick, creamy cheesecake,

如此厚重，奶油芝士蛋糕。

it doesn't even need a crust?

它甚至不需要一個外殼？

Erin: Well, we'll see about that.

艾琳：好吧，我們走著瞧。

Herrine: I'm very intrigued. Let's go.

赫林我很感興趣我們走吧。

Erin: Let's do it.

艾琳：我們開始吧。

Robert Zerilli: People say Veniero's is an iconic place.

Robert Zerilli：人們說Veniero's是一個標誌性的地方。

Having a 125-year-old history doesn't hurt.

有125年的歷史也無妨。

Customer: This is what Italian life in New York was.

顧客。這就是意大利人在紐約的生活。

It's the essence of an Italian family.

這是一個意大利家庭的精髓。

Robert: My definition of New York-style cream-cheese cake,

羅伯特：我對紐約式奶油芝士蛋糕的定義。

it's gotta have the Philadelphia cream cheese.

它必須有費城奶油奶酪。

So, what makes our New York-style cheesecake

那麼，是什麼讓我們的紐約式乳酪蛋糕？

different than our competitors'

與競爭對手不同

is that we use the freshest cream cheese and sour cream.

是我們使用最新鮮的奶油奶酪和酸奶油。

Herrine: Sour cream provides an even richer texture

赫林。酸奶油提供更豐富的口感

and subtle tang.

和微妙的唐。

Robert: Another big factor is that

羅伯特：另一個重要因素是

we don't use graham cracker.

我們不使用格雷厄姆餅乾。

We've never used graham-cracker crust.

我們從來沒有用過穀物餅乾皮。

I mean, it just, to us, detracts from the flavor

我的意思是，它只是，對我們來說， 減損的味道。

of the New York cheesecake.

的紐約芝士蛋糕。

Herrine: Homemade apricot glaze is painted

赫林：自制杏花釉是畫出來的。

on top of the fresh strawberries.

在新鮮草莓的基礎上。

How are we feeling?

我們感覺如何？

[nervous humming]

[緊張的嗡嗡聲]

See, when I think of New York-style cheesecake,

你看，當我想到紐約風格的芝士蛋糕，

I think of this one.

我想到了這個。

Erin: Yeah, I'm, like, having, like, shallow breathing.

艾琳：是的，我一樣，有一樣，淺淺的呼吸。

Herrine: I hope you don't hate it.

赫林我希望你不要討厭它。

Erin: I...won't.

進去吧我... 不會的

[Herrine laughs]

[赫林笑]

[Erin laughs nervously]

[艾琳緊張的笑]

I think it just needs, for me,

我想它只是需要，對我來說。

like, the strawberries on top,

像，草莓在上面。

and the apricot glaze, like, helps balancing.

和杏子釉，喜歡，有助於平衡。

I love sweet, sweet, sweet things.

我喜歡甜甜的，甜甜的，甜甜的東西。

Herrine: Very simple, very classic, kind of understated

Herrine:非常簡單，非常經典，有點低調

but still, like, can speak for itself.

但還是一樣，能說明問題。

A crust will detract from the overall essence

殼會影響到整體的精髓

of the cheesecake, and for that reason

的芝士蛋糕，併為此

I like that there is no crust.

我喜歡沒有面皮。

I feel like for a local or a tourist,

我覺得對於一個本地人或者遊客來說。

they would taste this cheesecake and be like,

他們會品嚐這個奶酪蛋糕，並喜歡，

"Oh, that's a great New York-style cheesecake."

"哦，這是一個偉大的紐約風格的芝士蛋糕。"

Erin: Yeah, and that's what it's supposed to be.

艾琳：是啊，這才是應該的。

If Eileen's - it's supposed to be lighter, correct?

如果艾琳的--應該更輕，對吧？

Then that may win in my book. I'm not sure.

那麼，這可能會在我的書中獲勝。我不確定

Herrine: Ohh.

哦。

Erin: I don't know! I don't know.

艾琳：我不知道！我不知道。我不知道，我不知道。

The lighter, the better? Who knows?

越輕越好？誰知道呢？

Herrine: No, I don't.

赫林不，我不知道。

So, our second stop is Eileen's Special Cheesecake,

所以，我們的第二站是艾琳的特製芝士蛋糕。

and it is this unassuming cute little shop in SoHo.

而它就是這家位於SoHo的不起眼的可愛小店。

Erin: I've heard of it. It's always super packed.

艾琳：我聽說過。它總是超級擁擠。

Herrine: Have you been there before?

