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Kanoyama, a Japanese Michelin-starred restaurant, was our choice to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I wasn’t expecting to go to the restaurant actually; NYC had just opened the indoor space and I wasn’t sure my husband was aware of it.
Soogil was on my list of restaurants to do. I couldn’t remember why, but I definitely liked the restaurant’s name; it sounded seductive.
So my friend and blogger Lisa kindly invited me to celebrate my birthday at this newly opened Chinese restaurant: Hunan Slurp. At first glance, it was a great choice as Pete Wells, famous restaurant critic at the New York Times, wrote highly about it. And at second glance, it was still a great choice!
Did you know the East Village is considered the San Sebastián of NYC? I personally didn’t, but that is what the sign in front of Huertas claims. I doubt that this is an accurate statement, but I definitely ate pintxos (Basque version of tapas) … or certainly something close to it.
What an unexpected and crazy weekend! The wind was blowing with rage last Friday; the trees were falling like dominoes, spewing electrical cables and producing huge damages in Westchester, NY. We were out of power from Friday at 1 pm to Monday at around 5 pm.
Oiji was created from a partnership between two Korean-born chefs, Brian Kim and Tae Kyung Ku, who attended the Culinary Institute of America together and worked respectively at Bouley and Gramercy Tavern.
