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Grab a few friends and head over to Momofuku Ssäm Bar for the Bo Ssäm ($180) a huge hunk of pork butt, cooked to falling-off-the-bone perfection, and served with a dozen oysters, kimchi, rice, a variety of sauces (including an addictive ginger-based sauce), and bibb lettuce for wrapping. You'll have to call in advance for reservations, and depending on the size of your group, you'll have room for other dishes as well. Our group of seven polished off some two orders each of the famed pork buns, the hamachi, and two three-terrine sandwiches, as well as the wax bean salad, an order of fried artichokes, some soft-shell crabs, and some ribs that were sent over by the kind folks at the next table (including Mario Batali and John Hodgman), all before the bo ssäm arrived at the table. No, we didn't finish it all, but we were pretty excited about digging into the leftovers the next day.
Momofuku Ssäm Bar
207 Second Ave., at 13th Street
212-254-3500; call in advance for the Bo Ssäm
Apparently Off the Broiler was there the next night -- 'tis the week of pork butt!
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$180?
$180
Keep in mind that it's meant to feed at least 6 people.
I just fainted and drowned in my own drool.
Sounds delicious. Much better than your juice fast, I'd imagine. Lust, jealousy, envy, gluttony....through in a few more sins and I'm yours!
-z
"and some ribs that were sent over by the kind folks at the next table (including Mario Batali and John Hodgman), all before the bo ssäm arrived at the table."
Wow. Remember when Gothatmist wasn't a bunch of name dropping, asymmetrical hair having, pho-emo-rock listening to, sycophantic dilletantes, sucking up to NYC's supposed "culinary" superstars? I don't. Cause they never were anything but. FOR SHAME.
Wow -- did someone cut my hair without my noticing? Last I knew it was symmetrical. I think I'm too old to know what pho-emo-whatever is, just for the record. And if by "sucking up" you mean "saying hello," then I am guilty as charged.
And yes, ZW, infinitely better than the juice fast!!
"Falling off the bone" = overcooked imperfection. The meat should have a little pull to it off the bone.
drink your haterade
So what's up with not inviting me?
"and some ribs that were sent over by the kind folks at the next table (including Mario Batali and John Hodgman), all before the bo ssäm arrived at the table."
Wow. Remember when Gothatmist wasn't a bunch of name dropping, asymmetrical hair having, pho-emo-rock listening to, sycophantic dilletantes, sucking up to NYC's supposed "culinary" superstars? I don't. Cause they never were anything but. FOR SHAME."
Remeber when internerds didn't read blogs only so they could whine about how much better they used to be? If you don't like the site go somewhere else.
Regarding the pictures & write up: thanks for ruining my morning, that looks plain silly.
John Hodgman is a culinary superstar? Go figure.
Unperturbed and Infuriated, you must be unable to eat a meal as described above, given all the bile and vitriol in your system. Stop wringing your hands at being one of the have-nots, you'll live longer.
The fact remains that Ssam bar is overpriced and, like Momofuku Bar, an extremely uncomfortable place to eat: overcrowded, very noisy and chaotic (any waiter carries any dish to any table in any order), and featuring stools with no backs. If you go, go very very early, like 5PM, or suffer the onslaught.
who's john hodgman?
isn't batali known for his orgies, not that there's anything wrong with that. He looks like a Ceasar like figure. You know cooks and their sexual references.
anyway, any place that celebrates fat is OK with me.
Actually "Annoyed", if that is your real name you scoundrel, the vitriol and bile is an excellent digestive for all pork foods. I suggest you try it, sir. You may be the one living longer. Although if you continue on your tirade against I, a mere messenger of truth, you may find the weak hate filled words you spew have confused you and driven you from your true path in life; which is of course attempting to bring me, and others like me, to your wretched spiritual, ethical, and moral level. Carry on sir.
by pho-emo, did he mean faux-emo?
or was that a culinary reference to the vietnamese noodle soup dish pho.
'm' said:
"Remeber when internerds didn't read blogs only so they could whine about how much better they used to be? If you don't like the site go somewhere else.
Regarding the pictures & write up: thanks for ruining my morning, that looks plain silly."
why don't you go somewhere else? I'm sure you know this site comments on non-vegan food almost daily.
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Regarding 'Unperturbed and Infuriated' post:
Do you know 1) what either "unperturbed" or "infuriated" mean?? Or 2)who Mario Batali is? Let me help you. 1) they are not mutually exclusive terms.
