Sakura 346 Graham Ave(between Conselyea St & Metropolitan Ave)
I've been here before and was not impressed and after going back, I would say that I was still not impressed. Dan and I went there out of necessity b/c we wanted to go to a party in the city quickly and just went to the closest restaurant to his house. Our other first two choices were completely packed (not surprising at 9pm on a Friday) so we didn't really have a choice.
We ordered the spicy crab roll, spicy yellowtail roll, a special roll that had avocado on the outside, and a sashimi appetizer. Apparently, you get a free order of veggie gyoza when your order is over $25. They came out and were pretty bad. They were kind of dry on the outside and tasteless inside. The sashimi was ok, nothing special. Your basic salmon, tuna, and white fish combo. The rolls came out and they were fine, nothing special at all. The spicy crab was just fake crabmeat in a roll and the yellowtail was taken from a more fishy part of the fish, it didn't taste like the usual yellowtail rolls I get. The special Caterpillar roll was pretty decent although at this point I don't know if that was because it's just relative to the other 2 rolls.
overall, if I was in a pinch, I would go but if given the choice, 98% of the time I would prefer to go somewhere else.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Fueng Far - Visited 3/6/10 - 2.5 Forks
Fueng Far 447 7th Ave, (Btwn 15th & 16th St)
We had ordered from this place many times, usually with great results (although the actual delivery usually takes a while). It should be noted that this place is NOT a real sit-down venue. There is literally 2 small tables in the front of the store front, but for all intents and purposes, it's strictly a take-out place. We literally sat at a small table that I think we just a place of people who place take-out to rest.
Aarti and I shared a tofu/veggie pad woosen ($6.95) and tofu/veggie basil saute. Aarti also ordered a spicy tofu soup ($3.95) and we each ordered thai iced tea. The place seemed really busy with the woman in the front taking delivery calls all the time. But the food came out super quickly and was pretty good. The woosen had a bit too much carrot for my taste and not enough noodle. This place also uses fried tofu in their dish and I generally prefer steamed or sauteed tofu. The basil dish was fine but nothing really to write home about. The total bill was $24, which is pretty damn good for 2 entrees, a soup and 2 iced teas. It's definitely better to stick with take-out here.
Aarti and I shared a tofu/veggie pad woosen ($6.95) and tofu/veggie basil saute. Aarti also ordered a spicy tofu soup ($3.95) and we each ordered thai iced tea. The place seemed really busy with the woman in the front taking delivery calls all the time. But the food came out super quickly and was pretty good. The woosen had a bit too much carrot for my taste and not enough noodle. This place also uses fried tofu in their dish and I generally prefer steamed or sauteed tofu. The basil dish was fine but nothing really to write home about. The total bill was $24, which is pretty damn good for 2 entrees, a soup and 2 iced teas. It's definitely better to stick with take-out here.
Kambi Ramen House - Visited 3/5/10 - 2.5 Forks
Kambi Ramen House 351 E 14th St, New York, NY 10079
Dan and I were on our way to the Muse concert at the Garden and needed a fast place in between Williamsburg and the Garden. This place was right off the 1st Ave stop and I knew that the food would be quick and satisfy our craving.
I always seem to have a soft spot for japanese places where the workers yell at you in japanese when you enter and leave this place. This is one of those places. We ordered a bean sprout salad ($4.50), which was just a bowl of crispy bean sprouts flavored with sesame oil and something spicy, but I love bean sprout salad. But I usually like it with a lighter almost ginger dressing. I order the Kambi regular with thin noodles ($9.50) and Dan ordered the shiso ramen ($9.50) and we each got a Sapporo ($4.75 each). My ramen was a mix pork and chicken broth with a hard boiled egg and sliced of pork...pretty standard ramen fare. The ramen was hit the spot but with all ramen, I did feel like it was too salty. There are tons of ramen houses in New York and it's hard to really go wrong with ramen as a concept. While this isn't an amazing place, I can't really find anything wrong with it either. I would go again and perhaps try the special of a bowl of noodles and dunking it into a side dish of sauce.
