AlwaysPartying: Superbowl Edition
Jeff Zalaznick — February 05, 2010
The spread.
Throwing a Superbowl party is something that must be done in style. Always Hungry style. The goal is to put together such an epic combination of food that your friends at the game wish they had stayed home. Normally this takes great meditation and planning, but if you stick with us, we will put it together for you. Follow these instructions and we guarantee that you will have the best Superbowl spread that any of your guests have ever seen.
Here is the move:
- New York’s best Buffalo Wings from Cercle Rouge
- Sloppy Joe Sandwiches from the Town Hall Deli
- A Bo Ssäm to-go from Momofuku Ssäm Bar
- And cook a Bacon Explosion just to ice the cake, and give the apartment that signature smell.
First Look: 8st Kitchen
Arthur Bovino — November 06, 2009
Yook Hoe Moo Chim, $8.00. 8st Kitchen.
K-town has moved downtown. 8st Kitchen, the new sister restaurant of Koreatown stalwart, Third Floor Cafe, officially opens for business tonight. Unlike with Third Floor, there’s no optical storefront, no Maxwell Smart-like, bathroom-stall sized elevator to an upstairs lounge, it’s all ground floor and glass window front.
The restaurant’s opening has been spearheaded by Third Floor’s good-natured manager, Jung-min Kim, with Chef Sung Ho Lim (right) in the kitchen. As Grub Street noted, the menu features traditional Korean dishes that get the occasional Japanese flourish, including Korean pancakes (Jōn), grilled or roasted meat dishes (Gui), wok or stir-fried dishes (Bok Keŭm), and rice and noodle dishes and sides (Bap and Gook Soo). Proteins vary from ground beef and cod fillet to squid, pork belly, rib eye and short ribs, with rice, noodles, and rice cakes. There are old favorites like Bul Go Ki and Bi Bim Bap, as well as Bo Ssäm with pork belly, pickled cabbage, daikon salad and oyster.
Among the dishes sampled during this First Look, the Yook Hoe Moo Chim (a Korean steak tartare), the Hae Mool Pa Jōn (Pancake with Shellfish and Squid), and the Bul Go Ki Ddōk Bok Ki (Rice Cake with Soy-Marinated Kobe Rib-Eye), were particularly strong. Some of these dishes are going to be especially good eating during chilly weather, but no matter which season, the Hae Mool Pa Jōn is the perfect well-seasoned, lip-smacking snack to eat with a beer at either the beginning of a night or the end of one.
Address: 22 West 8th Street (map), (212) 477-7755.
Hours: Sun – Wed, 5pm-11pm; Thur – Sat, 5pm-2am.
AlwaysHungry: This is How We Bo Ssäm
Arthur Bovino — October 29, 2009
Bo Ssäm: Whole Pork Butt.
If anyone doubted our claim to being AlwaysHungry allow these pictures from Tuesday night’s Bo Ssäm feast at Momofuku Ssäm Bar (view) to serve as a visual aid. Joining Jeff, The Hungry Goat and myself to kick the pork butt were internet guru, Matthew Weinberg, contributors GutterGourmet and Michelle Kiefer, and assistant video editor, Ryan ‘Big Dumplings’ Lee, who regaled us with chicken bone marrow eating tips while finishing the pork butt marrow.
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