Another Dinner at Ippudo

Not my ramen so I don't remember the name. My friend liked it though and even though she usually doesn't eat pork she actually enjoyed it this time.

Also not my ramen. It's the one with soy sauce listed as one of the ingredient on the menu. My other friend liked it too.

My dish. I forgot the actual name but it had the word Modern in it. I think the red sauce on top was supposed to make it spicy but it wasn't. However this was still an incredible bowl of ramen. The Berkshire pork slices were melt-in-your-mouth kind of tender as usual and the other pork I added was also tasty.

I believe this was some kind of seaweed creme brulee. I liked how this wasn't too sweet and how the flavor complemented the grean tea ice cream on top.

Mascarpone with green tea ice cream. We shared both desserts and we all agreed we would probably come to Ippudo just for this.

Ippudo
65 4th Ave
New York, NY‎

Lunch at Suki Thai Shabu Shabu

Fresh wrap filled with veggies with one nicely sized and lightly boiled shrimp. Citrus like dipping sauce was quite sweet.

Shabu shabu aka hot pot is basically where you throw veggies and/or meats into boiling hot water which may or may not be flavored already. The dish above a mix of veggies and noodles is a base given by most if not all the hot pot places I've tried in NYC. The plate was brimming, but I took the pictures after I took out some ingredients already.

This place had a little corner in the restaurant where you pick your sauces and condiments to be mixed in the boiling water. This was my chosen spicy mix.
Thinly sliced meat, this one happens to be beef.

My shabu shabu aka hot pot.

One appetizer and two hot pot orders with no extra toppings added to around $35.

Suki Thai Shabu Shabu
6015 woodside ave
New York, NY 11377

Dinner at Ippudo

My friend had this dish. She's eaten at Ippudo in Japan and not surprisingly she preferred it over the NYC branch.

I don't remember anymore which one this was, but I do remember the pork being unbelievably soft and the soup was less salty than the last time I was there. Was it worth $13? Maybe if it was much colder outside.

I ordered a Peach Prosecco. I'm not sure if they got me the right drink, but it tasted well enough and so I didn't bother to complain. I'm a sucker for a fizzy lychee sake drink.
It buzzed me much more than a half glass of white wine I had today.

Ippudo
65 4th Ave
New York, NY‎