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Is this at the Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum? I was bummed because we visited towards the end of their operating day and this part shut down earlier than the rest of the museum. There were these puffy air sleeves offered to protect the precious styrofoam.

Jasper Hill - Bayley Hazen Blue

receiving a bacon of the month club membership - christmas 2004.

does a bloody mary count? if not then a good bagel with whitefish. yum.

you look like the kid from home improvement!

the root beer float at stone park cafe hits the spot except when they run out of virgil's and substitute it with olde brooklyn. can't go wrong with the bittersweet chocolate pudding at great jones either.

The Spotted PIg shirts that Bourdain sported on a recent No Reservations were pretty ugly.

For me, the classic New York restaurant/food t is a toss-up between Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, Wo Hop and Sammy's Roumanian.

the last time i was at this nathan's, the cashier just completely disappeared in the middle of putting together someone's order for like 8 minutes. she just left. you'll get in a short line and think you've lucked out until you get a little closer and can see the cashier in motion and realize you are in deep shit. by then, you've already invested so much time waiting in this line that you won't want to move to another one since it'll be twice as long. and the mustard dispensers are disasters, too.

still, the nathan's line may only be my 2nd least favorite one. any line at shea stadium pretty much takes the cake. the food service workers there are models of absolute inefficiency.

i haven't been to paul's in years, but i really liked this place even if i once got a mushroom burger that included a large piece of the cardboard box the mushrooms were delivered in.

loved the bowl of pickles, but i remember their fries being limp and soggy. oh and this was definitely a splurge for a poor college kid circa 1997. b&h dairy next doors was the more economical option.

i had a couple of these at coco500 (aka jen from top chef 4's restaurant) the other week. they go down nice and easy.

impossible to pick just one! kimchi fried rice, a nice bowl of ramen, sujebi and pho tai make my list.

my eggs and grits were comped the other week at brunch because i found a piece of twine in the grits. prior to that i went to a sake tasting thrown by jfc and they handed out really nice gift bags filled with lots of snacks and samples - shrimp chips, miso, soy milk, etc...

chicken enchiladas, potstickers and triple ginger cookies! also like their trader grotto's sauce with sausage.