赫林：你以前去過那裡嗎？

Erin: I have not been there yet.

艾琳：我還沒有去過那裡。

Herrine: OK, you're in for a treat, because this place

赫林好吧，你會有好戲看，因為這個地方...

has been nominated the best cheesecake

已被提名為最佳芝士蛋糕。

and has been on so many different tour guides,

並上過那麼多不同的導遊。

so I hope you like it.

所以我希望你喜歡它。

Erin: Well, let's go, girl!

艾琳：好了，我們走吧，姑娘!

Holly Maloney: You know, this really is a family business.

荷莉-馬洛尼你知道，這真的是一個家族企業。

Everyone asks, "What sets you apart?"

每個人都會問："你有什麼與眾不同的地方？"

"Why do you think your cheesecake is so special?"

"你覺得你的芝士蛋糕為什麼這麼特別？"

And it really is just the high-quality standards

而這真的只是高質量的標準

that we put into it.

我們投入的。

Our parents, you know, instilled in us,

我們的父母，你知道，灌輸給我們。

and it's just who we are

而這只是我們的身份

and what this cake means to us.

以及這個蛋糕對我們的意義。

Some traditional New York cheesecakes

一些傳統的紐約芝士蛋糕

are very heavy and dense,

是非常沉重和密集的。

but what makes our cheesecake a little bit different

但是，是什麼讓我們的芝士蛋糕有點不同的

is its light creaminess.

是其淡淡的奶油味。

You can just keep eating it and eating it!

你可以一直吃下去，吃下去!

Herrine: But can you just tell us

赫林但你能告訴我們

how you make a cheesecake, step by step?

芝士蛋糕怎麼做，步驟是什麼？

[thudding heartbeat]

[砰砰的心跳]

Bonnie Ponte: Um... Holly: There are certain...

邦妮-龐特：嗯......有一些......。

Bonnie: Yeah, there are certain things we can't...

是的，有些事情我們不能... ...

we don't say.

我們不說。

Customer: They have so many flavors here,

顧客。他們有這麼多的味道在這裡。

so I can't really have a favorite,

所以我不能真的有一個最喜歡的。

but I gotta admit, classic is No. 1.

但我得承認，經典是第一。

Bonnie: We have 45 delicious flavors,

邦妮：我們有45種美味。

and we add a flavor of the year every year,

而且我們每年都會增加一種年味。

the plain and the strawberry being our most popular sellers.

原味和草莓味是我們最受歡迎的賣點。

Both: Three, two, one!

三、二、一！

Erin: OK, that I can get so down with.

艾琳：好吧，這一點我可以這麼下手。

I really like that one!

我真的很喜歡這個！

[Herrine laughing] No, I'm serious,

[赫林笑]不，我是認真的。

I really like that!

我真的很喜歡！

It's sweet and tart,

它的甜美和酸爽。

and I think I just prefer more of, like,

我想我只是喜歡更多的，喜歡。

a fruit on my cheesecake.

在我的芝士蛋糕上放一個水果。

Like, the plain is good, but this is, like, next level.

就像，平原是好的，但這是一樣，下一個水準。

Herrine: For someone who doesn't like cheesecake -

Herrine:對於不喜歡芝士蛋糕的人來說...

Erin: They should eat this. Herrine: Yeah.

艾琳：他們應該吃這個。赫林：是啊。

I like, also, how it takes almost like a meringue,

我也很喜歡，它幾乎要像蛋白酥一樣。

because they whip their egg whites a lot,

因為他們經常打發蛋清。

so it's fluffier and not so dense.

所以，它的蓬鬆和不那麼密集。

Erin: No, you're right, you're right!

艾琳：不，你是對的，你是對的!

It's very, very, very, very, very, very good.

這是非常，非常，非常，非常，非常，非常好。

Herrine: And I think you get the best of both worlds.

赫林我認為你能得到最好的兩全其美。

You get a lighter cream cheese

你會得到一個更輕的奶油奶酪

that doesn't sit in you.

不坐在你。

Erin: Yeah.

艾琳：是的。

Herrine: And it's still a delicious cheesecake.

赫林而且還是個美味的芝士蛋糕。

I mean, I can see why this place is nominated

我的意思是，我知道為什麼這個地方被提名了。

as the best cheesecake in America.

作為美國最好的芝士蛋糕。

Erin: It's been packed all day.

艾琳：今天一整天都是人滿為患。

Herrine: How's the sauce?

赫林：醬料怎麼樣？

Erin: The sauce is good.

