Category: Southeast Asian
Reviews of Filipino, Indonesian, Malaysian, Vietnamese + Thai Restaurants in New York City
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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…
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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…
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68 Clinton Street off Rivington Street $87 for 2 people, with 2 beers, without tip 212/920.4485 ♥ ♥ ♥ Pork, with a side of pork, is what I always hear when Filipino food is being described to me by other people. Top Chef contestant Leah Cohen sticks to that mantra at Pig & Khao, a…
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82-18 45th Avenue, Elmhurst, Queens $20 each for 4 people, without drinks, with tip 718/898.8001 ♥ ♥ One of my favorite eating partners was in town from Chicago, so I basically forced her to eat in Queens and drag Paul, her Malaysian friend, with her so he can order for the rest of us and…
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127 Columbia Street between Kane and Degraw Streets, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn $55 each for 5 people, with drinks, with tip 718/923.9322 ♥ ♥ After a bland dinner at Mission Chinese the week before, I was eager to taste what a Portland, Oregon chef could bring to discerning New York City diners. Tastiest: 1. Cha Cha…
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469 Sixth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets 212/675.4295 $100 for two with tip, with one cocktail wheelchair patron may wheel in, but bathrooms are downstairs ♥ ♥ The last time I was on Sixth Avenue above 8th Street, I was at Jefferson Market buying blood sausages after a stranger tipped me about the store…
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198 Orchard Street between Stanton and Houston Streets no phone number yet $50 for one, with one beer, with tip wheelchair may enter; may be hard to get to the restroom early review: ♥ I’ve never been to Taiwan, but it has always been on my list of places to go and do nothing but…
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91 South 6th Street off Berry in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 718/599.3090 $55 each for a group of 10, with drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ I don’t think the ten of us overdid it at Fatty ‘Cue at all. To celebrate the Dr. finishing residency, I organized several friends to get together and eat at Fatty ‘Cue…
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701 West 135th Street and Twelfth Avenue 212/491.8303 $104 for two, with 3 drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ If anyone in the restaurant industry deserves a break, it’s King Phojanakong, owner and chef of Kuma Inn in the lower east side. I don’t know if it’s the Filipino-Thai upbringing that keeps him humble but I’m…
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143 Grand Street off Lafayette 212/431.7999 about $45 for two, with tip ♥ Update, 2008: Michael Bao has left Bun I can only imagine how hard it is to work as a waiter/waitress in a city teeming with restaurants, but for everybody’s sanity, find another job if you can’t even put up with a simple…
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64-13 39th Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets, Woodside, Queens 718/899.9599 about $45, without drinks, with tip ♥ ♥ Sripraphai is the kind of restaurant you have to visit again in order to really get a good feel for its Thai cuisine. Dining with a large group would help because sharing is encouraged in order…
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78 Rivington Street on Allen 212/529.3901 about $50, without drinks, with tip ♥ It was a balmy, summer evening. We thought ordering a bowl of noodles was just appropriate. Upon entering Kampuchea Noodle Bar, I surely felt like being in Asia. It was hot and humid, but a faint breeze coming from the outside made…