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need an excellent spot for brunch in brooklyn
I love their scones. Especially blueberry.... It's soft where the berries are and touch of salt makes me go crazy! I was told to come early in the morning if I want for fresh out of the oven scones.
Momofuku or Rai Rai Ken
Momofuku Ramen is very close to Okinawan soba. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_soba
sobaya update
I love Sobaya! They have been in business for a long time yet never go down its taste. Normally after years of success, the food, service and care goes BUT this place is not! I can count them.
Some replied Soba-Koh is better but I had awful experience there. They miss leaded me for coming for their special days and hours for the specials. BUT it was a lie. I was told simply “Oh! We don’t do that any more!” the waitress said.
Although the Soba had a nice bite and sauce tasted interestingly different but for the over all taste, price and service, and most of all miss-leaded AD was not acceptable. I will never go back and they can not come cross near Sobaya.
Japanese noodle bars
Soba Koh had a ad saying “Dinner Special 6 – 7 PM during week!” I knew they do have a weekend special as such but not during the week. To avoid weekend crowd, we went during week.
I heard such good things about their foods and was told their special was a great deal so I rushed and got in the restaurant a bit after 6 PM. I live in West Village but I took a cab not to miss this chance. I was so excited to have the special I only heard good thing about it.
Guess what? When I asked for the special, the waitress told me simply “We don’t do that any more!” then, I told her “But there was an ad in Japion for this week!” She insisted that they no longer have the special. It was really misleading ad! I was not very happy. But I heard such good things about the food so I ordered Cold soba and wanted have some shrimps to go with. The total became about $19. I would pay for good for that much BUT the soba was very interestingly have a nice bite touch. The broth was different but good but not that special. The shrimps were greasy, fried in wrong temperature. It was awful!
Over all, the waitress, misleading ad, awful shrimps and the price $23 plus tip and tax! It just doesn’t add up!
I told my friends who told me about this place that I had a bad experience. They gave me a frown face.
About a month or so, my friends started telling me that I was right.
Japanese noodle bars
Saburi on 31th & Lex. have a tasty Hiyahi-chuka. The cheif is a Chinese from Japan. He lived in Japan for 7 years working at Chinese restaurant in major chain hotel in Kobe. The chef knows how Japanese like this summer noodle that is originated in China and brought into Japan as Hiyashi-chyuka
The chef’s taste is very close to what I remember as Wayou-Chyuka. “Wa” is Japan and “Chyu” is China. So it could read as Japanese-Chinese. There are many restaurant specialized as such in Japan.
Because of the chef has the taste, I dig his choice of flavor. You have to try to know. They also offer other dishes and mostly good.
I recommend going there early so that the chef is not too busy or too tired. Avoid during busy hours, I had few disappointed experiences. They started to open late as 3 AM most of the week but I am sure that hours are catering to drinking people who wants to eat late and drink more... I don’t drink and never been at that hours.
What I liked and surprised me was Una-jyu. Eel on rice. That was so soft in side and nicely sweet and grilled outside. It was in this sone ball and hot and was sizzling.
