Tag Archives: Asian
Tuesday Photo Fun: Flavors of Asia
Okonomiyaki pancake, pad Thai noodles, and fried pineapple in a curry sauce.
Restaurant Review: Bread-A
Bread-A 41-46 College Point Boulevard (between 41st Avenue and Sanford Avenue) Flushing, Queens 718-886-1888 x14 Vegiboys Rating (2.5/4) In its earlier life, Bread-A existed as a small bakery in an industrial area of Flushing with a few hot dog cart-style offerings. The restaurant has since morphed into a large full service restaurant that’s particularly notable […]
Restaurant Review: Kajitsu
Kajitsu 414 East 9th Street (between 1st Avenue and Avenue A) East Village, Manhattan 212-228-4873 Vegiboys Rating (3.5/4) A restaurant’s ambition generally reaches no higher than to feed you well in a comfortable environment. Kajitsu shows what can be accomplished when a restaurant aspires to something entirely differ. Kajitsu’s dining room is clean and comfortable, […]
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Restaurant Review: Hangawi
Hangawi 12 East 32nd Street (between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue) Midtown, Manhattan 212-213-0077 Vegiboys Rating (3/4) Restaurateurs Ryoon and Terri Choi design their venues exquisitely. Whereas Franchia rises in three steep stories to create a tiered mountain of table spaces, sister restaurant Hangawi takes the opposite approach, with a grand entrance portal leading into […]
Restaurant Review: Zen Kitchen Express
Zen Kitchen Express 34 Lexington Avenue (between 23rd Street and 24th Street) Kips Bay, Manhattan 212-979-7778 Vegiboys Rating (2.5/4) Zen Kitchen Express on Lexington Avenue stands as a sort of aftershadow of the late Zen Burger (the vegan fast food chain which disappeared from the city in 2009). The restaurant’s interior is sparsely decorated, but […]
Restaurant Review: Dao Palate
Dao Palate 329 Flatbush Avenue (between Park Place and Prospect Place) Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 718-638-1995 Vegiboys Rating (2.5/4) We entered Dao Palate knowing the restaurant’s owners were the same as Williamsburg’s Wild Ginger. The dining room had a very similar feel; the décor was modern and the space was calming with windows open to the […]
Restaurant Review: Vegetarian Palate
Vegetarian Palate 258 Flatbush Avenue (between Prospect Place and Saint Mark’s Avenue) Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 718-623-8808 Vegiboys Rating (2.5/4) Discretely folded into the many commercial storefronts of Flatbush Avenue, Vegetarian Palate has all the trappings of any typical Chinese food restaurant. The cookie-cutter design and the polite (though sometimes confused) service both fail to create […]
Restaurant Review: Gobo
Gobo 1426 3rd Avenue (at 81st Street) Upper East Side, Manhattan 212-288-4686 401 6th Avenue (between Waverly Place and 8th Street) Greenwich Village, Manhattan 212-255-3902 Vegiboys Rating (3/4) Gobo achieves a very inviting feel with their restaurant; well-spaced tables in a calming, sleekly furnished dining room gave it a great atmosphere during our recent visit. […]
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Restaurant Review: Wild Ginger (Williamsburg)
Wild Ginger 212 Bedford Avenue (between North 5th Street and North 6th Street) Williamsburg, Brooklyn 718-218-8828 Vegiboys Rating (2.5/4) Sitting amongst the varied restaurants of Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, this Wild Ginger should not be confused with the totally unaffiliated Lower East Side restaurant. Aside from the name and an Asian-themed menu, the two hold little […]
A Vegetarian Exploration of Manhattan’s Chinatown