2) He is a Culinary GOD. I could only dream of accepting a plate of ribs from the 2nd biggest food-whore this side of the atlantic. /sarcasm!
i mean seriously - the man wears CLOGS. EVERYWHERE. And he calls himself an italian-american? No self respecting italian descendant worth his weight in ziti would ever disgrace himself in that manner. (Maybe that's the American part of the genetic equation. All of you americans are unfeeling robotic consumers)
regarding the what has been termed "vitriol" in your post, U&I: heed the words of Calvin Coolidge and Rev Coughlin - if it is an unpopular sentiment, you're on the right track.
"Confused", clearly you are unfamiliar with the musical stylings of the Vietnamese people. Of course you, a foul tempered miscreant with a chimp's brain, would be unfamiliar with a style of music not born and bred in the "good ol' US of A." For it does not bear the mark of "Ford" or else it is not mentioned in such publications as "Vice" then it must not be legitimate. Am I correct in my analysis of your simple mind? You sir, are a rascist and i'm betting misogynist to boot! Now please refrain from wasting my valuable time. I cannot take the time to guide every simpleton with internet access through an education in World Culture. However badly it is needed. GOOD DAY!
I like this guy U and I.
I'll take MB's pervyness over flay's cockiness anytime. even alton brown's hipster nerdness grates on me once in a while. guys with their new fangled flashlights and ham radios.
Yalls missing out on some fine ass!
he's a hipster doofus! LOL
What's wrong with misogyny and racism?
I can see that this comment string is quickly degenerating into a haven for malcontents and fools. "Hipster Doofus" indeed! Were we in the "real world" I would verily give you the thrashing across your bottom that your parents apparently neglected to give you, to ill effects for all. I am no "hipster doofus" at all, rather I exist on a plane which you have surely never known, a plane of Justice and Honor where the air is free of the foul stench emitting from your very pores, and those just like you. Small minded bigoted psychologically and spiritually unformed beings who are surely from another, lesser, species of human altogether. You have my pity, sir. And my prayers.
Wow. let me paraphrase U&I worldview: "hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate."
Seriously, buddy, I wonder how in the heck you enjoy ANYTHING. hypercritical, are we? It's summer, lighten up, man.
*****
Question to the author: was it a costly excercise in gluttony, or appropriately priced for 7 people?
on a side note, ham radios??!!! charming, to say the least.
As I'm reading, I'm expecting U&I's next sentence to be "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt..."
"U and I's drunken mother", I was extremely surprised and displeased to see that you perceive my truths saying as hate. Clearly your small mind is unable to see reality as it truly is. Cold and Beautiful. I assure you dear woman, that the air up here is as fine as a crystal lake or the cool blue ocean of the South Pacific. I do hope you can one day, by some metabolical miracle of brain chemistry, stretch your neurons and biological brain matter to wrap around a deeper concept of "Life" as you and your primordial minded brethen know it.
"why don't you go somewhere else? I'm sure you know this site comments on non-vegan food almost daily."
well it ruined my morning because I've been dreaming about eating it ever since. looks fantastic. silly good.
now, where should i go?
Perhaps you should revise your style of communicating playful sarcasm, 'm'. I could only assume, due to your lack of explanation points and emoticons, that you were another vegan damning a blog due its unabashed leanings towards consuming delicious meats.
BUT, to answer your query ~ perhaps the gastronome in you will find yourself in a similar setting described above, but without the naked fawning over its pretentious accompaniments.
are they getting comped now that they did this write up?
i found the food there to be mediocre, at best. and yes, overpriced for what it is.
To be perfectly clear, our party just happened to be seated next to Batali's party. WE WERE NOT DINING TOGETHER, SCHEMING TO GIVE FOOD AWAY.
What happened was this:
Batali gave the ribs to us; but as he had already shared a pot of crawfish with us, we felt it only right to share the fatty wealth with the next table over.
Had I known you people were bloggers, though, I would have THROWN THOSE RIBS AT YOU LIKE KNIVES.
That is not true. I AM VERY FOND OF YOU.
Please pass the greasy favor forward (say, via www.cityharvest.org) when you can, just like the little ghost-seeing man-child.
THAT IS ALL.
Wow, I love Unperturbed and Infuriated.
You are obviously insane, and one of my people.
Random comment meanderings are usually distTASTEful, but in this case I beg to differ.
P.S. Extra points for the word scoundrel.
why not go straight to those who need it right away.
How bout giving to the coalition for the homeless.
I just passed their van that's parked across the criminal courts and the line was like a block long for a meal.