Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆½
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Dim Sum, pumpkin-duck puffs
Mar22
Hakkasan, Midtown West, NYC
Category Archives: Lounge
Dec17
Marea, Midtown West, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆½
Cost: $$$$
Must try: Crudo, Granchio peekytoe crab, Astice nova scotia lobster
Oct15
Felice 15 Gold Street, Financial District, NYC
Jul2
Mihoko’s 21 Grams, Chelsea, NYC
May16
The DL, Lower East Side, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆
Cost: $$$
Must try: PB&J, Rice Crispy Crusted Monkfish
Feb16
MORIMOTOS, CHELSEA, NYC
Food: ☆☆☆½
Service: ☆☆☆ ½
Ambiance: ☆☆☆☆
Cost: $$$
Fit for: People Watching, Bar Scene, Notable Chef
Dishes not to miss: Creamy Crab Croquette, Tuna Sashimi Salad, Sushi, White Chocolate Panacotta
Masahru Morimoto’s imposing iron chef personality sure does translate into his restaurant.
His sprawling, modern, cavernous restaurant is quite magnificent. One of the most striking elements is the wall made of bottles filled with clear liquid, which has an interesting play of lights on it. There is a very funky bar area downstairs alongside some really cool bathrooms. Read the rest of this entry
Jun20
Pranna : MAD Brunch, Gramercy/ Flatiron, NYC
Food: ☆
Service: ☆ 1/2
Ambiance: ☆☆☆
Cost: $$$
Fit for: Late night partygoers, boozy brunch scene.
Dishes not to miss: Prawn Cake Benedict
Special notes: $28 gets you 3 drinks and an entree at their MAD Brunch on weekends.
Apr2
Spice Market, Meatpacking District, NYC
Take a trip to Southeast Asia by eating at Jean-George Vongerichten’s Spice Market. The cuisine here is inspired by regional street food combined with Vongerichten’s distinctive touch. The interiors are resplendent and definitely make you feel like you are in some exotic locale of Asia. There are decorative pagodas and arches that adorn the enormous space and a grand staircase that leads to the hopping bar area downstairs. All of this makes for a really great spot to hang out at where one is stylishly served by waiters and scantily clad waitresses, dressed in bright orange hues. Read the rest of this entry