NYC Guide (in progress)Updated Jan 3, 2020
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Key
★ = Worth a stop ★★ = Worth a detour ★★★ = My top picks |
Chinese & Taiwanese
Japanese
Korean
Vietnamese, Malaysian, Thai, Fusion
Ramen & Ramyun
Non-Asian Restaurants
Bread, Donuts, Desserts
- Hao Noodle & Tea
- Little Tong Noodle Shop (JB melt sandwich)
- Mei Lai Wah (steamed pork bun)
- Szechuan Mountain House
- Three Times (lu rou fan)
- Vanessa’s Dumpling House (sesame sandwich)
- Joe's Steam Rice Roll
- Xi’an Famous Foods
- ★ Bang Chengdu Street Kitchen (permanently closed. their sweet water noodles were one of my favorites)
- ★ Café China
- ★ Ho Foods
- ★ Mala Project
- ★ Very Fresh Noodles (dan dan noodles)
Japanese
- ★ Juku (omakase)
- ★ Raku (udon)
- ★★ Suki (their dry curry is so good)
- ★★ Tempura Matsui (tempura omakase. shrimp heads, whole lobster, shiso leaf, and pumpkin)
- ★★ Sushi Nakazawa (omakase + extensive drink list)
Korean
- BCD Tofu House (specializing in tofu soup)
- Her Name Is Han (corn croquette, etc)
- Soogil (short ribs, fish, foie, etc)
- ★ Oiji (honey butter chips with ice cream, mushroom salad, mackerel, butter rice, raw scallop with jellyfish and golden berry)
- ★ Jungsik (go for the dessert tasting menu or the actual tasting menu)
- ★ ★ Haenyeo (get the kimchi jigae, crab in passionfruit sauce, fundido, wings. amazing stuff here)
- ★★ Atoboy (I recommend the corn tea, the tuna, special rice, kimchi, fried chicken, pork belly, lotus root, corn, octopus, mackerel, panna cotta, pumpkin cheesecake, sujeonggwa granita. can't go wrong here)
- ★★★ Atomix (unreal tasting menu & fantastic drinks)
Vietnamese, Malaysian, Thai, Fusion
- Aux Epices (Malaysian laksa curry soups)
- Nyonya (Malaysian. asam laksa)
- Malaysia Beef Jerky
- Let’s Makan (Malaysian. try apam balik with peanut, sugar, butter, and corn)
- Madame Vo (Vietnames. wings, pho, etc)
- Tuome
- Ugly Baby (spicy Thai)
- Uncle Boons (Thai)
- Momofuku Ssam Bar
- Momofuku Ko Bar (4x fried chicken, sourdough crepe, pickle sandwich, cheesecake, etc)
- ★★ Kopitiam (try the kaya toast, nasi lemak, and pulut panggang)
- ★★★ Momofuku Ko (incredible tasting menu)
Ramen & Ramyun
- Hide-Chan Ramen (spicy tonkatsu)
- Kuu Ramen (kuu chili ramen)
- Mew Men (tori tan tan)
- Totto Ramen (extra spicy miso paitan)
- ★ Ivan Ramen (tori paitan)
- ★ Minca (tsukemen spicy miso)
- ★★ Jeju Noodle Bar (gochu ramyun)
Non-Asian Restaurants
- Casa Mono
- Contra
- Pasquale Jones
- Los Tacos No.1
- Sauce PIzzeria
- Union Square Burger (permanently closed, very sad)
- ★ Leo (sourdough pizza)
- ★ Cosme (husk meringue)
- ★ Prince Street Pizza
- ★ Minetta Tavern (black label burger)
- ★★ Wildair (essential)
- ★★★ Una Pizza Napoletana (top-notch pies)
Bread, Donuts, Desserts
- Dough
- Fong On (savory tofu plus douhua with taro, mung bean, red bean)
- Morgenstern's (raw milk ice cream)
- Kam Hing Coffee Shop ($1 sponge cakes)
- Mah-Ze-Dahr Bakery
- The Little One (Japanese dessert)
- ★ Arcade Bakery (permanently closed, extremely sad)
- ★★ Daily Provisions (cruller)
- ★★ L’Imprimerie (bakery)
Highlights
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