ES Local: Midtown Momofuku Madness in NYC
If you’ve been keeping up with the New York food blogerati over the past few days, then you know there’s been only one pressing recent world event. Clearly I’m not talking about water on the moon or health care passing the house, but Momofuku’s inevitable march into midtown. On Thursday, David Chang’s much, much, much talked about mini-chain soft opened Ma Peche, its first non-East Village location, inside the trendy Chambers Hotel. The Manhattan food world is basically treating it as a live-blog-worthy breaking news event. Here are a few of the first thoughts:
“I think it’s safe to say we have a new banh mi king in town”
“Even if you’re not into the rest of the food, you could order the cookie and a glass of milk and still have a smidgeon of the Momofuku experience. In fact, that’s what we recommend.”
Sorry, TVFF – sounds like the bahn mi trend isn’t dead quite yet.
Since it’s safe to say Ma Peche will be packed to the brim every lunch hour for the next, oh, five years or so, over at Oyster we’re looking at a few alternative spots to grab lunch in this just-south-of-Central-Park slice of Midtown.
(Photo: Food in Mouth)
That 3 terrine bahn mi is in the new Momofuku book.
A couple of the guys in my crew and I are already trying to round up the ingredients. This MUST be attempted! (as will all porkbelly related recipes)