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78 OTAFUKU
Think it might be a new nightclub owned by Joey Buttafuoco? Nope-it's an Osaka-style street-food stand where the specialty is a gooey pancake called otafuku, which means "cook what you like." While the range of offerings doesn't match that of a similar establishment at the Japanese mall in Edgewater, New Jersey, Otafuku provides a fine intro to the genre, featuring ingredients such as shrimp, unsmoked bacon, and squid. Also offered: fried octopus balls (gee, I didn't know they had balls).
236 East 9th Street, Manhattan 353-8503

((The Ocu-balls were fun but just ok to me, the pancake is made of cabbage with toppings....I will do a road trip to Edgewater soon))
- Skinny 1-11-2003 10:19 pm [link] [8 comments]

"Scheduled openings: Jean-Georges does fancy Chinese at 66. Wylie Dufresne (finally) opens WD-50. And as soon as he's ready (today, this weekend ... heck, maybe Monday), Mario Batali opens Otto (yes, that would be Italian for "eight"), his spin on the classic Italian enoteca and pizzeria."
- dave 1-11-2003 8:41 pm [link] [add a comment]

field trip -- iron chef japanese in philly
- linda 1-10-2003 7:55 pm [link] [add a comment]

Rumor has it from a real in the know-er that this place ROCKS!!
Il Barilotto
1113 Main St
Fishkill , NY 12524
Phone: (845) 897-4300

- Skinny 1-10-2003 5:22 pm [link] [add a comment]

"THE World's Most Decadent Hamburger" has come to New York. Served at the Old Homestead in - where else? - the Meatpacking District, the $41 sandwich is made of "hand-massaged, beer-fed" kobe beef, "lobster mushrooms" and micro greens on a parmesan twist roll. "It's the world's most incredible beef," boasts owner Marc Sherry. "Each cattle is hand-massaged and beer-fed, so when the meat is slaughtered the fat content and marbling is very high." The fatty feast is costlier than Manhattan's previous record-holders, the $29 dinnertime burger at '21' and the $27 DB Burger at DB Bistro Moderne. -nyp
- linda 1-10-2003 5:08 pm [link] [1 ref] [4 comments]