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| - Ate here last night with my partner. We had excellent, attentive service which could be attributed to it being Tuesday and while not empty, it wasn't crazy busy.
Cocktails (i met her in mexico and some version of a manhattan which is not listed on their online menus) were really delicious and a great way to start our meal.
The complimentary pickles were really tasty, and was pleasantly surprised to be given a second serving after we inhaled the first.
We started with the steamed buns, one chicken karaage, and one pakora (after our server suggested we not overdo it on two orders, which we greatly appreciated in the end) which were lovely, light fluffy buns, crispy chicken and crunchy pakora.
A jar of kimchi was just lovely to snack on throughout the meal.
The roasted rice cakes with spicy pork sausage was really tasty, loved the crispy bits of the rice cakes.
Our mains were the hangar steak ssam, and the pork shoulder steak. The steak ssam was our favourite dish of the evening, with incredibly tender beef, sweet caramelized onion and kimchi all piled into lettuce wraps. The pork shoulder served with fried rice, was tasty but on the verge of being too salty for my taste.
Sides were nugget potatoes with chunks of fried ham, kewpie mayo were perfectly crisped and sufficiently dressed. Loved them. And asparagus with snow crab and poached egg - we really loved this, being suckers for perfectly poached eggs, and the crab leant a great salty contrast to the asparagus.
We decided against dessert, being as full as we were. Though, we did stop by Milk and pick up cookies and crack pie for later that night.
All in all, a great first Momofuku experience for us, and we spent less than expected (around $200 including tip), though if we had gone on a Friday or Saturday, I expect our drink orders would pad the bill quite a bit more. I look forward to going back in the not too distant future.
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