East Village

Luthun is a restaurant that draws upon Chef Nahid Ahmed’s inspirations from traveling around the world and embracing his Indian Bengali heritage.

As a huge fan of ramen and tsukemen (i.e., dipping noodles), I enjoy trying to find all the good tsukemen.

Back in 2012 and like Ippudo, this was supposedly another must-try ramen place that was highly raved by the NYC food scene.

Smithereens opened pretty recently in last November, and is from chef Nick Tamburo (Claud) and beverage director Nikita Malhotra (Momofuku Ko).

I remember a few years ago before the pandemic, TabeTomo was a very new tsukemen centric restaurant, and it was always on my try list.

Odre recently opened a little over a month ago, and it was on my list to checkout.

For this week, I offered my partner an option of European or Chinese.

Foxface Natural was on my list ever since it opened, and I was always curious about how eclectic their food was going to be because of the various game meats they offer.

I just have this affinity for noodles.

Tempura is one of those things in Japanese cuisine that is pretty expensive for what it is, but when you find the right batter with the right ingredients, it’s so good.

I had visited Ippudo twice before this time throughout my whole life, once in London and once in the East Village.

I haven’t frequent the heart of the East Village for quite some time.