I always seem to have a soft spot for japanese places where the workers yell at you in japanese when you enter and leave this place. This is one of those places. We ordered a bean sprout salad ($4.50), which was just a bowl of crispy bean sprouts flavored with sesame oil and something spicy, but I love bean sprout salad. But I usually like it with a lighter almost ginger dressing. I order the Kambi regular with thin noodles ($9.50) and Dan ordered the shiso ramen ($9.50) and we each got a Sapporo ($4.75 each). My ramen was a mix pork and chicken broth with a hard boiled egg and sliced of pork...pretty standard ramen fare. The ramen was hit the spot but with all ramen, I did feel like it was too salty. There are tons of ramen houses in New York and it's hard to really go wrong with ramen as a concept. While this isn't an amazing place, I can't really find anything wrong with it either. I would go again and perhaps try the special of a bowl of noodles and dunking it into a side dish of sauce.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Yamato Visited 2/28/10 - 3.5 Forks
Yamato 168 7th Ave (between 2nd Ave & Garfield Pl)
Yamato has always been one of my go-to sushi places in Park Slope. I have been going to this place for over 5 years and never had a bad meal. They have a fantastic line-up of creative rolls and appetizers and salads. The only reason I had stop going was because they didn't take AmEx and there were other places in the 'hood that did.
But I thought it had been too long since I hadn't been and decided to re-visit it. They had re-done the inside decor of the place and although it's definitely sleeker and sexier, but it's a bit too dark. I can't tell if the menu had changed or if it had been too long since I had been there. Dan and I got a large hot sake ($9), split the spicy dinner roll ($13) and a white river roll ($11) - which was a spicy scallop roll with white tuna on top. In the past I had gotten and loved the American Dream roll, Valentine roll, crazy roll and Green River roll. They are all amazing. One of my main complaints, though, is that the rolls are a bit too big. When our food came out, it looked like it was enough for 4 people instead of 2. The spicy roll dinner consisted of spicy tuna, salmon, and yellowtail. I could tell the difference between the tuna and salmon, but if I hadn't read that the 3rd roll was yellowtail, I wouldn't have been able to tell. We were so full at the end that we could barely finish our meal, which is a first for us when we eat sushi. While I don't think this is "classical" sushi in the sense that the pieces are too big and the spicy part of the roll is chopped up as opposed to chucks with mayo sauce, but I still love this place.
Yamato has always been one of my go-to sushi places in Park Slope. I have been going to this place for over 5 years and never had a bad meal. They have a fantastic line-up of creative rolls and appetizers and salads. The only reason I had stop going was because they didn't take AmEx and there were other places in the 'hood that did.But I thought it had been too long since I hadn't been and decided to re-visit it. They had re-done the inside decor of the place and although it's definitely sleeker and sexier, but it's a bit too dark. I can't tell if the menu had changed or if it had been too long since I had been there. Dan and I got a large hot sake ($9), split the spicy dinner roll ($13) and a white river roll ($11) - which was a spicy scallop roll with white tuna on top. In the past I had gotten and loved the American Dream roll, Valentine roll, crazy roll and Green River roll. They are all amazing. One of my main complaints, though, is that the rolls are a bit too big. When our food came out, it looked like it was enough for 4 people instead of 2. The spicy roll dinner consisted of spicy tuna, salmon, and yellowtail. I could tell the difference between the tuna and salmon, but if I hadn't read that the 3rd roll was yellowtail, I wouldn't have been able to tell. We were so full at the end that we could barely finish our meal, which is a first for us when we eat sushi. While I don't think this is "classical" sushi in the sense that the pieces are too big and the spicy part of the roll is chopped up as opposed to chucks with mayo sauce, but I still love this place.
Rhom Thai - Visited 2/27/10 - 3 Forks
Rhom Thai 27 E 20th St,(Btwn Broadway & Park Ave S)
Whenever anyone wants to eat in Union Square, I always have a hard time coming up with an idea. There are a lot of standard places that I like but nothing that ever really stands out.
Rohm thai is another one of those good "standard" restaurant. The food is good and I would definitely go if someone wanted to do Thai in the area, but I would never crave it. It's located in the bottom of building and it's actually quite cozy in the inside. The menu has your basic line-up of thai food, but it's a comprehensive list. I've been to thai places that has your standard pad thai and curries, but this place has a bit more than that. I had the curry puffs ($6) and the sesame noodle ($9) with veggie and tofu while Vid had a thai salad ($5) and masaman curry with veggie and tofu ($9). The 6 puffs were decent, just a bit overcooked. Vid's salad actually looked pretty good. It was pretty large and just looked fresh and healthy. The sesame noodle is basically a broad noodle with sesame sauce and baby corn, fried tofu, bok choy and green beans. The veggies all seemed very fresh and crispy. The food came our very quickly which seems standard in a thai place. Vid had no complaints about the curry so I would assume it was pretty good. For some reason, I liked Bohdi Thai better, although in reality, I can't really pinpoint what the main difference is in taste or quality.
