One time we gathered in Pat's room because Jeremy or Pat had discovered this insane video involving baby eels. I'm not going to get into it, except to say that that my jaw was touching the ground. The point is, sometimes you watch an insane video, and you can't follow it up with "Why was that so insane? I didn't want it to be that insane!" Terakawa Ramen was penned as a miss, by Midtown Lunch. I think the author of that post (Brian), simply missed the boat. Sometimes you walk into a fancy shop and the shop owner goes, "Do you want the midget with the donkey and the stripper, or just the donkey and the stripper?" You almost always add the midget for the nominal fee. Same at Terakawa Ramen, which by the way, I paid for with my own money, unlike some people who write about tenderloins and get it for free. Cunt. (Yea I know he's a dude, relax). Snipping aside, the midget in this case is the garlic oil. Yup, it's the thing that put Hide-Chan Ramen on the map. You add that shit because it's delicious.... [Continue reading]
Some blog readers must hate this: you read about something on a blog and get excited to go, and when you go, everything changed. So this happens to blog writers too. This happened at Hide-Chan Ramen in Midtown East. The takeaway? Awesome bowl of ramen. But the awesomeness I heard about it's Mega Ton bowl, full of porky wonders was nowhere to be found on the menu. A review at SE:NY mentions how you get to choose broth intensity and noodle type. No and no. They also mentioned that they had a great pork toro appetizer for $5. No longer on the menu. Such is the perils of dining in New York City. Seasons come and go, and I bet pork prices went sky high and they can't offer those porky dish and still make money. So that's how the seasonal menu comes in and saves the day for the restaurant. For the dining public though, it's a little misleading about what you can and cannot expect from a restaurant. But having said all of that, I love the ramen here.... [Continue reading]
After being a hater all of last week, it would appear as if my mood turned just like the weather has. And I remembered what Chris wrote about on Midtown Lunch about Totto Ramen. So I went to Totto Ramen with James and Kwan. The thing that caught my attention on the menu was the Totto Extreme Spicy Ramen. Because anything with all those chili signs is my Victoria Secrets. It's the equivalent of food lingerie to me. Spicy? Yes. Super duper extreme spicy? Yes please.... [Continue reading]
Around the corner from a TGI Friday's in Midtown, you can find yourself in a place far far away. You might not expect that in the Rockefeller Center area, you could have something that's like a teleporting machine. With tourists all around you, it's always good to know where to go to escape the madness. The store in question is Minamoto Kitchoan and the place it takes you to is Japan. From the outside it looks like a store that sells cute Japanese knick nacks. Looks closer and you'll discover that it's actually a store that sells wagashi, the Japanese snack that's often served during tea ceremonies.... [Continue reading]
The only thing that I've eaten that was truly truly a party in my mouth was pop rocks. Those candies that give you little bursts of pop when you chugged those little cystals directly from the packet. Parties are loud and boisterous and lively. The older I get, the less of an appeal that as. And Sifton and Kanye might think much of mood rings, I simple have mood swings at parties. Such is the peril of social inadequacy. What I do crave however, is a vacation in my mouth, and not just any type of vacation. Not your Cancun bullshit where you're surrounded by the likes of Snooki and Situation, but one more suited for AARP members. Relaxing, warming, and satisfying. A couple of weeks ago I slowly trotted my geriatic ass over to the west side of Midtown, and found lunch sactuary at Yakitori Totto.... [Continue reading]
Apparently there's a lot that goes towards making an apartment a home. This shit never ends. Recently I installed some window air conditioning units.... [more]
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You ever do this thing where you enjoy a meal, think it's OK on the price, then later on when you think back, you realize they gave you an order of... [more]
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