Summary:
Day #1:
Katz’ Delicatessen
Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare
Day #2:
Dominque Ansel Bakery
Cull & Pistol @ Chelsea Market
Momofuku Ssam Bar
Le Bernardin
Day #3:
Russ and Daughters
Joe’s Pizza
Lady M
Eleven Madison Park
Cha An Tea House
Chikalicious
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Day #4:
Bake Culture
Shake Shack
Kat’z
Great stuff but I prefer Langer’s #19
Dominique Ansel Bakery
Nutella milky bread, rasphberry cronut, kouign amann, chocolate croissant
Great flaky texture but a bit sweet
Fan-fukin-tastic KA
Fluffy but not flaky. Pass.
Oyster from Belon, clam, langoustine
Fresh!
Momofuku Ssam Bar
7-Spiced Brisket Okonomiyaki - Great!
Some Rice Cakes with Szechuan Pepper - A-okay
Stuffed Rotisserie Duck Ssäm - Great!
Russ & Daughters
Bagel & Lox w/ Scallion Cream Cheese
A bit salty but delicious nonetheless.
Joe’s Pizza
Fantastic crust…light and crispy…everything else were just A-okay.
Under carriage shot
Lady M below Eataly
OG crepe cake.
Fantastic. Significantly better than the one I had at the Beverly Hills location.
Strawberry mille feuille
Cha-An Tea House
Sakura Drop
Straight up jelly and waste of $$
Green Tea Parfait - Good
Chikalicious
Black pepper sorbet with tomato gelee
A-Okay. The sorbet doesn’t have the right viscosity and the tomato gelee tasted artificial.
Black truffle ice cream on cognac creme brulee with warm biscuits and duo raisins
A-Okay. Same viscosity issue with the ice cream but the cognac in the cream creme brulee gave it great depth. I didn’t quite know how the other elements fitted into the dish.
Coconut marshmallow, butter cookie, chocolate brownie
A-Okay
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Busy AF at 12:00AM
Bing bread with chickpea hozon & eggplant
A-Okay. I think I would’ve preferred an OG hummus.
Pork ramen, pork belly, scallion, poached egg
Meh. Bland stock but fantastically smokey and moist pork belly.
Bake Culture
A shit bakery by F4?
Bad
Bad
A-Okay
Terrible
Shake Shack in the Theatre District
Busy AF
A shit Shack Burger just like the one in Las Vegas. I’ll take a OG McD hamburger over this tragedy all day long.