艾琳：醬料很好。

It's, like, not too sweet or syrupy. It's, like...

它的一樣，不是太甜或糖漿。它的，像...

Herrine: It doesn't taste, like, artificial.

Herrine:它的味道不像是人工的。

Erin: No, not all, it's real strawberries.

艾琳：不，不是全部，是真正的草莓。

Herrine: Do you wanna split this strawberry with me?

赫林你想和我一起分享這個草莓嗎？

Erin: Yeah!

艾琳：是啊!

I love that.

我喜歡這樣

All right, Eileen. You changed my mind.

好吧，艾琳。你改變了我的想法。

Herrine: You like cheesecake now?

赫林你現在喜歡芝士蛋糕了？

Erin: I don't know, maybe! Stop!

我不知道，也許吧!停下來！

I would definitely try more.

我一定會多多嘗試。

Herrine: We'll see you at the next stop!

赫林我們下一站見!

Erin: Whoo, cheesecake!

進去吧喔，芝士蛋糕！

Herrine: So, Erin, this is our third and final stop.

赫林所以，艾琳，這是我們的第三站，也是最後一站。

Erin: It is.

艾琳：是的。

Herrine: Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery,

Herrine：Mah-Ze-Dahr麵包店。

and this place won the best cheesecake in New York,

這個地方贏得了紐約最好的芝士蛋糕。

so I hope that you will like it.

所以我希望你會喜歡它。

Erin: We'll see!

艾琳：我們走著瞧吧!

Herrine: It includes some ingredients you wouldn't

Herrine:它包含了一些你不會想到的成分

typically find in a New York-style cheesecake,

通常會在紐約式芝士蛋糕中找到。

so hopefully that pays off.

所以希望能得到回報。

Erin: I'm excited! Is this it right here?

艾琳：我很興奮！就在這裡嗎？

Herrine: It's here!

赫林它在這裡！

There are so many things to eat.

有這麼多東西可以吃。

Umber Ahmad: Mazedar is a word in the Urdu language,

Umber Ahmad。Mazedar是烏爾都語中的一個詞。

which is a language that we speak in Pakistan.

這是我們巴基斯坦的一種語言。

And it's a word that we use to describe the magic

我們用這個詞來形容神奇的事情

or the essence that makes something special.

或使某物特別的精華。

When I started creating a menu of pastry,

當我開始製作糕點菜單的時候。

one of the things I often challenged myself to do

我經常挑戰自己的一件事是

was to make things that I didn't particularly

是做的東西，我沒有特別的。

enjoy eating myself.

喜歡吃自己。

And cheesecake was one of those things.

而芝士蛋糕就是其中之一。

And being in New York, it was almost a requisite.

而在紐約，這幾乎是一個必要條件。

I had to have a cheesecake on a New York bakery menu.

我必須要在紐約麵包店的菜單上吃一個芝士蛋糕。

And so I started to work with one.

於是我開始和一個人合作。

I started to wanna make one that was a little bit lighter,

我開始想做一個輕一點的。

had more personality to it.

有更多的個性。

Customer: The cheesecake at Mah-Ze-Dahr is definitely

顧客。瑪澤達爾的芝士蛋糕絕對是...

the best cheesecake in the city.

最好的芝士蛋糕在城市。

It's light and fluffy and lemony. I've tried so many,

很輕，很鬆軟，還有檸檬味。我已經試過很多了。

and I can't find anyone better than here.

我找不到比這裡更好的人了。

Dan Keehner: I always like to say that things can only

Dan Keehner:我總是喜歡說，事情只能

take what they can take at a certain point.

到了一定的時候，他們能接受的。

So, in adding things slowly, it builds an emulsion,

所以，在慢慢加入東西的時候，就會形成一種乳液。

it builds a smooth batter and doesn't create lumps.

它建立了一個光滑的麵糊，不會產生結塊。

Umber: What we love about lemon is that

琥珀。我們喜歡檸檬的原因是

it's sort of this flavor that brightens

就是這種味道，讓人眼前一亮。

so many different types of food,

這麼多不同類型的食物。

and what's nice about it is it has the ability

它的好處是它有能力。

to lift and brighten particularly fat,

以提升和美白特別是脂肪。

and because there's such a high fat content in cheesecake

而且因為芝士蛋糕的脂肪含量很高

because of the sour cream and the cream cheese,

因為酸奶油和乳酪。

the lemon sort of has the ability to kind of

檸檬那種有能力的那種。

brighten and break that up quite a bit.

