Go Go Curry (Original Go Go Curry)

Go Go Curry is an offbeat Japanese curry chain restaurant that opened in Midtown about three years ago. The restaurant gained most of its fame from the promotions they would offer when Hideki Matsui was on the Yankees. Special free meal upgrades were contingent on his home run and RBI numbers. Now that Matsui is [...]

Simply The Best #45 (Tasting Menus)

#5 – Bar-bo-ne – Since almost every other place is going to cost you $100 and up a piece I thought i’d highlight a place that I really like that is not expensive at all and a tremendous value. Bar-bo-ne is an Italian restaurant and wine bar in the East Village that has an amazing [...]

Helen’s Rice and Noodles (Salad & Hot and Spicy Wings)

I truly hope that Helen’s Rice and Noodles really is renovating like the sign says and not closing down because it is one of the cities best kept secrets when it comes to Korean style fried chicken wings. Why a restaurant that advertises it’s sushi has not marketed their wings better is unknown to me, [...]

Top Tenz Lists The 10 Weirdest Japanese Snacks And Drinks

3. Roasted Baby Crabs This is a very sad entry… These are actual crab babies we are talking about. Roasted crab babies. It might just be me but I keep getting this image of a Daddy, Mommy and Junior crab playing together in their underwater house when suddenly the kid is yanked out in a [...]

Soba-Ya (Lunch Set With Cold Soba Noodles) (Max’s Pick)

I try to visit Soba-Ya in the East Village each season of the year for the lunch box ($17) which comes with your choice of either cold or hot, soba or udon noodles. During winter and fall I get the warm noodles and during the spring and summer I order them cold. Soba is something [...]

Ippudo (Hirata Buns, Samurai Rib, Akamaru Modern Ramen & Shochu With Freshly Squeezed Grapefruit Juice)

I tried to take pictures at Ippudo but it I got there around a half hour before closing time with my cousin who had just flown in from Buffalo. If you’ve ever been to Ippudo in the evening then you know how dark it is and all the pictures that I took with my Iphone [...]

Otafuku (Takoyaki & Okonomiyaki) (Max’s Pick)

This isn’t the easiest food in the world to describe so you’ll have to bare with me. Otafuku is a Japanese street food shop that mainly caters to intoxicated NYU students as a dorm is right up the block. The food is cheap, greasy, delicious and different. It’s perfect when you’re either really drunk or [...]

Panya Bakery (Spicy Chicken Sandwich, Spicy Tuna Bun And Chicken Cutlet Rice Bowl)

It’s completely random that I’ve written about two Asian bakeries this week that have both closed, remodeled and reopened with expanded menus. Do don’t expect me to start working on themes. I’m a blog killer who works by the phone book. Before Panya closed it’s doors to remodel it was known as “that bakery near St. Marks that [...]

Mademan Lists The 10 Best Sushi Restaurants In The World

I’ve been to one of these

Columbus Day Fair (Yakitori Platter)

Eating Yakitori is a trend that I have to admit that I’m way behind on and have been trying to play catch up. I live next to Tori Shin which is a highly regarded Yakitori restaurant that has a price fixed menu. It’s sort of expensive and I can’t justify spending a lot of money [...]

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