Whenever anyone wants to eat in Union Square, I always have a hard time coming up with an idea. There are a lot of standard places that I like but nothing that ever really stands out.Rohm thai is another one of those good "standard" restaurant. The food is good and I would definitely go if someone wanted to do Thai in the area, but I would never crave it. It's located in the bottom of building and it's actually quite cozy in the inside. The menu has your basic line-up of thai food, but it's a comprehensive list. I've been to thai places that has your standard pad thai and curries, but this place has a bit more than that. I had the curry puffs ($6) and the sesame noodle ($9) with veggie and tofu while Vid had a thai salad ($5) and masaman curry with veggie and tofu ($9). The 6 puffs were decent, just a bit overcooked. Vid's salad actually looked pretty good. It was pretty large and just looked fresh and healthy. The sesame noodle is basically a broad noodle with sesame sauce and baby corn, fried tofu, bok choy and green beans. The veggies all seemed very fresh and crispy. The food came our very quickly which seems standard in a thai place. Vid had no complaints about the curry so I would assume it was pretty good. For some reason, I liked Bohdi Thai better, although in reality, I can't really pinpoint what the main difference is in taste or quality.
An Nhau - Visited 2/26/10 - 3 Forks
An Nhau 172 Bedford Ave(between 8th St & 7th St)
So we started walk around Bedford Ave. to find a new place to eat. This was one of the first places that we stumbled upon. It didn't look like much on the outside and we initally thought the prices were a bit high, but decided to give it a try. The inside was actually really nice. The best part was the outside was covered and insulated and decorated like cabanas. The menu consisted of a variety vietnamese food from pho, bun, and other dishes. It was definitely "fancy" asian food and not the typical dive-y asian place that I'm used to in Chinatown.
I wanted to get pho but was a bit hesitant since the place seemed too "nice". So Dan and I split a baby pho ($4), and I got an iced coffee ($3.50) and the braised pork belly with egg ($11). Dan got the vietnamese beef stew ($12) and a Saigon beer. The baby pho was indeed baby. Very small but surprisingly good tasting. The soup was spicy and flavorful and the beef was tender and thin. I would definitely consider getting a larger one in the future. My pork belly dish came out and my goodness, there were 2 enormous pieces of cook pork belly and a hard boiled egg. It came with a side of white rice and dan's stew came with a soft baguette. The food was surprising good! I'm usually wary of fancy asian places especially on Bedford Ave. The meat of the pork belly fell off easily and tender. I regret eating the actual fat of the pork belly since that really put me over the edge and made me really full. I wasn't even able to finish the last piece. I will say that I prefer my pork belly bbq'd like at Fette Sau but this was completely an acceptable substitute.
Dan and I had originally wanted to eat at Blue Ribbon in Brooklyn Bowl but when we got there, they wanted to charge us a $5 cover just to get in. I was so pissed about that. I understand charging a cover for the venue when there is a band but just to eat at the restaurant?! Definitely not.
So we started walk around Bedford Ave. to find a new place to eat. This was one of the first places that we stumbled upon. It didn't look like much on the outside and we initally thought the prices were a bit high, but decided to give it a try. The inside was actually really nice. The best part was the outside was covered and insulated and decorated like cabanas. The menu consisted of a variety vietnamese food from pho, bun, and other dishes. It was definitely "fancy" asian food and not the typical dive-y asian place that I'm used to in Chinatown.
I wanted to get pho but was a bit hesitant since the place seemed too "nice". So Dan and I split a baby pho ($4), and I got an iced coffee ($3.50) and the braised pork belly with egg ($11). Dan got the vietnamese beef stew ($12) and a Saigon beer. The baby pho was indeed baby. Very small but surprisingly good tasting. The soup was spicy and flavorful and the beef was tender and thin. I would definitely consider getting a larger one in the future. My pork belly dish came out and my goodness, there were 2 enormous pieces of cook pork belly and a hard boiled egg. It came with a side of white rice and dan's stew came with a soft baguette. The food was surprising good! I'm usually wary of fancy asian places especially on Bedford Ave. The meat of the pork belly fell off easily and tender. I regret eating the actual fat of the pork belly since that really put me over the edge and made me really full. I wasn't even able to finish the last piece. I will say that I prefer my pork belly bbq'd like at Fette Sau but this was completely an acceptable substitute.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Prime Meats Visited 2/20/10 3 Forks
Prime Meats 465 Court St
(between 3rd Pl & 4th Pl), Brooklyn, NY 11231
Prime Meats has been very hyped due to the fact that it's owned by the same people as Frankie's. I tried to go a month ago and was told it was a 2 hour wait on a Friday at 9:30pm. This time, I went on a Saturday night @ 8pm, which obviously was no better. The host told me it was about a 2 hour wait and I just gave in. I gave him my cell # and Dan and I went and grabbed drinks at the Irish pub next door.
