Head to Hooni Kim's stylish Flatiron Korean restaurant for fresh killed-chicken skewers, braised pig trotters with kimchi, and fluffy scallion pancakes filled with squid. [Eater 38 Member]
Hideo Kuribara's Houston Street restaurant is a favorite among chefs and sushi purists, and, thankfully, it's moderately priced by New York sushi standards. [Eater 38 Member]
popular amongst the chef crowd after work. rustic, hearty, and fulfilling. Definitely sit downstairs if you can.
The green curry monkfish was divine. Order the kale Caesar salad and the poached egg for appetizers. Loved the radish amuse bouche!
Try the Cookies and Cream Sundae ($6.95), which mixes crisp chunks of three types of cookies with vanilla bean soft serve. "Just make sure to share with one or two people; the portion is huge." Read more.
Go for the Pinakbet ($9.95), "jam-packed with squash, tomatoes, green beans, bitter melon & eggplant—a variety of textures and flavors ranging from sweet to sour—with a salty edge from shrimp paste." Read more.
There are dozens of places to eat creative sushi in New York, but nowhere will it be as much fun as at the homey Bugs in the East Village, run by Sho Boo, one of the city’s few female sushi chefs.
Top your grits with pesto and bacon. And bring those people who say good grits are only in the South.
