96 Walker Street on Centre212/343-8625about $20 for two, without drinks, without tip If you only have $5 to spare, XO’s congee is pretty good. I order my usual favorites: sliced pork or fish. With decent congee on the menu, I don’t know why they try to westernize everything else. XO is probably the only place ...
1250 Broadway on 31st Street212/564-6845about $60 for two, with two drinks, without tip Manhattan’s Koreatown pales in comparison with the one in Flushing, Queens and it certainly is embarrassing compared to the one in Los Angeles. Kang Suh is one of the more established restaurants on 31st Street between Broadway and Fifth or Koreablock. It’s ...
508 Broome Street between West Broadway and Thompson212/965-1515about $25 for two for lunch, with two drinks, without tip I always come to Karahi when I’m in the mood for more than one helping of chana saag (creamed spinach with chick peas) and tandori chicken and lamb vindaloo and aloo gobhi (cauliflower and potatoes). Not to ...
100 Allen Street between Delancey and Broome212/941-1818about $25 for two, without drinks, without tip When I’m craving congee, I usually run to Congee Village for their $3 hot bowls, either served with pork, chicken, duck, fish, hundred-year-old egg or a combination of all of them. Congee is a type of rice porridge cooked the Chinese ...
130 West Broadway on Duane212/219-1011$250 for three, with several drinks, with tip If there’s one New York City chef I’m not familiar with, it would be David Bouley. Four years ago, the boy surprised me by making reservations at Bouley Bakery (now back to its original Bouley name). But it was a hundred-degree summer day ...