from a food perspective, starting to feel better about the area!
Well that’s exciting!
(Vanessa’s - meh, I don’t love their dumplings anyway, and the UES ones were pretty doughy when we ordered them in)
when the dumplings were 8 for $1 in chinatown and the peking duck sandwich $3 or $4, we’d bring the kids, give them $10 each and they loved it. the dumplings were decent and the hot, sesame bread stuff with duck became family fav comfort food. But yes, I’m guessing their food didn’t transfer to the UES all that well. Or probably for $1 I wasn’t too demanding.
hopefully super taste will be good! Kossar’s is just down the street from oslo coffee, a nice one, two.
I am not in the cult of Supertaste. It’s a good cheap (not even that cheap anymore!) bowl of soup, but not really worth going out of your way for. Then again, if it’s just right there…
Guessing if you lived in the ocean of Irish pubs and Italian restaurants that is the UES, I’m guessing you’d be first in line for a Super Taste cult membership card.
That’s a pretty safe bet. But I’ve had some nice meals up there (it’s one of the neighborhoods I work in). There used to be a good Shaghainese place on 3rd (maybe Evergreen?), a Korean place on 62nd & Lex (Helen’s), a couple of Turkish places, a good sushi place on 1st around 72nd. I’m not around much at dinner time anymore, though. And I’m brain-dead today, or I’d be able to think of more actual names and locations.
Hey @vinouspleasure – any update on Kossar’s and Thompson Sq UES locations?
(My sib was ordering Kossar’s bialys from Goldbely and I didn’t have a good answer on their bagels, so we stuck with Pick-A and Ess-A)
Asking for a friend…
more UES openings, CM Korean fried chicken is part of a chain that has generally played to warm reviews, taim has signage up and lenox hill thai has gotten good press.
I loved our Ctown grocery in Westchester, pre-covid they had a good steam lunch consisting of pernil and a set of rotating dishes, the bakery had a great selection of Ecuadorian, Columbian, and Peruvian baked goods and just about any south America spice or dried chili could be found.
Our Ctown on the UES is about 1/10 the size and by necessity, stocks mostly staples with a small but interesting selection of ethnic ingredients. Stopped by yesterday, much to my surprise found they’d dedicated a small shelf to Korean snacks including my all-time favorite, Tteokbokki chips!
Whatever happened to the H-mart that was supposed to be opening?
Little birdie tell me they don’t think it’s happening anymore …
forgot abou that! hopefully they’ll find another site on the ues.
sorry @vinouspleasure they seem to have shifted focus for now to the lower UWS - about to open at 70 & Amsterdam
I believe they will be open on east 86th by the end of the year.
we have a marvelous Aux Merveilleux de Fred! lex btw 86th and 87th, easily the best croissant on the UES and could be mistaken for a Parisian croissant, can’t wait to try their brioche.
haven’t tried it yet but we also have a branch of the burp bowl cafe:
That menu looks pretty good, but what an awful name.
I’m sure you’ve seen this before:
“ In China, burping isn’t considered rude. In fact, it’s actually a sign of gratitude to the cook and satisfaction with the meal. It’s a great compliment, so don’t be surprised when you hear a burp or two at the dining table.”
Yes, I am aware. There’s also a bar in the EV called “Burp Castle,” where the staff wears monks robes. I didn’t think much of that name, either.
Maybe burp bowl is trying to raise awareness in the US around burping, providing a safe space where one can burp with no repercussions.
Hi, my name is jeff, my pronouns are he, him and his and I’m currently transitioning my burping identity from western to eastern burping.
I am pretty decorous in my eating behaviors and generally prefer that the people I’m with not make any noises beyond talking. Sometimes I get what I want, sometimes I don’t.
Yes, well, people steeped in Chinese culture are also trying to be decorous. That’s why introducing burp identity early in a relationship is so important. If oscar wilde were alive today, we might have had a farce called The importance of burping
Come to think of it, too bad my son already graduated oberlin, I could have asked him to weave burp identity into campus life. I might have been known as the father of burping or maybe the burp master for short!
Best,
