Some highlights from our recent babymoon to NYC. We somewhat planned the trip around visiting at least a couple restaurants, and we finally landed on Jungsik, Aska and Rezdora. For my girlfriend, Aska was the clear winner, whilst I preferred Jungsik, though the quality difference between the two was marginal at best, as they were very both excellent restaurants.
Unfortunately Rezdora wasn't quite up our alley, we could appreciate the level of skill involved in making the dishes, but years of eating homemade pasta in Finland has left our palate too unrefined for quality pasta dishes.
The striped jack (Image 2), the octopus (image 3), the yellowtail kimbap (image 6), the langoustine (image 16) and hake (image 17) were all among the best dishes I've had, with the hake taking the crown. I genuinely wouldn't mind eating it for the rest of my life.
We were slightly surprised by the quality of the desserts as well, generally they've been the weakest parts of the tasting menus we've enjoyed in the past, but at both Jungsik and Aska they thoroughly delivered, especially the assortment (image 9), though I can barely remember how they tasted, just that we thoroughly enjoyed them.
by freedomakkupati
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Aska is amazing. Every person I know that enjoys good food I recommend they visit. The wine pairings they have for the tasting menu are also superb.
I haven’t been in Jungsik in a while. Last time I ate there was during Covid and we had to sit outside in a shed, so it wasn’t the most “upscale” experience. I should probably go again sometime soon.
Rezdora retaining their star remains one of NYC’s great mysteries. I have had borderline raw pasta there, which apparently wasn’t an isolated incident, and found almost every dish to be a salt bomb.
I appreciate what they’re going for, but the execution is worse than a number of restaurants that seemingly have never even been in consideration for a star.
Please can you give a rundown of #8?
Aska langoustine with the wine they paired was one of the most delicious and memorable bites of my life 💯💯
Did anything change in aska? I went there 7 years ago and it was underwhelming
The carrot at Jungsik was one of my favorite desserts I’ve had.
I just went to Jungsik yesterday and Per Se the day prior. Jungsik was easily way better in every way.