New York Recommendations

Coffee / Cafes

• Zibetto Espresso

Bakeries / Desserts

• HARBS - mille crepe and strawberry shortcake

• Fong On - Chinese tofu pudding shop

Bars

• Attaboy

• NoMad Bar

• Death & Co

• Bar Goto

• Katana Kitten - Japanese cocktail dive bar

Restaurants

• August Gatherings 富瑶 - Really good Cantonese food. Family style, go with more people. Get the claypot chicken.

• Raku - Their cold udon is exceptional.

• Tuome - Upscale Chinese flavors, Western technique. Crab noodles and squab / quail appetizer.

• Xi An Famous Foods

• A few good Thai places:

  • Fish Cheeks

  • Soothr

  • I do not recommend Wayla

Fancy ($100+ per person)

• Marea - go for the pasta dishes a la carte. Bone marrow + octopus fusilli and the uni crab pasta.

• Secchu Yokota - tempura omakase

• Gabriel Kreuther - fantastic French in midtown

• Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare

• Places I don’t recommend:

  • Jean-Georges was quite unremarkable

  • Little Mad not worth the $$

Places I want to try

food

• Dhamaka - Indian

• Don Angie

• Ernesto’s

• Golden Diner

• Hi-Collar - Japanese cafe

• Ilili - Mediterranean

• Icca

• Jeju Noodle Bar

• Joe’s Steam Rice Roll

• L’Artusi

• Red Rooster

• Tabetomo - ramen

• Thai Diner

• Veranda

• Omakases:

  • noda

  • Yoshino

Bars

• Patent Pending

• The 18th Room

• 67 Orange St