I'm pretty disappointed with my latest experience at Momofuku Daisho.
My expectations were really high as the Noodle Bar and Milk Bar are so amazing!
We visited this past weekend to enjoy the Lunch Summerlicious menu. We both ordered a BBQ pork steam bun to start and they were just as good as when we've enjoyed them at the Noodle Bar. Strangely though, they only brought them out on one plate. I'm not sure if they expected us to bounce the plate back and fourth as I had to ask someone for a second plate to eat mine.
For our mains, I ordered the pork lettuce wrap thingamabobber and my fiance had the salmon. The salmon was bland and lacked anything interesting. It did have a nice charred skin which was really the only flavour throughout the dish. My lettuce wraps also lacked flavour. The pork had a strange spongy texture, was covered in fat, and was really unappealing. I barely ate it and let the waitress know that I didn't enjoy this course.
The desserts were alright - again lacking originality and were really nothing to write home about. They weren't memorable.
At the $28 cost of lunch, it's unlikely that anyone will be bragging about the food served during summerlicious this year. Except maybe some instagrammable photos of the view!
I'll be sticking to the Noodle Bar and the Milk Bar if I'm ever to visit again.
- Ashley Marie