Agnanti is really good. It's by Astoria Park. The setting is very nice over there by the water. It's nice to walk down to the water, not as nice to think about the greatest tragedy to happen on New York soil prior to 9/11 took place there.
We like JJs sushi in Astoria, not mind-blowing, but nice.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 9 March 2008 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Doughnut Plant 379 Grand Street New York, NY
― felicity, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i really, really, really really need to go to momofuku
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
they carry those doughnut plant donuts at dean & deluca but they are about $3 each and look like they would give me a stomach ache. they look amazing though.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Gennaro on Amsterdam at 93rd, roast game hen with lemon.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
speaking of donuts. whatever happened to krispy kreme? it just kind of died off. maybe america's love affair with the doughnut is over.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i actually don't like donut plant, although i've never tried the cake ones. i hate the "yeast donut" style that they started out specializing in. peter pan is my choice for occasional indulgence.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost - maybe people realized that kk's are kind of gross.
KK doughnuts are so gross to me, I adore the apple cider kind, the cake ones with a slightly yellow interior and either no frosting or the real chocolate stuff. I've heard there are Greenpoint bakeries with reasonable facsimiles of my childhood doughnuts but haven't rly looked.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:36 (sixteen years ago) link
greenpoint bakeries have some amazing donuts. i hate krispy kreme too. and the look of the doughnut plant ones give me the same sickly sweet feeling, though i have never tried them.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:40 (sixteen years ago) link
so is the consensus that ssam bar is better than noodle bar?
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
laurel, you would LOVE peter pan. trust me on this. run, don't walk!
someone on ch0wh0und said that biting into a glazed yeast donut is like biting into wet waxed paper, and i find that description totally accurate.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
is there a time when it's better to go to momufuku to avoid the crowds? or is it not that bad? it looks so tiny.
or: do they deliver?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
krispy kreme::donuts = taco bell::mexican
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:50 (sixteen years ago) link
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lol come to flyover country
they've closed down all the krispy kreme stores in nyc though, right?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
if you go before 7, or for lunch, or if the weather is shitty you should be ok at momofuku. the new place is bigger so sometimes the wait is not as bad as it looks. I doubt they deliver.
― dmr, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
you can get Top Pot donuts on every corner now, why would you want KK? for real doughnuts, get out of the city.
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't want KK. it was just mysterious how the stores all vanished. what are top pot donuts?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
you can find them at the evil coffee empire
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
My mom used to make doughnuts once in a GREAT while...I remember sitting on the piano bench eating doughnut holes hot from the fryer until I was ill.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
the old smaller place is now Momofuku Ko with some goofy internet reservation system. posts like this one from Eater make me not even want to fucking bother. reservation scalpers?? get the fuck out.
>Ko-BOOM: Still Hope —This just in from the tipline: "Ko-ancellations do happen. I just picked up a two-top for 9:00pm tomorrow night." Cancellations— resulting in new prime open seats—could be a by-product of the new ID rule forcing resy scalpers and those who made multiple resys to hand over the goods.
― dmr, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link
i think if you go to ssam bar early (like 5.30/6) then it might not be too bad. you can make reservations for the bo ssam dinner. if you have the max number of people (10), then it actually becomes a greata value.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I was gonna say, is it really hard to get into those places if you go at like 1 in the morning?
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I went to Noodle Bar around 4pm on a Sunday and got seated right away, but before we were done a line was already forming.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I went to the original momofuku once (the night of the last blizzard that dropped 30 inches of snow overnight, feb 05 or 06 maybe?) and it was garbage... seriously, i can not comprehend the level of acclaim such a generic fusion place has garnered.
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:10 (sixteen years ago) link
my understanding is it's highly inconsistent - it's capable of greatness, but only some of the time
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
aw i thought this was the shasta approved noodle bar! which one am i think of?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
i've been three times- twice to noodle bar and once to ssam when they just sold burritos. all was awesome.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
that would be Ramen Setagaya (1st ave btw 8&9).
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
i realize my palate is probably quite different than their frequent customers though.
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
mmmm, setagaya! i really liked the ssam bar, but not for the ssams (in fact, i thought lunch was pretty bad). shasta and phil-two both gave the noodle bar a big thumbs-down, and that was enough to put me off.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^their = momofuku's
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
to me momofuku and setagaya are about equal taste-wise but I'm far from a ramen connoisseur. setagaya's a little cheaper too.
― dmr, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
horray i will go to setagaya!
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i want to go too!
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
it's been a while.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
do you want to go this week?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
sure. i kind of like doing ramen brunch, if that works for you.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
i emailed you!
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Lauren is such a brunch tart. She'll eat with anyone!
PS: I am totally going to Santana soooooooooon.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
it's true.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:48 (sixteen years ago) link
As someone who doesn't eat eggs (although I eat eggs cooked in stuff), it is very very annoying that most brunch places have such crap options for me (and vegetarians & vegans). Never a fan of brunch, especially in N. Brooklyn.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
most places do a really half-assed job. eggs are cheap and fast, so you get pretty ill-considered variations on 2 served any style with potatoes and toast.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Deee lishus.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, you forgot pork form.
i go to sushi gen in pspect heights for brunch almost every weekend now. they do an amazing job with everything. and the only eggs are a tamago patty usually with eel or crab.
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
and i am so over potatoes in the morning, they just put me to sleep!
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
i really hate the paprika-heavy home fries with green/red pepper and onion that have become the standard at a lot of places trying to class things up. it doesn't help that they're almost always lukewarm.
― lauren, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
god i love eggs and breakfast meats but would gladly go back to santana sooooon. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link