Jin Restaurant

I remember this day very clearly...it was a freakin nice afternoon that turned into a windy/cold winter night. This was in September!! Horrible weather that made my impromptu dinner less enjoyable.

We went here because of their "sushi happy hour". A good amount of items were for $3.

Ok - let's go straight to the pictures. I have no story to tell today.

Good seasweed salad.

Avocado Salad for $3...not bad amount. I ate some pieces just for the sake of being healthy. I usually don't care for plain avocados.

We got spicy salmon, spicy tuna and eel avocado rolls. All three were pretty decent. Overall though, I would go back here if I was in the neighborhood. I wouldn't go out of my way though. It's just your typical jap place.

Jin Restaurant
252 Broome St # A
New York, NY 10002
(212) 979-0989
www.jinrestaurantnyc.com

Ippudo NY

I bumped into a friend a few weeks ago and guess what? An ordinary work day became Piggy day. We had lunch together (will post later) and by the end of the meal, we made dinner plans ;P Lunch was alright but dinner was pretty good.

Thanks A, for the pictures!

This place has been on my list of restaurants to try for awhile. Finally got to try it that day. Got there around 6:15ish? We waited about 15 or so mins before we were seated.

Inside...

 Big spoon for our noodles ;)

I don't remember what this was. I think it might have came with my friend's noodle dish. I liked it. It tasted good in the broth.

Ok, I'm about to post some ramen dishes but unfortunately, I do not remember the name of the dishes ;)

The middle one was my dish. Overall, I enjoyed it. I've never had Ramen at a restaurant before so this was something new. The broth is a tad on the salty side. However, it wasn't salty enough to mess up the meal, imo. The noodles were pretty good. It was cooked just right. Not over or undercooked. Just right. Oh, next time, I will not get the egg. It didn't do much for me.

After we were done, they gave us each a cup of tea. It was nice.

Matcha Brulee

Got dessert. First time I had brulee. It was interesting. The top layer was good and overall, it wasn't an overly sweet dessert so I enjoyed it.

 
I am down to go here again! I'll probably head back when the weather gets cold. I'm not sure I will want to eat this when it's 100 degrees out.          

Ippudo NY
65 4th Ave (between 9th St & 10th St)
New York, NY 10003

(212) 388-0088
www.ippudo.com/ny 

Minado Japanese Seafood Buffet Restaurant

I went to three buffets the past three weeks...this place was the beginning and end of my buffet spree. The first time I went was for lunch. The second time was for dinner.

Here are the lunch pictures...

First time coming here.

I was pretty impressed with the inside. Usually buffets are kinda dirty because of all the people traffic (at least most of the ones I've been to). This place, though, was pretty clean. The furniture isn't old or tacky either. I like it.

I don't know much about sushi so I'm just going to post all my sushi pictures and tell you what I liked ;)

I think I liked this. I might be confusing it with something else though.

I didn't eat the thing of the left and I ate one piece of the thing on the right. It was eh. Not used to it yet.

I really like these. It had a nice kick to it. I think it was either spicy tuna or salmon (?)

This was one of my plates. I enjoyed the mussels and baked clams.

Decided to get a plate of non-sushi items. The only thing good out of this plate was the baked clams. I didn't force myself to eat much off this plate.

I think this was the last sushi plate...

Dessert time!

Green tea ice cream. Never had it before. I liked it. Besides the flavor, the ice cream itself was pretty good.

They had a whole row of cakes and stuff so I grabbed a few items.

The carrot cake was good from what I remember.

Another round of ice cream before we left ;)

Aiite, so that was lunch. I think lunch is $21.50? After drinks, tax and tip, I believe it was $29 per person.

So here are the pics from dinner.

My friend's dishes.

This was one of my dishes. I liked most of the items off this plate.

Had some crab legs too.

Miso soup...it was warm..I like my soup hot so I didn't eat much of this.

Crepes for dessert! I had banana, chocolate and whip cream in mine. The side of ice cream was a nice touch.

So overall, I do like this place. Dinner is a bit more expensive. It's $31.50 before tax, tip and drinks. Although it's more $, I recommend going here to dinner. The selection is better. I enjoyed the food a lot more this time than my lunch meal.


Minado Japanese Seafood Buffet Restaurant
219 Glen Cove Rd
Carle Place, NY 11514
(516) 294-9541
www.minado.com