Best shabu shabu in nyc hands down! Great service too and when ordering the meal you get free ice cream green tea is my fave
Corner 28 has no sign so walk right up to the window with red signage around it that says "Rice Wrap/Peking Duck." Order some Peking duck buns. They are crispy, sweet, fluffy, excellent, and close. Read more.
Vanessa’s is best known for its cheap eponymous dumplings, but the sesame pancakes — warm bread stuffed with pickled vegetables and either duck, beef, chicken, or egg — are the real stars.
Try wontons in chili oil ($4.50). "One bite will leave you momentarily speechless." Read more.
Cocoron offers “dipping soba,” where you dip cold noodles into a hot, concentrated broth. When you’re done, you get a pot of the water used for cooking, which, combined with the broth, makes a soup.
Try the Stamina Soba, which combines savory and briny seaweed-bonito stocks and features pork belly, scallion and a plump ginger-chicken meatball. It’s one of our #100best dishes and drinks of 2011. Read more.
Follow in the footsteps of Anthony Bourdain and grab a spicy cumin lamb burger. One of the best eats in the city. Only $3!
If you’re looking for ramen on a Tuesday night at 3 a.m., meet Benkei, a late-night ramen pop-up that opens in the space of Lower East Side restaurant Hill & Dale after they close up for the night.
Don't be surprised if you have to wait at this Japanese ramen restaurant, but it will be worth it! Go for the Totto Miso Ramen or if you need a little kick, the Totto Spicy Ramen.
Try the super traditional yakitori—it’s made the way it should be. The flavors are intense and you will walk out of there with a big smile on your face! -Candice Kumai, Top Chef
A real hidden gem that should be given way more credit than due. Sits about 8 at tables, 8 at the counter. Tasting menu was worth it for a first timer. Pork belly and snapper were out of control.
Get the seki original sushi special platter . More then enough food and all the greatness . Add some spicy mayo in and around your mouth
Stay until 3am at this late-night sushi spot, and you might just catch celebrity chefs like Daniel Boulud and Gordon Ramsay who often frequent here after work.
Chef Hideo puts on a show here preparing his masterful sushi. Grab a seat at the sushi bar, get the omakase and watch him make it. It's a very fun experience.
Takoyaki are Japanese fried balls of savory pancake-like patter, with octopus in the middle. They’re served piping hot with gooey insides, and covered in a bunch of sauces and bonito flakes
Red Mango or Mr. Fish 10$ Lunch Special - You choose one of the rolls on the menu, and along with that comes a miso soup, vegetable tempura, pickled cucumbers, and pickled radishes.
