Food: ☆☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Omakase only
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆ ½
Cost: $$
Must try: Kakori Kabab, Dahi Puri, Lamb Biryani, Gobhi Manchurian
(This meal was complimentary which did not affect my review.)
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Omakase Makimono, Omakase
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆
Cost: $
Must try: Crispy Sliced Fish with Cumin, Triple Delight Vegetable, Stir Fried Mountain Root Vegetable with Pork
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Shrimp Tempura Salad, Dragon Rolls
Food: ☆☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$
Must try: Yam Makheua Yao, Sai Us Samun Phrai
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆½
Cost: $$$
Must try: Chow Fun with Braised Pork Shank, Long Island Fluke
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Omakase, Yose Tofu, Pork Belly
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Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: Chicken Satay, Tom Yum, Green Curry with Roasted Duck, Chu-Chee Shrimp
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆½
Cost: $$$
Must try: Shrimp and Chive Dim Sum
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$
Must try: Kai Yang, Crab Fried Rice, Larb, Spicy Shrimp with Basil, Pad Thai
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆½
Cost: $$
Must try: Pork Bun, Shrimp Bun
Momofuku Noodle Bar was David Chang’s very first eatery that launched his enormously successful Momofuku brand of restaurants.
The concise menu here primarily focuses on ramen, seasonal eats, buns and daily specials. They also offer a fried chicken dinner (priced at $100) for parties of 4-8, which must be reserved in advance. Dessert offers soft serve and cake truffles.
Chang’s eats are inventive and extremely gratifying. The Ramen was good enough though I still think Ippudo rules. However, what I just could not stop eating were the buns! These soft steamed beauties filled with melt in your mouth pork belly or fried shrimp with just the right crunch are seriously addictive.
The Noodle Bar is priced just right, that is of course if you can stop with just eating one order of them buns! I know that I certainly couldn’t.
Here is some of what we ate:
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆ ½
Cost: $$$
Must try: Chicken Malai Kabab , Chilly Fish, Lamb Shahi Pasanda, Garlic Naan
Food: ☆☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆☆
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Miso Black Cod, any of the sushi or sashimi platters, special tuna appetizer,
Mihoko Kiyokawa has made her debut into the New York City fine dining scene with her high-end Franco-Japanese restaurant named Mihoko’s 21 Grams.
I was invited to a cocktail party to preview the place where I spent an evening noshing on little bites made for the elite of the New York scene.
At 21 Grams (which refers to the alleged weight of a person’s soul) Mihoko’s tries to blend the essence of French cuisine with the subtlety of Japanese cuisine.
The digs are elegant, designed by Bruno Borrione and leans more towards the French aesthetics. This richly decorated space boasts of etched-glass murals from the Cartier mansion and rare tableware and other artifacts collected by Mihoko during her world travels. There is a really cool French Lounge in the basement, which showcases unique and artfully created cocktails.
The menu is still a work in progress. I thought the food lacked clarity and definition but was told that they are still in the process of fine-tuning many of their dishes. The restaurant has had a soft opening and will officially launch in the fall.
Here is some of what we ate & drank: