Gothamist: The Hungry Cabbie Eats The Outer Boroughs: San Hai Jin Mi

maureen from enso quartet

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:45:48 -0500

Just tried Madangsui in Fort Lee, NJ. Yummy! It was my first excursion out of K-town. Their kalbi melted like butter and the tongue was awesome. (don't overcook!) Lots of banchan and fast service. (although I hear it get really crowded on weekends)

Guy

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:39:48 -0500

YEAH! Korean BBQ lovin love-in! The 7-Train has improved ten fold since I used to take it to school waaay back in the day. I don't think the express runs at night, but without anyone getting on and off at 4AM, you can bet from Times Square to Main St is probably 40minutes at most.

WhiteTrash BBQ

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:53:00 -0500

Guys - Korean BBQ is not barbecue at all. It's more akin to stir frying and grilling than it is to true barbeque. Don't ge tme wrong, I love Korean, Mongolian, Vietnamese etc. BBQ. Hell, I just love food! But it just ain't the Q! For true blue barbecue, you need a wood/charcoal indirect low heat fire, some smoke, a big cut of cheap meat and time.

Myszka

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:31:16 -0500

I don~t get the fascination with cooking the beef at the table. You just leave the restaurant smelling like a beef bomb. My (Korean) family just has the beef cooked in the kitchen and brought out. I like the eating part. Oh, I~m the one who didn~t get the fascination with guacamole made at the table either.

KC

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:20:56 -0500

Mets Fan, now I think you misunderstood me. I have no money. I ride the bus and know its unreliability. I'm just saying that you can't assume that all people who read about eating at THC's locales are working class. Didn't mean to upset you so.

Mike

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:49:28 -0500

God I love Budweiser.

Mets Fan 1986

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:33:56 -0500

THC, I'm not knocking your reviews. They're all good reading. You're very lucky to have access to an automobile to get to these hidden gems. (and a quick getaway, if need be) Hell, I know people who won't even take the bridge over to Peter Luger's. The only bad thing about the 86 Met's were the 87 Met's. They still sold out many games that year.

THC

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:18:09 -0500

Mets Fan 1986: This column is called THC Eats THE OUTER BOROUGHS. Gothamist asked me to be their outer borough food writer to expand the food coverage to the entire city (but I still don't know Staten Island admittedly). So I just write about my favorite outer boroughs food discoveries. I'm glad you like my recs. If you are looking for more easily reached places, you can go to my personal blog at www.famousfatdave.com/blog and there is a whole section on Manhattan. Thanks for caring though. And let me say even I like the 86 Mets, and I'm a Yankee fan.

Mets fan 1986

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:07:02 -0500

OH pardon me for living, mr. moneybags. a thousand apologies, sir. so sorry, I'll walk behind you from now on. Look at most of the places THC went to, these neighborhoods were called TWO FARE ZONES before the metrocard. That means A CAR would be most helpful, sir. And, buses? You'll be lucky if you can get one that runs once per hour on a weekend night. some stop service quite early and in the outskirts of Queens, you're using Triborough coach or some other private bus company.

KC

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:56:35 -0500

Most of us are working class? How could you possibly know that? Mets Fan, I think you're just being nitpicky. And THC wasn't suggesting that we should all take cabs, just that the cab-driving and the cab-privileged aren't the only ones who have access to 4 AM treats all over the place.

Mets fan 86

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:50:55 -0500

true, thc but those place can get you beaten up if you're looking for a car. When we mean subway accessible, it means we get there safe getting there and coming back. Flushing is tolerant of most everyone. I think that's the main jist of the places you've reviewed. OK, so you didn't get any dirty looks but can you say that for other people? buses run all night but can you rely on them? yellow cab? most of us are working class.

The Hungry Cabbie

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:15:58 -0500

It's tiiime to set the record straight: New Park Pizza: A train to Howard Beach 101 Deli: A train to the S train to Playland Station Salonike: G train or F train to Bergen St. Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pie: B61 bus to Van Brunt Mike's Deli: 4 train or D train to Fordham Hope & Anchor: B61 bus to Van Brunt Waterfalls: Any train to Downtown Brooklyn or Brooklyn Heights Louie & Ernie's: 6 train to Buhre Ave. (10 minute walk) The subway and busses run all night, just like yellow cabs. Go with God.

mee so hungary

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:20:46 -0500

Anytime's the right time for Korean BBQ. I agree with Nick, seems most of his reviews are for places not really accessible by subway. EXCEPT this one, awesome.

nick

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:35:29 -0500

thanks, sir hungry cabbie. keep up the good work!

d

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:53:31 -0500

damn i'm hungry now. korean food is the best food in the entire world! need to make a trip out to qb. ok so k-town is shwag (although Kun Jip is damn good all around, and Gam Mee Ok's kimchi is the best) but what's everyone's take on north jersey korean joints? any recommendations?

The Hungry Cabbie

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:48:36 -0500

Nick, Thank you very much for the kind words. Some places I've written about can only be gotten to by train/bus combo. This place is subwayable though. I rarely take the subway, but here's the directions someone gave on my personal site, and apparently they work: Take the #7 Train to Main Street-Flushing. Walk down Main Street going north (away from the LIRR trestle/towards St George’s Church-big steeple). Where Main Street ends, make a right turn onto Northern Blvd, Kennedy Fried Chicken on the corner. Stay on the right side of Northern and start walking up the hill. Go two traffic lights (the first one for Linden Place and is just for the opposite direction of traffic) and then turn right onto Union Street. There’s a Nara Bank on the opposite corner. Stay on the right side of the street. Good luck.

nick

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:39:03 -0500

i really like this column...my only gripe is that none of these restaurants seem to be subway-accessible... how about some love for us non-drivers?

Su Kim

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:28:09 -0500

Cali? What? Who calls it Cali? Okay, LL Cool J does, but he's from Queens. I read THC's link on the words Little Korea, and I see where he picked up L.K.

s

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:58:32 -0500

k-town is shwag, for me it's flushing or nothing. Jang Tuh Sutbulgi is the best, the bbq is cooked on a grill over hot hardwood coals, not in a pan over gas. their side dishes rule, they have the best egg and scallion hotpot as well as cabbage and brisket stew and spicy tofu and seafood in red chilli soup.

ktown

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:07:46 -0500

little korea? what? who calls it that? it's k-town. like the one in cali and everywhere else there's a k-town.

msnickel

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:18:10 -0500

Hungry Cabbie, you are my favorite Gothamist writer! I'm Korean, and even I don't think I could do bulgogi at 4am in the morning...