We had a slightly quieter Saturday, coming down from the high from the night before. Too lazy to cook, S and I went to the new Ippudo in Midtown for dinner. We've only ever been to the the one in Tokyo previously and we've always been too hungry to bear the wait whenever we've been in the vicinity of the original New York Ippudo location in the East Village.
I liked it while S thought it wasn't worth $15/bowl. You be the judge:
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| Pork buns that put Momofuku ones to shame. |
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| Karaka-men - tasty but all you could taste was the heat from the chili. Not what I was quite in the mood for. |
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| Shiromaru Hakata Classic - if you can only order one thing, this is it. |
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| Green tea ice cream with mochi, red beans, and almond and coconut milk - I am not usually a fan of matcha ice cream but the milk was the perfect softener slash sweetener. We gobbled this one up good. |
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The maxi skirt below was a late-summer buy last year. As a fan of instant gratification, it was painful to have to wait an entire year to finally wear it out:
