One-A Restaurant Review

Fusion Without the Confusion.
Momofuku Ssäm Bar

How lucky can you get? The East Village “lucky peach” restaurant makes one thrive like a ripened fruit, closing those body boundaries as you sit next to your comrades on stools meant to lean-into. David Chang’s fusion food is fashionable in every aspect. Wine lists are served in Moleskin journals, bringing the literature back into dining (at least before the second glass). Don’t worry about being overheard, because you won’t. The intimacy of the wall-aligned benches and soothing taste of sake will cure all paranoia’s.

With an open kitchen and waiters who walk with a swagger, each exuding their own styles, you start to warm up to the small yet descriptive menu. You’ll find your corn may be from Jersey, but we are graced with goat butter from the UK. Everyone is on the same level, literally. Momofuku Ssäm Bar has come up with a whole new style for cafeteria-type seating.

Don’t let one passing plate fool you—the Steam Buns may be a local favorite, and considered a dessert by many, but just as the tiny white plate contrasts this dark paneled bar, a whopping bowl of pork wavers to your nostrils.

Just in for a drink? Stop at the tiny yet intimate L-Bar in the back, where you can watch the energetic chefs create sushi and mouth-watering bo saam…just part of the experience.

You’re in New York City; go invigorate your taste buds.