PrintInside Momofuku Ko's Bathroom
Momofuku Ko's bathroom
Momofuku Ko has been extensively written about and photographed, but one thing that no one's mentioned is the bathroom. What kind of literature does one find at Ko?
There's a nice collection of cookbooks to read while you do your business.
Sit on the can and you're face to face with this crazy-looking Japanese man welcoming you to Tsukiji market.
Related: Momofuku Ko: Yup, I Went There [The Girl Who Ate Everything]
Momofuku Ko
163 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003 (near 10th Street)
No phone
Website: momofuku.com/ko
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11 Comments:
reading in our bathroom at home- okay.
reading in a public bathroom- kind of skeezy.
.....just my opinion.
bisbee at 6:03PM on 05/12/08
Wasn't there a Seinfeld about that? Well, maybe in case they run out of TP. Those old Time/Life cookbooks are great, I've got a (hopefully) virgin, non-bathroomed set.
BreweRepublic at 6:39PM on 05/12/08
I was told once that the test for a clean restaurant is the bathroom. If the bathroom, which is visible to customers, is dirty, imagine the kitchen!
ag3208 at 11:39PM on 05/12/08
Those Time-Life cookbooks are the sh*t!
Uh...
Tokyorosa at 6:34PM on 05/13/08
I wonder if Chef David Chang comes here when he needs inspiration for a dish.
Chef Chang: “I wonder what we should do for a new dish… (thinking...) Bleeper I got nothing! Alright I’m going to the bleeping shitter, be back in 15. Don’t nobody bleep anything up while I’m gone!”
David Koh at 2:19AM on 05/14/08
Ko's bathroom? Looks more like Cousin Ned's bathroom. Anyway, why would you want to get all comfy and settled-in there when you could miss two or three dishes in fifteen minutes? Thanks, Robyn, for the scoop that even Grub Street could not break--and they have a long-running series on bathrooms all over town.
annien at 9:15AM on 05/14/08
I love reading in the bathroom, and I love reading cookbooks, but combining the two, even in the comfort of my own home, always seems kinda odd. That being said, maybe if I was out to eat and I'd had some ackelhol to drink, I'd get wild and crazy and read about cookery in the restaurant WC.
LadyMarmalade at 9:37AM on 05/14/08
I thought about the Seinfeld episode, too!
I'd almost be afraid to use their restroom...
ChristinaINP at 1:54PM on 05/14/08
@David: AH, you've found the secret to his genius! It's all in the bathroom.
@Annie: That's why I didn't go to the bathroom until my meal was finished; I didn't want to risk missing anything! ;D You'll have to thank Raphael and Adam for asking me to take photos. I don't think I would've come up with that on my own. I mean, as though it's not weird enough that I take photos of all my food...next, the bathroom!
roboppy at 2:53PM on 05/14/08
That is the best restaurant bathroom I've ever seen.
I don't think I'd ever touch those books, but it's such a clever touch to put them there that I might try to get a reservation just to see the bathroom. (Of course, it doesn't bode well for the food's expected effect on diners.)
butterface at 9:47PM on 05/14/08
haha! that is so funny!
i love those time life books they are really comprehensive and dated in the best way. they still call for things like "lard."
Goldilocks Finds Manhattan at 2:23PM on 05/20/08