Korean posts on Food in Mouth
For a Korean lunch that’s in Midtown West, a good bet would be Danji. It was first reviewed by The New York Times almost two years ago. They actually have some options that won’t break the bank if you choose wisely. While $12 to $14 might be stretching the budget for some, the trade off is that the food is slightly different than what you might find in K-town farther downtown. We tried the hot and spicy pork noodles and the bibimbap. Both were delicious…. [Continue reading]
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May 23, 2013 at 8:01 pm
If there’s anything that we’ve all learned in the last day or two, it’s that if you don’t take a picture of it, it didn’t happen. And if you never met the girl in real life, you’s a dumbass catfish. You would think that in 2013, people know enough about the internet to kinda know better… but the only thing that disappears faster than Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend are some fresh mandoos from Daheen Wang Mandoo. Very similar to the bao-like mandoos from Bunch, the ones from Daheen Wang are very similar and better because they are at least $0.50 cheaper for the time being. The thing about New York is that prices change very fast, therefore it’s possible the $2 price tag for mandoos at Daheen Wang are just an introductory price. I’m not sure though…. [Continue reading]
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January 17, 2013 at 9:45 pm
I went to Momofuku Ssam Bar for lunch a while ago. Did you know they used to do like, Korean burritos when they first opened? But I guess no one dug that shit so they stopped and became this nice casual restaurant with food that could be found in upscale restaurants. The funny thing is now in food trucks, you can get Korean tacos and burritos. Ssam bar was just ahead of the times. There’s something to be said about adapting the original concept if the audience is not so keen on it. That’s why I’ve always been cool about shitting on newly opened places. You can’t let the criticism be shifted like, “It is their livelihood, have some compassion.” You know what allows for my livelihood? Money, cuz it pays for rent. So if my money goes down the drain, and time is a precious resource I can’t recover, why the fuck is it fair if I spend money on something that isn’t good in its early phases and not tell other people? By the way, I actually had one of those Korean burritos that Ssam bar used to sell. They were alright. Their food now is admittedly way better than burritos and garners them much more well-deserved attention…. [Continue reading]
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January 7, 2013 at 8:06 pm
Today I learned (via wikipedia, imagine that), there are gunmandu and jjinmandu. So a mandu or mandoo is a dumpling in Korean cuisine, but they separate between boiled, grilled, or fried, versus steamed. Comparing this to Chinese cuisine, it’s the difference between jiaozi and baos. We have steamed baos too like xiao long bao but I’m talking about the baos with a fluffy outter glove. That’s the kind of mandoo you can expect to find at Bunch, which is located in the Korean food court, Food Gallery 32…. [Continue reading]
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January 3, 2013 at 7:00 pm
I’m old and cranky. This happened like, thirty years ago, but I’m just getting around to acknowledging it now. Let me set up the scene for you. We enter a restaurant, gander at the menu, and pick enough food that’s sufficient for two people who have no interest in having a handshake with obesity. What do we get for such a reasonable attempt to eat right? Well, we get a server who looks at us like, “Why the fuck is you two eating here? This tab isn’t even worth my time and now I gotta try to push drinks and more food on you two.” Seriously, I can’t deal with that. It makes me want to bitch-slap the server upside the head. This happens more than you think. It happens at neighborhood ramen restaurants. It happens at hot new restaurants during quieter brunch hours. It happens in the middle of the afternoon on a weekend at 2:30 for restaurants that don’t serve brunch. Essentially if you want good odds of your server giving you a dick face, order not like a fat pig and you’ll see it. This is why I like self-serve. Food court? Eat it like a boss. Hook that shit up please. The next time I’m in the middle of a shitty mall with a ginormous food court, I’ll probably just touch myself…. [Continue reading]
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December 5, 2012 at 7:16 pm
One thing that’s nice about New York is that it’s possible to get restaurant-level desserts without going to a restaurant. Dominique Ansel… [more]
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October 22, 2015 at 1:12 am 
We went to check out the new-ish Whitney Museum by the Meatpacking District the other week. The weather was gorgeous and you could see the Freedom Tower… [more]
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October 18, 2015 at 5:00 pm 
The long goodbye is always the hardest. And while school happens and time passes, we still have to find ways to pass the time, and to fill our bellies…. [more]
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October 9, 2015 at 1:03 am 
At some point in my life, instead of going to the school that was a five minute bike ride away from my house, I got bussed into an inner city school… [more]
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October 1, 2015 at 1:22 am 
One of the benefits of marrying someone who is very different from me is that there are new food items to grow to love. Kouign Amann is a buttery pastry… [more]
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September 30, 2015 at 1:54 am