I was in NYC last week to start with my new company. We worked a bit too later for me to catch Broadway shows or other events, so I ended up trying a couple of restaurants.

On Monday, I went over to the Momofuku Noodle Bar. I know that one opened up in Toronto recently, but I haven’t had a chance to go there ever since my son was born. So I might as well go to the original one.

It was tough getting there; there just happened to be a snow storm at that time and I had a fair bit of walking to do to/from the subway. But I got there and although it was packed, I was lucky to get a seat right away (the benefit of being a single eater).

I ordered the pork buns and the Momofuku ramen. The pork buns came first and were pretty good, although I’m not sure they were $5 each good. My pet theory as to why they are so popular is because the first bite into the buns are extremely soft (since you are biting through pork fat and soft dough) but still has the strong taste of pork belly. I think it’s kind of a cheat though because you’re eating pure fat!

I wasn’t that impressed with the ramen but then I was already kind of full from a bun.

Later that week, after dinner at Katz, I walked up to the Momofuku milk bar. I was already quite full from my pastrami on rye but wanted to try a milk shake. I ended up getting a chocolate chip passion fruit cake milkshake – whoa that was a mouthful and it tasted like a cake too!

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: food, nyc, restaurants