Momofuku Noodle Bar & Momofuku Milk Bar

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Now while I haven't yet achieved a reservation at Momofuku Ko, I have had the chance to visit/eat at 2 of the 4 Momofuku restaurants owned by David Cheng. If you haven't heard of Momofuku (and any socialite, hipster, food-lover, chef, restaurateur or subscriber to the New York Magazine has heard of Momofuku), I'll tell you a bit about it. Momofuku is a series of upscale Modern-Asian restaurants owned by David Cheng. Momofuku Ko is the hardest one to get a reservation to and is the only Momofuku out of the 4 that accepts reservations. Getting a reservation at Momofuku Ko is harder than getting into Yale, let's just put it that way. But I've never been to Ko so I'll just tell you about the 2 I have been to, Momofuku Milk Bar & Momofuku Noodle Bar. I'll begin with the milk bar.
Momofuku Milk bar is essentially a trendy bakery that serves desserts with modern twists on them. Oh, if you're allergic to nuts (like I am), avoid this place like the plague. Every item on the menu (except the soft serve ice creams) have some form of legume or nut in them. I had the soft serve. Momofuku Milk Bar basically takes odd flavors and puts them into soft serve ice creams. They have mint chocolate, "fire ball" (which tastes like Big Red gum) and licorice. I enjoyed the mint chocolate, and the fire ball was interesting. Am I running back like the rest of the trend-followers of Manhattan, no, but Momofuku Milk Bar is worth to visit once or twice.
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Momofuku Noodle Bar is a trendy noodle bar with a small menu. The restaurant features a bar as well as a bar style seating area in front of the kitchen. You have 3 appetizer and entree options (6 options total). The menu isn't very expensive and the most expensive thing on the menu is $22. I ordered the Momofuku Ramen. This was a giant portion of ramen noodles, accompanied with pork, scallions, radish, seaweed, if I'm not mistaken duck, and well of course the broth. I'm horrible at eating noodle dishes, but I have to say this was worth the agony and embarrassment. I'd definitely go back to Momofuku Noodle bar in the near future for a quick lunch.
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