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Kuboya, East Village, NYC

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Food: ☆☆ 1/2 

Service: ☆☆

Ambiance: ☆☆

Cost: $$

Must try: Miso Ramen

Looking to escape the long waits at the crazy popular, overcrowded noodles shops that dot the Lower East Side? Kuboya Ramen on East 5th St, is a good option for some solid, good Japanese food.

The space is cozy with cushioned window seats that fan out over two rooms. The menu offers a nice variety of dishes including Ramen. I think the Spicy Miso Ramen was the best of the offerings. Nothing I tasted blew me away but it was a good meal and a spot I would gladly be willing to eat at in lieu of an hours wait.

Yes….. you will look over longingly at Minca next door wishing “if only….” but your sated appetite will tell you otherwise.

Here is some of what we ate:

 

Taco-chan sausage

 

Char Siu Pork Buns

 

Fried Rock Shrimp

 

Katsu Pork Curry

 

Garlic Potatoes

Avocado & Shrimp

 

Spicy Miso Ramen

 

Kuboya Triple Blend Ramen

 

Shoyu Ramen

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Chinatown Brasserie, NoHo, NYC

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Food: ☆☆☆

Service: ☆☆ ½

Ambiance: ☆☆

Cost: $$

Must try: E-Fu Noodles, General Tso’s Chicken, Watercress, Shrimp & Pork Dumplings

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Junoon, Gramercy, NYC

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Food: ☆☆☆☆

Service: ☆☆☆½

Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆

Cost: $$$$

Must try: Eggplant Chaat
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Joe’s Shanghai, Flushing, NYC

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Food: ☆☆☆
Service: ☆☆☆
Ambiance: ☆
Cost: $$
Must try: Soup Dumplings

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Katsuhama, Midtown West, NYC

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Food: ☆☆☆

Service: ☆☆

Ambiance: ☆☆

Cost: $$

Must try: Kurobata Pork Katsu

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Mumbai Xpress, Floral Park, Queens

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Food: ☆☆☆ ½

Service: ☆☆ ½

Ambiance: ☆☆

Cost: $

Must try: Tokri Chaat, Samosa Chaat, Onion Rava Dosa

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Graffiti, East Village, NYC

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Food: ☆☆☆☆

Service: ☆☆☆½

Ambiance: ☆☆

Cost: $$$

Must try: Braised Pork Buns

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Ginza, Massapequa, NY

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Fu Run Restaurant, Flushing, NYC

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Food: ☆☆☆

Service: ☆☆☆½

Ambiance: ☆

Cost: $

Must try: Fried Pork In Orange Sauce

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Totto Ramen, Hell’s Kitchen , NYC

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Food: ☆☆☆☆

Service: ☆☆☆

Ambiance: ☆☆

Cost: $

Must try: Paitan ramen, Totto extreme spicy ramen

 

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MORIMOTOS, CHELSEA, NYC

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Food: ☆☆☆½

Service: ☆☆☆ ½

Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆

Cost: $$$

Fit for: People Watching, Bar Scene, Notable Chef

Dishes not to miss: Creamy Crab Croquette,  Tuna Sashimi Salad, Sushi, White Chocolate Panacotta

 

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Masahru Morimoto’s imposing iron chef personality sure does translate into his restaurant.

His sprawling, modern, cavernous restaurant is quite magnificent. One of the most striking elements is the wall made of bottles filled with clear liquid, which has an interesting play of lights on it. There is a very funky bar area downstairs alongside some really cool bathrooms. Continue reading →

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Amma, Midtown East, New York City

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Food: ☆☆☆

Service: ☆☆☆½

Ambiance: ☆☆

Cost: $$$

Must try: Chicken Tikka Masala, Lal Maas

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Indian Accent, New Delhi, INDIA

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Food: ☆☆☆☆  1/2 

Service: ☆☆☆

Ambiance: ☆☆☆

Cost: $$$$

Must Try: warm doda burfi treacle tart, Andhra pickle chicken meatballs

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EGO THAI, NEW DELHI, INDIA

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Ego Thai is a great little Thai restaurant housed in the New Friends Colony Market. It is attractively styled with smatterings of interesting artifacts all over the 2-storied space. The food is good for most part as is the service. The dishes are pretty well priced and there is a full bar which offers interesting cocktails and mocktails.

