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Momofuku Noodle Bar has a really great trendy, sleek vibe. I love the inconspicuous and subtle door you walk through to get to all the "action."
The seating is mostly communal style and bar seating. Our party of 6 tried calling for reservations around 6pm but were told that they were completely booked until 10pm. We popped by anyway (wanted to check out the Milk Bar) and at 6:30 the Noodle Bar wasn't even half full. Weird. Anyway, they let us grab a table.
While I didn't go for the ramen, I tried the following:
Blueberry, Orange, Lemonade Vodka Slushie - This was very tart, but quite refreshing & yummy, though I will say it melted from being a true Slushie before I could finish it (and I only got the 4 oz)
Black Garlic Ranch Smoked Corn - yum! The flavour on these babies are really good. It's served on the corn and sliced up into 4 pieces, so really great for sharing and only $4.
Japanese Smoked Corn - a spicy, seaweed, fishy-ish type taste on this corn. I felt the flavours worked kind of weird together. We didn't finish this one. I'd stick with the Black Garlic Ranch.
Smoked Chicken Wings - maybe I got my hopes up too high for this one, as I did read quite a few good things about these wings, but I was thoroughly not impressed. The seasoning wasn't bad, but I felt not powerful enough as the wings (especially the drumsticks) felt very one-note and sort of bland once you got through that inital bite. I felt like it needed something stronger to give it a kick or something to really make these wings stand out.
I'd give Momofuku Noodle Bar a second chance to try out the ramen and perhaps one of the buns, but I don't see myself running back here anytime soon!
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