March 11, 2008
Momofuku Ko Reservation Madness to Begin at 10 a.m.
Heads up: David Chang's latest creation, Momofuku Ko, will be open for online reservations at 10:00 a.m. today, so cancel your meetings, bookmark the URL and prepare to crash the site's server. Will the dainty new baby live up to the breathless hype that swirls around Chang's burgeoning empire? Only the quick-clicking lucky few will find out anytime soon.
As we described last week, Chang deliberately decided not to take reservations by phone and created the first-come, first-served online system to ensure equal access to the 14-seat hot spot. Even Gourmet writer Ruth Reichl was denied a reservation when she personally hit Chang up for one.
If you are one of the internet elite to get through, you'll see a confirmation email like the one here (seen by eGullet's Steven Shaw when the site went live in beta mode for a few minutes recently; sadly for him, it didn't result in an actual reservation).
UPDATE: As expected, the site crashed almost immediately and is currently locked in a defiant "Service Unavailable" stance. Did anyone get through? Eater is live blogging their reservation attempt.
Photo courtesy of eGullet.
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why do we care?
and it crashed...
David Chang hates vegetarians.
The site may have crashed because David Chang punched a hole in it.
crashed at 10:04- back up at 10:09
crashed again- 10:13.
hasn't come back yet.
I was able to get in and begin to create an account, but it crashed halfway through. Argh.
How pathetic.
The only thing that sucks more than this post is the food at that craphole.
CORRECTION: David Chang EATS vegetarians.
bourgie trash
Momofuckup
I was able to create an account, and of course its all booked up.
I was able to create an account, and of course its all booked up.
The web shenanigans were ridiculous but I got a reservation! I can't wait to be wowed by pork toes over a salad of pringles and brushed with a touch of MSG!