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Dilli Haat – Food Plaza, New Delhi, India

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Dilli Haat is an Indian crafts and food bazaar located in the heart of the city. There are many stalls here that showcase the great variety of handicrafts from all over India.

The idea behind Dilli Haat is to promote the rural craftsmen and artisans and facilitate them selling their handicrafts directly to the buyers. A few of the stalls are permanent but many or there on a rotational basis changing every fifteen days or so. There are on going festivals and performing arts from all over the country that keep this place quite abuzz.

 

 

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NIZAM’S KATHI ROLLS, NEW DELHI, INDIA

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The name Nizam’s is almost synonymous with kathi rolls in India. They were one of the first ones to popularize this food that has its historic origins in cuisine from the princely states of North Eastern India.

A kathi roll is a very popular fast food in India. The meats used in these rolls are traditionally cooked in a charcoal pit using wooden skewers, which are called “Kathi’s”; hence the name Kathi Kababs or Kathi rolls.

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Totoya Restaurant, Upper East Side, NYC

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Food: ☆☆

Service: ☆☆

Ambiance: ☆☆

Cost: $$

I recommend: California Rolls. Rocky Mountain Roll


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This non-descript, east side Japanese restaurant serves food that is a little better than mall sushi and less than the fabulousness that Manhattan has to offer. Continue reading →


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Royal Tangra Masala, New Hyde Park, NY


				

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Food: ☆☆☆


Service: ☆☆☆


Ambiance: ☆☆ ½


Cost: $$


Dishes not to miss: Hot and Sour Soup, Lollipop Chicken, Chili chicken/ Vegetable and the Manchurian sauce


 


Ever heard of Indian-Chinese Food?


It is a fiery version of Chinese cuisine, tailored to the Indian palate. It was developed by a small Chinese community over a century ago, in a place called Tangra in Kolkata, India. Continue reading →


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Sammy’s Halal Food Cart, Jackson Heights, NYC


				

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Food: ☆☆☆ 


Service: ☆☆☆


Ambiance: n/a


Cost: $


Dishes not to miss: lamb over rice


 


From cabby to foodie! Sammy is immigrant from Pakistan who knew that he needed to be more than just another Pakistani cab driver in New York City. That has been the journey of Samiul Haque Noor of Sammy’s Halal who won the Vendy award for best street food cart in 2006.


 




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Megu, Tribeca, NYC


				

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Food: ☆☆☆☆


Service: ☆☆☆☆


Ambiance: ☆☆☆ ½


Cost: $$$$


Fit for: People Watching, Special Occasion Dining


Dishes not to miss: Tuna & Avocado Megu Style, Tuna Soy Akami & Black Truffle


Special notes: Wait for restaurant week or special promotions to eat here because the prices really hurt.







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Sangeetha Fast Foods, Chennai, India


				

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Sangeetha Fast Foods is one of my favorite breakfast spots in Chennai city. I love the local feel of the place. At Sangeetha, they serve a good variety of south Indian breakfast fare. My favorites are the vadas, dosas, mini idlis and upma. If you want to try a little bit of everything then order the “meals”. They make really good South Indian coffee too.


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SUSHI YASUDA, Midtown East, NYC


				

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Food: ☆☆☆☆


Service: ☆☆☆


Ambiance: ☆☆☆


Cost: $$$


Fit for: Sushi purists


Dishes not to miss: Flash fried blowfish, White king salmon


Special notes: As of January 2011, Chef Yasuda has moved to Tokyo to open a restaurant there. However the quality of Sushu Yasuda seems to have been unaffected by this move.


 
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Ayada Thai, Woodside, NYC


				

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Food: ☆☆☆☆


Service: ☆☆☆☆


Ambiance: ☆☆☆


Cost: $$


Fit for: Spice hounds, cheap eats, foodies


Dishes not to miss: Northern Thai Sausage Appetizer, Fried Fish topped with Green Mango Sauce, Raw Shrimp Salad


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EN Japanese Brasserie, West Village, NYC


				

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Food: ☆☆☆ 


Service: ☆☆☆ ½


Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆


Cost: $$$$


Fit for: special occasions, romantic evening,


Dishes not to miss: handmade tofu, grilled black cod, fig ice cream


 


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