Khe-Yo

157 Duane Street between West Broadway and Hudson Streets about $200 for 3 people, with drinks, without tip 212/587.1089 ♥ ♥ ♥ What is Laotian food? I actually have no idea even after spending a week in Luang Prabang a couple of years ago. What I got from that trip, food-wise, was the same delicious ...

Uncle Boons

23. August 2013 SoHo, Southeast Asian 0
7 Spring Street between Elizabeth and Bowery $216 for 2 people, with a lot of drinks, with tip 646/370.6650 ♥ ♥ What?! I can’t hear you!, was my reply to our waiter when he tried to tell us that squeezing some lime juice on our food will make them taste better. The truth of the ...

Umami Burger New York City

30. July 2013 American, West Village + TriBeCa 0
432 6th Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets $68 for 3 people, with drinks, without tip 212/677.8626 ♥ ♥ I’ve tasted an Umami burger in Los Angeles before but the craziness that surrounded its New York opening sent me on a Citibike to check it out. Jase, Dash, Harry and I put our names down ...

Ippudo Westside

10. July 2013 Japanese, Midtown 0
321 West 51st Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues $115 for 2 people, with drinks, with tip 212/974.2500 ♥ ♥ Ippudo without the wait? You don’t say! We stopped by the new Ippudo in Hell’s Kitchen during their soft opening week and were whisked upstairs to sit in front of the still-unused kitchen covered in ...

Costata

19. June 2013 Italian, SoHo 0
206 Spring Street between Sixth Avenue and Sullivan Street $155 for 2 people, with drinks, with tip 212/334.3320 ♥ ♥ ♥ Matt wanted to buy me dinner while he was in town, so naturally I dragged him to the newest Michael White restaurant I can’t afford. It was 10pm and I was a bit worried ...