The wait ended up being a little over an hour instead. After sitting down, I totally understand why the wait is so long. The place is tiny! There must be about 10-15 seats total in the entire restaurant. It doesn't help that the bar is in the front and takes up half the restaurant, which makes the place overly crowded. I don't know what is up with this hipster, old school, Prohibition look, but Prime Meats also had it. Everyone wore vests, had many tattoos and had ironic mustaches. I'm so over that look.
I ordered the Apple Sazerac ($10) after finding out that the punch of the day was a Mai Thai. I was torn over what to order for my main meal. I was partial to the burger but I kind of feel like that's a cop out. So instead, I ordered the Sürkrüt Garnie (chouchrote garnie, slow cooked pork belly, Thuringian bratwurst, calf tongue & knackwurst served with house made sauerkraut ($16) and Dan ordered the burger with cheese and thick cut bacon ($13 for the burger and $4 extra for the cheese and bacon) and a pint of Oatmeal stout ($7). I was a bit hesitant about my meal but when I came out I was overwhelmed. There was so much food and lots of meat! I wish they had told me what was what on my plate b/c they all looked like meat to me and I was particularly curious as to which one was the calf tongue. But I was able to pick out the pork belly immediately and it was amazing. I think it's really really hard to get pork belly wrong. I also surprisingly loved the sauerkraut, it cut the fattiness of the meat well. But I could barely finish my plate and I am even regretting eating as much as I did. One of the meats just tasted like a hot dog and what I think was the calf tongue really just tasted like meat.
Dan's burger came out super rare, which is the way he actually like it and I had a bite and it was super delicious, but I'm not sure if it was worth $17. My drink turned out to be much stronger than I thought it was not very cocktail like. Instead it came out looking like straight whiskey in a small glass.
I was super curious about the meat plate that everyone was eating but I definitely could not have eaten more than I did. The name definitely speaks to how incredibly meat focused it is there, but I did see some veggie items. The host was very nice and apologetic for making us wait, and although I liked it, I'm not sure how worth the 1+ hour wait it was. Maybe 30-40 mins max. But definitely a great place if you are craving meat.
(between 3rd Pl & 4th Pl), Brooklyn, NY 11231
Prime Meats has been very hyped due to the fact that it's owned by the same people as Frankie's. I tried to go a month ago and was told it was a 2 hour wait on a Friday at 9:30pm. This time, I went on a Saturday night @ 8pm, which obviously was no better. The host told me it was about a 2 hour wait and I just gave in. I gave him my cell # and Dan and I went and grabbed drinks at the Irish pub next door.
The wait ended up being a little over an hour instead. After sitting down, I totally understand why the wait is so long. The place is tiny! There must be about 10-15 seats total in the entire restaurant. It doesn't help that the bar is in the front and takes up half the restaurant, which makes the place overly crowded. I don't know what is up with this hipster, old school, Prohibition look, but Prime Meats also had it. Everyone wore vests, had many tattoos and had ironic mustaches. I'm so over that look.
I ordered the Apple Sazerac ($10) after finding out that the punch of the day was a Mai Thai. I was torn over what to order for my main meal. I was partial to the burger but I kind of feel like that's a cop out. So instead, I ordered the Sürkrüt Garnie (chouchrote garnie, slow cooked pork belly, Thuringian bratwurst, calf tongue & knackwurst served with house made sauerkraut ($16) and Dan ordered the burger with cheese and thick cut bacon ($13 for the burger and $4 extra for the cheese and bacon) and a pint of Oatmeal stout ($7). I was a bit hesitant about my meal but when I came out I was overwhelmed. There was so much food and lots of meat! I wish they had told me what was what on my plate b/c they all looked like meat to me and I was particularly curious as to which one was the calf tongue. But I was able to pick out the pork belly immediately and it was amazing. I think it's really really hard to get pork belly wrong. I also surprisingly loved the sauerkraut, it cut the fattiness of the meat well. But I could barely finish my plate and I am even regretting eating as much as I did. One of the meats just tasted like a hot dog and what I think was the calf tongue really just tasted like meat.
Dan's burger came out super rare, which is the way he actually like it and I had a bite and it was super delicious, but I'm not sure if it was worth $17. My drink turned out to be much stronger than I thought it was not very cocktail like. Instead it came out looking like straight whiskey in a small glass.
I was super curious about the meat plate that everyone was eating but I definitely could not have eaten more than I did. The name definitely speaks to how incredibly meat focused it is there, but I did see some veggie items. The host was very nice and apologetic for making us wait, and although I liked it, I'm not sure how worth the 1+ hour wait it was. Maybe 30-40 mins max. But definitely a great place if you are craving meat.
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