Momofuku's Tien Ho may be the best chef in New York that you've never heard of. That's going to change with Má Pêche, the company's first foray into Midtown. Chomping at the bit, waiting for the dining room renovations to be completed, Ho serving lunch in a sort of makeshift restaurant in the mezzanine lounge of the hotel last Thursday. And we liked what we tasted.
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[Photos: Joe DiStefano] You know you're at a restaurant preview when the name of the place is still being painted on the storefront. So it goes in the fast-paced world of Chef Michael "Bao" Huynh who has opened so...
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"If three people contact me out of the blue to try the chicken, I listen." [Photo: Kathy Chan] The chicken here has a cult following. No more than a day after Lovely Day's re-opening last week after a fire in...
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[Photos: Tia Kim] Much has been written about Bon Chon, the first Korean fried chicken chain in the states that made Americans put down their KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) for a different KFC (Korean Fried Chicken). However, two of...
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[Photos: Joe DiStefano] Back when I worked in Midtown Manhattan it was a culinary wasteland with just one Sichuan restaurant: the venerable Wu Liang Ye on 46th Street. Today one can choose from three: Wu Liang Ye, the much...
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APPETIZERS LOBSTER & SWEET CORN BISQUE wild mushrooms PRIME BEEF CARPACCIO tempura rock shrimp, grains of paradise, pickled honshimeji & ahi amarillo BIGEYE TUNA SASHIMI uni, crackling crumbs & soy-pique vinaigrette LEEK & APPLE TARTLET blue cheese mousse PUMPKIN PIE...
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First Course BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP CANADIAN LOBSTER, CRANBERRIES, BLACK TRUMPET MUSHROOMS, HOT CINNAMON COTTON CANDY WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO SPECK HAM, PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO, TOASTED PINE NUTS, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL (SHAVED WHITE TRUFFLE SUPPLEMENT $MP) YELLOW FIN TUNA TARTARE DAIKON RADISH, NORI...
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[Photos: Tia Kim] The Bar Room at The Modern is not somewhere I would normally go apart from special occasions. But this weekend, I was having quality mother-daughter time and I couldn't take my mom to just any ratty...
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[Photo: Nikki Goldstein] Countless brunch dishes benefit from the addition of cheese—what omelet or breakfast sandwich is complete without it?—so you'd expect that at Artisanal, Terrace Brennan's dairy mecca, fromage would play a starring role. It's certainly the case...
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I'm sure you've all had Ferrero Rocher at one point in your life or another. They were my favorite "fancy" chocolates growing up, and those gold foil-wrapped orbs still hold a very fond place in my chocolate repertoire. Pictured...
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