Bib-Gourmand on Gourmand Syndrome

Coqodaq

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:32:23 -0500

Coqodaq is the second restaurant from owners of Cote Korean steakhouse. This restaurant like Cote is difficult and annoying to snag reservations for a reasonable time. I checked out their Thanksgiving menu, and it seemed close enough to their regular menu. I ended up making a reservation for 1:30 PM on a Thursday fairly easily a few days prior.

This restaurant also was featured in an episode of “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars”, and it was interesting to learn about the attention they provided to something as straight forward as Korean fried chicken.

Jiang Nan

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:39:03 -0400

Due to a slew of Chinese spicy restaurants opening up in the Long Island City neighborhood, this was one that caught our attention. Jiang Nan has several locations spread around the tri-state areas and more, and the Flushing location even received a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The restaurant advertises itself as Asian fusion, but I noticed many of the restaurant ingredients were definitely more Chinese centric. We were able to walk in at 5 PM without reservations for 2 on a Saturday evening.

Pranakhon

Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:44:28 -0400

We’ve recently been on a Thai binge trying different regional Thai foods ranging from southern to northern. I’m finding that northern Thai food tends to be a bit too spicy and too sweet for me, although the tastes are sure to accentuate those who need such bold flavors. This restaurant has recently been acknowledged by Michelin guide and is located near NYU around Union Square. We were able to walk in without reservations at around 5 PM on a Friday night, though they said our meal was limited to 90 minutes.

Chalong

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 19:25:12 -0400

We had a show to go to around 43rd and 9th Ave, so we decided to look around the Hell’s Kitchen area. In this area from my research, there seems to be some pretty good Thai restaurants that have been here for a bit or are opening up. We had recently gone to LumLum, which focused on more Northern Thai cuisine. Here in Chalong which is on 9th Ave between 51st and 52nd, they are focused on more Southern Thai. This restaurant is a few months old, and we were able to get a reservation for 2 for 5:30 PM the night prior to our arrival.

Hometown BBQ

Sun, 09 Sep 2018 17:24:17 -0400

I’ve been here a few times already now. It’s always a trek to get here from the F/G train stop at Smith St, which is about a mile away. If you go walking at night, it’s a little sketchy at times. But this is supposedly the BBQ place to go to if you’re in NYC. Every single time I’ve come here, there’s always a wait for the food. On a Saturday night, it can be ~1 hour wait, but if you come right when it opens, you can get in pretty fast.