REVEALED: Padma has a weakness for street food

From eating waffles and hot dogs at food carts around Central Park to having dimsums at Chinatown, the Top Chef host reveals her favourite NYC food places.

Model-author-host Padma Lakshmi is a huge fan of street food.

In a candid interview with Travel + Leisure India, the Top Chef host reveals her favourite food joints in New York City.

'I like to find a street cart vendor or a food truck around Central Park...there's falafel, hot dogs, waffles and ice cream, all right there in front of the Plaza Hotel,' she says.

'One of the other places I like to go and eat is Chinatown. You can find amazing dimsums, including vegetarian and Vietnamese ones.'

For the cover, Padma wows in a yellow off-shoulder gown with a layered hemline.

She completed the look with minimal accessories and a 100 watt smile.

Unveiling the cover, the mag wrote: 'She started out as a model, tried her hand at acting, and is now a celebrated cookbook author.

'Emmy-Award winning host and producer of Top Chef, Padma Lakshmi is a force to reckon with in the culinary world, especially in the New York City, where she lives.'

Scroll down to take a look at pics from the cover shoot.