346 West 52nd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues 212/586.2880 $66 for my share with 2 others, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ Tastiest: 1. Spicy whelk salad with buckwheat noodles – just enough saltiness and spiciness. It’s refreshing to see whelks on the menu. 2. Poached sablefish with spicy daikon – reminded me of [...]

32 West 32nd Street, 3rd floor, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues 212/967.5088 $10 for a large bowl of soup ♥ ♥ The key is the “home-made” part in the restaurant’s name. Don’t let the office space turn you off. I know it looks like a fire hazard in there but an hour of your life [...]

161-29 Crocheron Avenue, Flushing, Queens 718/321.7770 $40 per person for a group of 11, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ For one of the Dr.’s birthday celebrations this year, I gathered his favorite people together to share a table at Sik Gaek Restaurant in Flushing, Queens. Everyone had just seen the Anthony Bourdain NYC Outer [...]

163 First Avenue off 10th Street https://reservations.momofuku.com/ about $300 for two, with beverage pairings, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ I was so busy at work last week that I didn’t even have time to be excited about our upcoming reservations at Ko. When Cameron told me she wanted to take me out to thank me [...]

171 1st Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets 212/777-7773 about $58 for two, with one beer, with tip ♥ ♥ Updated: My bad. Momofuku Ko is still under construction in what used to be the original space of Momofuku Noodle Bar. Thanks, Zach. Is there a stronger English word than savory that can describe the [...]