亮度，打破了不少。

Most New York-style cheesecakes

大多數紐約式芝士蛋糕

have a graham-cracker crust,

有一個格雷厄姆餅乾的外殼。

so we broke away from that tradition a little bit

所以，我們打破了傳統的一點點。

and had a chocolate crust built into it.

並有一個巧克力皮內置在裡面。

We love the dark chocolate because

我們喜歡黑巧克力，因為

it's a nice contrast to the vanilla and the lemon.

這是一個很好的對比 香草和檸檬。

It gives it sort of a really lovely balance.

它給它一種非常可愛的平衡。

Erin: I've been through a journey on the cheesecake train,

艾琳：我已經經歷了一段芝士蛋糕列車的旅程。

and this one is looking like my stop.

而這個看起來像我的一站。

Like, the thickness of the crust and the fact

就像，地殼的厚度和事實。

that it's chocolate, you know I love chocolate.

這是巧克力，你知道我愛巧克力。

♪ We're just crust girls in a crust world ♪

我們只是地殼女孩 在地殼的世界裡

Cheers. [laughs]

乾杯。[笑]

♪ It's your sweet love ♪

這是你甜蜜的愛

♪ And I'm slowly fallin' ♪

"我慢慢地墮落

Oh, my God. That's it. Herrine: That's the one.

哦，我的上帝。就是這樣。Herrine:就是這個。

Erin: I'd die for this. I would eat this again.

我願意為這個而死。我會再次吃這個。

The lightness and the lemon

清淡和檸檬

really, really transforms it for me.

真的，真的為我改變它。

I think it takes, the lemon and the vanilla

我想它需要，檸檬和香草。

take it away in my mind from being

把它從我的腦海中帶走

this, like, thick, heavy cream cheese,

這，像，厚厚的，厚厚的奶油奶酪。

and it makes it more like a mousse, or like a fluffy...

它使它更像一個慕斯，或像一個蓬鬆的... ...

Herrine: Custard? Erin: Yeah.

Herrine:奶油？艾琳：是的。

Herrine: But this is more dense than Eileen's.

Herrine:但這比艾琳的更密集。

Erin: Than Eileen's, yes, but the lemon makes it better.

艾琳：比艾琳的，是的，但檸檬讓它變得更好。

Herrine: This crust is great.

Herrine:這餅皮真不錯

The batter with the lemon and the vanilla bean

檸檬和香草豆的麵糊。

make it a lot more palatable for people

化繁為簡

who don't like such a thick, dense cream-cheesy taste.

誰不喜歡這麼濃稠的奶油芝士味。

Erin: Yeah.

艾琳：是的。

Herrine: Well, I'm happy!

赫林好吧，我很高興！

So, I think we have a clear winner in your mind.

所以，我想我們在你心目中已經有了明確的贏家。

Erin: Shh, I don't know.

艾琳：噓，我不知道。

Herrine: I'm not so set.

赫林我不太確定

Erin: I'm set.

艾琳：我準備好了。

Herrine: So, this story ends with a happy ending!

赫林所以，這個故事的結尾是一個圓滿的結局！

Erin: I like cheesecake now!

艾琳：我現在喜歡芝士蛋糕了!

I never thought I was gonna say that. Like, huh?

我從沒想過我會這麼說喜歡，是吧？

[Herrine laughs] Who is she?

[赫林笑]她是誰？

Herrine: Who is she?

Herrine:她是誰？

Are you ready? Erin: Are you?

你準備好了嗎？艾琳：你準備好了嗎？

OK.

好的

I actually don't know who you're gonna pick.

其實我不知道你會選誰。

Herrine: [laughing] I think I know

赫林。[笑] 我想我知道

who she's gonna pick. Erin: Oh, imagine that!

她要選誰哦，想象一下！

Both: Three, two, one.

既：三、二、一。

Herrine: I'm not surprised.

赫林我並不驚訝

Erin: I'm not surprised either. That was my second.

艾琳：我也不驚訝。這是我的第二個。

'Cause this one's my first.

因為這是我的第一次。

Herrine: So, why did you pick Mah-Ze-Dahr?

赫林那麼，你為什麼選擇馬澤-達爾？

Erin: I picked Mah-Ze-Dahr because,

艾琳：我選擇馬-澤-達爾是因為。

you know I didn't like cheesecake,

你知道我不喜歡芝士蛋糕。

and they did something new for me.

他們為我做了一些新的事情。

They did vanilla, lemon zest, chocolate crust.

他們做了香草、檸檬皮、巧克力皮。

It really, like, it changed my mind.