February 17, 2010

Momofuku Ko - New York, NY

We finally managed to get a seat at Momofuku Ko after a good year of trying to make a reservation through their online-only system. The reservations fill up literally in a matter of seconds every day, so you have to be quick (and lucky) to score a spot...just like in the old days when you had to be the 10th caller to 96 Rock to win tickets to Supertramp. The meal itself was unreal - I stopped counting the number of courses after they had served us seven in the first 20 minutes. I don't know if I was more excited about the meal (yes, the frozen, shaved foie gras was great) or the fact that Dave Chang and I have the same taste in books: