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• Downtown, Restaurants

  Broth Variety at Ganso – NYC

  04.10.13 | Permalink | Comment?

  

  I love thick, creamy tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen broth, but sometimes you want to spread your love to the rest of the animal kingdom. Unfortunately, in New York, this is a pork-dominated town. Chicken ramen can be found in a few Japanese restaurants, but beef? It’s pretty rare. However, not so at Ganso. At this oddly-situated ramen joint not too far from a Jimmy Jazz, the NYC Food Stamp Office, and Papa John’s, chicken, beef, and even vegetarian broth can all be found under one roof. MORE »

• Edgewater, Food Courts

  Ramen at Santouka – Edgewater

  07.12.12 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  

  Years ago, when I used to go to Mitsuwa before they renovated, the ramen wasn’t very good. It was decent enough to stave off hunger before diving into the Japaense snack aisle, and later perusing the extensive sake section, but nothing comparable to Ippudo in Manhattan. In recent years, however, things have changed across the river. The ramen at Santouka, the ramen stall in the food court at Mitsuwa, is actually good, excellent even, and I’d say rivaling some of the better ramen shops in New York City. MORE »

• East Village, Restaurants

  Mame Miso Ramen at Misoya – NYC

  12.20.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  

  If you like miso ramen, Misoya is probably the place for you. Misoya, as the name not so subtly suggests, specializes in miso. At this East Village ramen shop, you can choose from three kinds of miso; kome (rice, Hokkaido-style), shiro (white, Kyoto-style), and mame (soybean, Nagoya-style). My miso ramen of choice is… MORE »

• Restaurants

  A Few of My Favorite Restaurants – NYC

  08.09.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  

  Antipasti @ ‘inoteca

  A friend of mine is coming into town and asked me to recommend a few Italian and East Asian restaurants. I was planning to send her a quick email, but somehow it got longer and longer and the short email ultimately became a long post. This is a very informal list, in no particular order, of some of my favorite restaurants in New York (Manhattan only). MORE »