Culinary Tidbits . . . Joe Bastianich defends his business partner, Mario Batali regarding his off-the-cuff remarks about bankers being Hitler & Stalin like, and Bastianich is quoted as saying, “I come from that world, I worked on Wall Street for many years. I think that what was said in that room was probably misinterpreted to a certain degree. I’m one of those people so I get both sides of the story. Of course we want [finance types] to come to our restaurants.”

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Logo and image are property of Momofuku-ko, New York City.

Momofuku-ko
163 1st Avenue
New York, NY 10003
(between 10th and 11th streets)

Lunch Fri – Sun
Dinner daily

They serve a lunch menu on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and it is currently priced at $175 – please allow at least three hours for consumption.

The dinner menu is served seven days a week and is currently $125 – please allow at least two hours for consumption.

Corkage charge is $45, although they do offer a large selection of wine, sake and beer as well as beverage pairings to accompany your meal. Serving superb International cooking (it is definitely not a Japanese sushi bar or karoke lounge as many are led to believe due to the name, which means “lucky peach”).

You are gladly welcome at Momofuku-ko, as long as you abide by a few stringent rules including: reservations can only be made by email after establishing an account and can only be made online through the reservation website; no photos are allowed; no cell phone conversations inside the restaurant are allowed; and few provisions for dietary-restrictions are provided. No Photos and yet, a picture tells a thousand words . . . isn’t this unfair? In spite of these obstacles, this still remains to be one of the hardest reservations to come by in NYC.

Other related ventures: momofuku noodle bar, momofuku ssäm bar, momofuku ko, má pêche, milk bar.

Rachael Ray is a popular American TV food show personality with her own distinctive style. It is acknowledged, by both her friends and foes, that she presently holds the position of one of the most popular female cooking-show celebrities on U.S. television.
As a self-proclaimed burger lover, it came as no surprise when she announced that her next venture will be a hamburger joint in New York City. It should also be expected, that her huge TV fan-base from all over the country, will form long queues stretching around the block waiting to taste her burgers.